Former Stilwell teacher sentenced for aggravated child sexual abuse

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that a former elementary school teacher was sentenced to 35 years in prison for aggravated sexual abuse of a child.

Lawrence Fourkiller, 48, was sentenced to 420 months in prison, followed by a life-time term of supervised release, for one count of aggravated sexual abuse of a child in Indian Country.

Charges against Fourkiller arose after a probe by the Stilwell Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to reports, Fourkiller was employed at Stilwell Elementary School between August 2021 and May 2021 when he sexually abused a student under the age of 12. The FBI set up a tip-line during the investigation and discovered 12 additional victims. Fourkiller pleaded guilty on April 11, 2024.

"The defendant used his position as a teacher to prey upon and attempt to silence his victims," said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson. "Fortunately, one disclosure led to others, and the defendant's despicable acts were exposed. It is the mission of the United States Attorney's Office to hold offenders accountable and to pursue justice for victims, and I commend the work of our law enforcement partners and prosecutors in fulfilling that mission on this case."

Honorable Judge John C. Coughenour presided over the hearing and Fourkiller will remain in the custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility to serve a non-paroleable sentence. Assistant United States Attorneys Caila M. Cleary and Morgan Muzljakovich prosecuted the case.