The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that Jimcy McGirt, 75, of Holdenville, has been sentenced to 360 months imprisonment for one count of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country.

On Dec. 5, 2023, McGirt pleaded guilty to the count. As part of the plea agreement, McGirt confessed to sexually abusing a child in August 1996.

“Today’s sentence closes a chapter on a perpetrator who has attempted to evade the legal consequences of his actions at every turn,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson.

“For the victim, we hope it is but a beginning. To go into a courtroom—to fight to be heard and to be believed—that takes courage. To do so over three decades requires unimaginable fortitude of spirit. It is our hope the guilty plea and the sentence imposed bring some solace and comfort to those most affected by the defendant’s crimes.”