Vian Police Chief Danny Hoover said the weeklong investigation began last week and ended Thursday with the arrest of 61-year-old Robert C. Hogan. Hogan was formerly convicted of two counts of rape in 1987 and received two concurrent 10-year sentences, according to Oklahoma Department of Corrections records. He was released from prison in 1991.
Hoover explained that the investigation began after the child's mother found inappropriate text messages and voice recordings on her daughter's cell phone from Hogan, who had purchased the phone for the girl. Hogan was apparently a friend of the family and was a grandfather figure to the girl, Hoover indicated.
Hoover contacted the FBI to try to arrest Hogan on federal charges. Phone conversations between the girl and Hogan were then recorded, and Hogan allegedly said he would travel to see the girl. Hoover said Hogan's idea was for Hogan and the girl to make a video.
Hoover said Hogan is a truck driver and was in Chicago at the time, but drove back to Oklahoma, rented a motel room in Gore and was driving to see the girl in Vian when he was arrested at 11 p.m. Thursday.
Hogan was arraigned in federal court Friday on a charge of enticing a minor, Hoover said.
