United States Attorney James T. Jacks
Northern District of Texas

THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2010
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txn/

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, MAN SENTENCED TO 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON
ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CONVICTION

LUBBOCK, Texas — William Ray Nobles, 32, of San Angelo, Texas, who pleaded guilty in February 2010 to one count of receiving child pornography, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge Sam R. Cummings to 20 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas. Judge Cummings also ordered that Nobles serve a lifetime of supervised release following his prison sentence. Nobles has been in federal custody since his arrest in mid-October following the execution of a federal search warrant by FBI agents at his residence.

Nobles, who was charged in November 2009 in a superseding indictment with 10 counts of child pornography, child enticement and child obscenity felony offenses, admitted in plea documents that he used various computers that he owned to download various forms of pornography, including child pornography, from the Internet.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice, to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov

The case was investigated by the FBI, the San Angelo, Texas, Police Department, the Collin County, Texas, Sheriff's Office and the St. Charles County, Missouri, Sheriff's Office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven M. Sucsy of the Lubbock, Texas, U.S. Attorney’s Office, prosecuted.

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