Child Abuse Arrest in Stillwater

Stillwater Police Dept. - August 24, 2023 10:07 am

Ashley Marie Cheathman, 19

(STILLWATER, OK) – On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, at 10:11 a.m., a Stillwater Police Department (SPD) officer responded to the SPD lobby where he met with a very distraught parent.

The parent disclosed he recently met a girl online from the Oklahoma City area. She became his girlfriend and moved in with him.

He stated that while she was sleeping he went through her phone and found disturbing images and videos of his three year old daughter.

The suspect, identified as Ashlee Cheatham, 19, of Midwest City was later contacted by SPD officers and detectives. Cheatham was arrested at the residence and transported to the jail where she was booked without incident.

CHARGES

  • SEXUAL ABUSE OF A CHILD UNDER 12
  • MAKE OR DISTRIBUTE TYPES OF OBSCENE MATERIAL OR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
  • POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
  • VIOLATION OF OKLAHOMA COMPUTER CRIMES ACT – FELONY

This is an arrest, not a conviction.

 

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