LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Lonoke County Sheriff's Office has arrested an Ohio man following an investigation of child sex crimes involving an Arkansas teen, and producing child sexual abuse materials.

On Friday, officials with the sheriff's office stated that 25-year-old Noah James Hansen was arrested on 31 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), 52 counts of producing CSAM, sexual grooming of a child, and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

The sheriff's office also identified Hansen as a suspect in a different case.

It was alleged that he was using social media in 2023 to message a 13-year-old in Lonoke County. The sheriff's office investigators then opened the case.

Hansen was found and arrested in Wood County, Ohio, and was then brought to Ark

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