3 Fort Dix Inmates Shared Child Porn In Prison: Authorities

Three men who are already serving prison sentences on child pornography charges at the Federal Correctional Institution-Fort Dix (FCI-Fort Dix) have been hit with additional charges viewing and sharing videos of child sex abuse within the prison, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

William H. Noble, 52, of Lowell, Massachusetts, and Charles Wesley Bush, 38, of Knoxville, Tennessee, are charged by complaint with one count each of conspiracy to distribute child pornography, distributing child pornography, and possession of child pornography on federal property.

Jacob S. Good, 31, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is charged by complaint with one count of possession of child pornography on federal property and one count of accessing with intent to view child pornography on federal property. All three men were arrested on Monday following a long-term investigation by the FBI. Five other FCI-Fort Dix inmates were also charged, back in April of 2017.

Erik M. Smith, has already pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Charges against four of those inmates – Anthony C. Jeffries, Brian J. McKay, Christopher D. Roffler, and Jordan T. Allen – remain pending, and all accused are considered innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Noble is accused of passing along a micro SD card that included over 1,000 images and videos depicting child pornography to a government informant at the prison back in April of last year, according to the complaint. The images included the sexual abuse of infants and toddlers, authorities said. They said Noble claimed to have downloaded the child pornography himself, with the help of other inmates at the prison.

Noble previously pleaded guilty in the District of Massachusetts to transportation and distribution of child pornography. He was scheduled to be released on March 8 of this year after serving a sentence of six years, nine months.

Bush was also in possession of the same card, and also used it to download images of child sex abuse, according to the complaint. Bush thought the government informant would pay him for the card, authorities said.

Bush previously pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Tennessee to three counts of distribution of child pornography and possession of materials containing child pornography. He is currently serving a sentence of 12 years, seven months, with a scheduled release date of May 24, 2024.

Good is accused of downloading child pornography off the “dark web” and storing it on a micro SD card, according to the complaint. He is currently serving five years in the prison after previously pleading guilty in the Eastern District of Virginia to distribution of child pornography.

He is alleged to have told a government informant during a recorded conversation that he never intended to stop viewing child pornography, and planned to take child pornography that he downloaded during his time in prison with him after his release. He was scheduled to be released on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

Due to their prior convictions, Noble and Bush each face a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison, a maximum potential penalty of 40 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine for distributing child pornography and conspiring to distribute child pornography.

The counts of possessing and accessing child pornography on federal property each carry a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison, and a $250,000 fine, due to the prior convictions for all three men.

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