A former North Pohlman Road man might remain in prison for life after pleading guilty Friday to 60 sex-related charges.
William B. Noble, 49, pleaded guilty to the counts as part of a plea agreement in which Prosecutor Matt Schmidt recommended a sentence of 35 years to life, to be served consecutive to Noble’s current eight-year sentence on eight other sex-related charges. Noble’s attorney, James Szorady, is expected to argue for 25 years to life, the minimum mandatory sentence because the rape victim was younger than 10 years old.
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Even if Judge Mike Ater decides to go for the minimum sentence, Noble would be about 82 years old before having a chance of release. If he ever would be released, there is a mandatory five years of post-release control.
The charges stem from an investigation that began in February after the Ohio Attorney General’s Crimes Against Children Unit alerted Chillicothe police after finding information on a child pornography-sharing website that led to Noble. Police searched his home and prosecutors immediately pursued five counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor and three counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material.
Schmidt previously said the goal was to get Noble in prison while investigators took a deeper look into Noble’s computer and other media devices, as well as seek out possible victims.
Noble went to prison in August and, in November, was indicted on one count of rape, two counts of gross sexual imposition, six counts of voyeurism, nine counts of illegal use of a minor in sexually-oriented material, 19 counts of pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor and 23 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor.
Investigators reportedly found hundreds of child pornography photos and videos, including some Noble allegedly made during the past four to five years in his home, where he lived with his mother. The rape and gross sexual imposition charges relate to incidents with the same girl, and seven child pornography charges are related to two videos and five images he allegedly took of the incidents.
The voyeurism charges relate to video captured of two girls — ages 10 to 16 at the times — from inside Noble’s bathroom. Four of the illegal use charges relate to photographs Noble allegedly took of a neighborhood girl whose swimsuit was sagging from playing in a pool.
Seventeen counts of pandering sexually-oriented material involving a minor relate to videos downloaded from the Internet, many of them of juveniles being raped by adults. The remaining 23 counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor relate to downloaded photos of juveniles involved in sex acts with adults.
Ater ordered victim impact statements to consider before sentencing Noble at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 13.
