Warren Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing and Possessing Child Porn
Thomas Wells admits in court to downloading and distributing child pornography through a peer-to-peer network.
A Warren man arrested in September 2011 during a Rhode Island State Police led roundup of 14 individuals identified as allegedly possessing and/or distributing child pornography pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to federal child pornography charges. According to the U.S. Attorney's office in Rhode Island, Thomas Wells, 32, pleaded guilty as charged in a federal indictment returned February 1, 2012, charging him with one count each of possession and distribution of child pornography. Wells was arrested by one of eight teams of federal, state and local law enforcement agents and officers that fanned out across the state on September 28, 2011, armed with court authorized search warrants for residences identified by the Internet Crimes …
