Lane Long
(PCSD file photo)
By Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — Former Payne County jailer Lane Tyrel Long, 28, has been sentenced by Logan County Judge Louis Duel to a jury-recommended five years in prison for possessing child pornography, with concurrent terms of three years for sexting a 15-year-old girl by a cell phone and two years for illegally using a computer.
Long was originally charged with child sexual abuse; the case was amended after the girl’s tragic death in a car accident, Payne County First Assistant District Attorney Debra Vincent told KUSH.
When Long was sentenced on Aug. 3, the judge advised him that he must register as a sex offender when he is released from prison, court records show.
Long was convicted by a jury following a two-day trial that ended on June 28, court records show.
Long was investigated by the state crime bureau on the Aug. 21, 2019, request of then-sheriff R.B. Hauf, whose retirement took effect on Sept. 1, 2019.
On Aug. 21, 2019, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Agent Rachel Savory interviewed Long at the Payne County Sheriff’s Office, her affidavit said.
Long admitted to receiving and viewing nude images of the 15-year-old girl on Snapchat, the affidavit alleged.
Long admitted to having sexual intercourse with the girl on at least 10 occasions beginning in January of 2019, the affidavit alleged.
“Long accessed Snapchat from his cellular phone, an iPhone XS Max. Long deleted the images from his phone when he saw Payne County deputies at his (Glencoe) residence the night of Aug. 21, 2019,” the affidavit alleged.
“Long admitted he made a big mistake and knew that his relationship with (the girl) was wrong and illegal because she was fifteen years old,” the affidavit alleged.
On Aug. 22, 2019, during an interview at the Saville Child Advocacy Center in Stillwater, the girl said that she and Long had sexual intercourse more than once a week beginning in January of 2019 and ending on Aug. 17, 2019, the affidavit alleged.
