OSBI makes arrest of Stroud resident

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (OSBI ICAC), assisted by the Stroud Police Department and the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office, arrested 43 year old John Mack Byrd.

The investigation began after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children submitted a cyber tip to the bureau. The center had received information from DropBox that a user had allegedly uploaded child pornography. The DropBox account was traced back to Byrd.

Byrd is being held in the Lincoln County jail facing alleged charges of possession of child pronography and violation of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act.