9/10/2013 – OKC, OK — An Oklahoma City man arrested in June for soliciting sex from a minor has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to prison.
JohnTV reported on the arrest of Mark Daniel Owens in June after he contacted what he thought was a 15-year-old female and arranged to have sex with her.
In reality Owens had contacted an undercover officer with the Sheriff’s Internet Crimes Against Children unit.
According to authorities, after Owens first replied to a bogus online profile he sent multiple and explicit text messages detailing the sex acts he wanted to perform on the juvenile (that didn’t exist).
Owens was taken into custody in Canadian County at a convenience store near Mustang Rd. and Reno Ave.
Owens reportedly told officers that he was stupid and should have known better.
According to court records, Owens listed his home address as in the 2800 block of SW 31 Street in Oklahoma City.
Owens was subsequently charged with felony unlawful communication by use of technology.
On July 10, Owens pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two-years in prison with an additional three-years of probation.
Owens must also register as a sex offender and pay a $500 fine, $500 VCA and all court costs.
Note: To put Owens’ sentence in perspective – Owens only attempted to lure a (non-existent) 15-year old into having sex with him. Had the 15-year old existed, she would have been one-year or less from being able to legally have sex with Owens without anyone committing a crime.
However, over in Cleveland County (think Moore/Norman) a total scumbag named Teddy Dean Davis, 27, actually raped a six-year-old autistic boy (after being invited over to commit the rape by the boy’s father) and DA Greg Mashburn agrred to a plea deal wherein Davis would also only serve two-years in prison also!
And, over in Oklahoma County, 79-year-old Robert S. Walker actually had sex with a 14-year-old female neighbor on more than one occasion.
Walker’s defense? He said he thought the juvenile was a hooker.
In a plea deal, even though Walker was charged with two felony counts of lewd acts with a minor, Walker was allowed to avoid jail all together!