Wilmington – A proactive undercover online investigation by the Delaware Child Predator Task Force into the distribution of child pornography has led to the arrest of a New Castle man, Attorney General Beau Biden announced today.
“Thanks to the proactive undercover investigations initiated by our Child Predator Task Force we’re weeding out dangerous predators who victimize our kids,” Biden said.
After undercover detectives received files containing child pornography from a subject in Delaware, investigators tracked the source of those files to a residence in New Castle. On November 21 detectives executed a search warrant at the residence, located in the 600 block of Central Avenue, and seized one computer, multiple digital storage devices, and numerous pages of printed material containing child pornography. During the search, 65 year-old Thomas E. Noble, AKA Thomas Guyer, AKA Walter Guyer, the owner of the residence, was taken to DSP Troop #2 for further investigation.
As a result of the investigation detectives arrested Noble on November 21 and charged him with 26 counts of Dealing in Child Pornography. He was arraigned via videophone by JP Court #2 and was taken to James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in lieu of $520,000 secured bail.
The Delaware Child Predator Task Force investigation continues. A booking image of Noble is below.
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