FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE

August 30, 2024

OKLAHOMA CITY – This week, the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office received guilty verdicts in three criminal trials.

On August 27, 2024, after a one-day trial, a jury found Christopher Geesey, 32, guilty of five counts involving inappropriate sexual acts with a family member’s toddler. Geesey was charged in March with the following counts:

• #1: Indecent or Lewd Acts with a Child Under the Age of 16
• #2: Manufacturing Child Pornography
• #3: Aggravated Possession of Obscene Material Involving the Participation of a Minor Under the Age of 18
• #4: Rape in the First Degree by Instrumentation
• #5: Forcible Oral Sodomy

The jury recommended sentences of Life for count #1, 20 years for count #2, Life for count #3, Life without Parole for count #4 and 20 years for count #5 all to be served in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. The jury also recommended Geesey pay a $45,000 fine. Formal sentencing is set for October 15, 2024.

On August 29, 2024, a jury returned a verdict in the case against Darrell Thompson, 43. Thompson was charged in April 2024 after police learned he was having inappropriate sexual contact with a female family member. He was charged with the following counts:

• #1: Sexual Abuse of a Child
• #2: Rape in the First Degree by Instrumentation
• #3: Indecent or Lewd Acts with a Child Under the Age of 16
• #4: Indecent or Lewd Acts with a Child Under the Age of 16

The jury found Thompson guilty of the four counts against him. They recommended a sentence of 25 years for count #1, five years for count #2, 25 years for count #3 and 25 years for count #4 to be served in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Formal sentencing will be scheduled at a later date. A jury also heard the case against Quinton Pace, 40. In May 2021, Pace was charged with the following counts:

• #1: Shooting with Intent to Kill
• #2: Shooting with Intent to Kill
• #3: Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon
• #4: Threatening an Act of Violence

The jury found Pace guilty of counts #1, #3 and #4. They returned a not guilty verdict on count #2. They recommended a sentence of 20 years on count #1, 10 years on count #3 and five years on count #4 all to be served in the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Formal sentencing will take place on October 4, 2024.

District Attorney Vicki Zemp Behenna would like to thank the jurors in each of these cases for their attention and thoughtful deliberation, as well as the police who investigated these crimes and the prosecutors who prepared the cases for trial.

320 ROBERT S. KERR, SUITE 505

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73102

(405) 713-1600

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OKLAHOMA COUNTY SEVENTH DISTRICT

STATE OF OKLAHOMA

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