Former Morris teacher Dallas Tyler Ewton will be serving a total of 186 months in federal prison.
Ewton was sentenced to 180 months each for two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country Friday in federal court. He will also serve six months on a single count of abusive sexual contact in Indian Country.
On July 7, 2022, Ewton pleaded guilty to two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and one count of Abusive Sexual Contact in Indian Country. That plea was entered four days before a jury trial was going to begin.
Ewton, then employed as a full-time teacher at Morris Public Schools, engaged in sexual acts with two of his students. That abuse was said to have happened during school hours and at school events.
At the plea hearing, Ewton admitted to sexually abusing a student between April 2012 and June 2016. He also admitted to sexually abusing another student between September 2019 and January 2020. The crimes occurred in within the boundaries of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Reservation, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma.
“This case represents a nightmare scenario for any parent,” said United States Attorney Christopher J. Wilson. “The defendant took advantage of the time-honored relationship of teacher and student to prey on his victims.”
Ewton will remain in custody of the U.S. Marshal pending transportation to a designated United States Bureau of Prisons facility to serve the non-paroleable sentence of incarceration.