An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for producing sexually explicit images of young girls he met online, including an 11-year-old from north suburban Evanston.
Todd Noble, 51, pleaded guilty earlier this year to one count of producing child pornography, according to the U.S. attorney’s office. U.S. District Judge Andrea R. Wood sentenced him Thursday to 25 years in federal prison.
In online conversations, Noble persuaded three underage girls to take sexually explicit photos and videos of themselves, then send them to him via texts or online messaging services, prosecutors said. He was arrested in April 2015 after the parents of the Evanston girl, who was 11 years old at the time, found images on the girl’s iPhone.
In his plea agreement, Noble admitted he engaged in similar conduct online with girls in Texas and Oklahoma, according to prosecutors. He told the girls he was a teenager and sent the Oklahoma victim a picture of a teenage boy.
“[Noble] invaded the sanctity of these girls’ homes, victimizing them when they were just yards away from their parents, who believed that that their daughters were safe,” Assistant U.S. Attorney April Perry said in the statement.