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Trending: A former UC Davis water polo coach on Thursday pleaded guilty in federal court to distributing images of children engaged in sexually explicit behavior, a U.S. Attorney said.Daniel Joseph Noble, 28, who lives in San Diego County, entered his plea in a Sacramento courthouse, Phillip A.Gay porno Talbert, who leads the U.S. Department of Justice’s Eastern District of California, said in a press statement.According to court records, between March 10 and April 12, 2022, Noble participated in a Kik private group chat dedicated to sharing videos of child pornography, commonly called kiddie porn.He shared more than 20 video files with the Kik group. Some of those shared files showed prepubescent minors being sexually abused by adults. At the time he engaged in this conduct, Noble was working as the assistant water polo coach for UC Davis men’s team and the associated youth team.Following his guilty plea, Noble was taken into custody, but Sacramento County Jail records showed he was no longer in custody at 4 p.m. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 12, by U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta.Noble faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, with a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to a lifetime of supervised release. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court and federal sentencing guidelines, which take into account a number of variables, Talbert added in the prepared statement.The case stems from an investigation by the FBI in Sacramento and in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force.Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina McCall leads prosecution.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the DOJ to combat “the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse,” Talbert said in the statement.Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood brings together federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims, he added. Daniel Joseph Noble, 28, who lives in San Diego County, entered his plea in a Sacramento courthouse, Phillip A. Talbert, who leads the U.S. Department of Justice’s Eastern District of California, said in a press statement. According to court records, between March 10 and April 12, 2022, Noble participated in a Kik private group chat dedicated to sharing videos of child pornography, commonly called kiddie porn. He shared more than 20 video files with the Kik group. Some of those shared files showed prepubescent minors being sexually abused by adults. At the time he engaged in this conduct, Noble was working as the assistant water polo coach for UC Davis men’s team and the associated youth team. Following his guilty plea, Noble was taken into custody, but Sacramento County Jail records showed he was no longer in custody at 4 p.m. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 12, by U.S. District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta. Noble faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, with a mandatory minimum of five years in prison, a $250,000 fine, and up to a lifetime of supervised release. The actual sentence, however, will be determined at the discretion of the court and federal sentencing guidelines, which take into account a number of variables, Talbert added in the prepared statement. The case stems from an investigation by the FBI in Sacramento and in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina McCall leads prosecution. The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the DOJ to combat “the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse,” Talbert said in the statement. Led by the United States Attorneys’ Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood brings together federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who exploit children via the internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims, he added. Copyright © 2024 MediaNews Group
