The Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 25-year-old Noah James Hansen of Ohio, who now faces a long list of felony and misdemeanor charges related to child exploitation.
According to a sheriff’s office media release, Hansen is charged with:
31 counts of Pandering/Possession of Material Depicting a Child – Class C Felonies
52 counts of Producing or Directing Sexual Performance of a Minor – Class Y Felonies
1 count of Sexually Grooming a Child – Class D Felony
3 counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor – Class A Misdemeanors
Investigators say Hansen was identified while they were working an unrelated case and discovered he had allegedly used social media in 2023 to communicate with a 13-year-old in Lonoke County. The findings launched a separate investigation, eventually leading authorities to locate him in Wood County, Ohio, where he was arrested and later extradited to Arkansas.
