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Tyler Davis
HYDRO – A former Hydro assistant police chief was sentenced last week after his 2021 arrest for possessing child pornography.
Tyler Davis, 37, ultimately pled no contest to four counts of possession of child pornography; one count of first-degree rape; and three counts of child sexual abuse. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the possession charges and 25 years for the sexual abuse; however, 13 of those years were suspended, the sentences run concurrently, and Davis will get credit for the year and a half he has spent in jail already.
According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the investigation into Davis began when a social media platform reported a user to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, or NCMEC. The platform said the user had uploaded “multiple” explicit files of a pre-pubescent girl between April and September 2020.
NCMEC notified the OSBI because the user’s IP address was traced to Oklahoma. The OSBI’s Internet Crimes Against Children agents opened an investigation which led to Davis, they said.
On Jan. 28, 2021, agents served a search Warrant at Davis’ residence in the 600 block of N. Broadway in Hydro. Davis was arrested after that search and booked into the Grady County Jail.
In addition to serving as Hydro’s assistant police chief, Davis was also a reserve deputy for the Caddo County Sheriff’s Office at the time.
“If you suspect a child is being sexually exploited, contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Chil dren immediately at 1-800-THE-LOST or cybertipline.org,” the OSBI said in a press release. “You can also contact the OSBI ICAC Unit at 800-522-8017 or tips@osbi.ok.gov.”