OKLAHOMA CITY – A Native American who previously lived in Lawton has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for abusive sexual contact of a child while at a residence on Kiowa tribal land in Comanche County.
William Art Guoladdle, Sr., 64, of Weatherford, was indicted by a federal grand jury last year on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of abusive sexual contact of a child under 7 years of age, on June 20, 2019.
He pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact of a child, and the other two charges were dismissed. Guoladdle admitted touching the victim’s buttocks through her clothing in a sexual manner.
When informed of what occurred, the child’s mother and older brother “struck and beat” Guoladdle “with a metal instrument,” a public defender informed the court. Guoladdle was transported to Comanche County Memorial Hospital “where he was treated for broken ribs,” the defense attorney wrote.
At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge David Russell noted he had considered the victim’s age and that the victim will have to live with the effects of the defendant’s conduct for the rest of her life.
The public defender conceded that Guoladdle has a lengthy criminal record but, until now, nothing of a sexual nature.
Oklahoma Corrections Department records show Guoladdle was first imprisoned in the late 1970s and has been incarcerated for burglary, possessing/receiving stolen property, theft of a motor vehicle, and escape from confinement when he walked away from work centers or failed to return to a corrections facility on time.
His convictions occurred in Kiowa, Greer, Jackson, Jefferson, Garfield and Hughes counties, DOC and court records reflect.
A court document relates that Guoladdle was born in Hobart, raised in a family of alcoholics, and endured a “rough childhood”. He began drinking when he was in the sixth grade and left school in the ninth grade, the court document reports. “[W]hen he is drunk, which is all too frequent, Mr. Guoladdle gets himself into trouble,” his public defender told the court.
“This case is the result of an investigation by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services and Lawton Police Department,” U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing said.
The case also is part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in 2006 by the Department of Justice to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by U.S. Attorney’s offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Department of Justice, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims