Western District of Pennsylvania | New York resident sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor

ERIE, Pa. – A resident of Harford, New York, has been sentenced in federal court to 12 years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $5,200 special assessment based on his conviction of violating federal laws regarding the sexual exploitation of a minor, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today.

United States District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter imposed the sentence on 32-year-old Noah Oliver Fisch-Lewis.

According to information provided to the Court, from September 23, 2022 to October 8, 2022, Fisch-Lewis communicated with an undercover officer posing as the mother of a 10-year-old girl. During this period, Fisch-Lewis repeatedly expressed, in very explicit terms, his desire to engage in sexual activity with the minor. On October 8, 2022, Fisch-Lewis drove from New York State to Erie, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of engaging in illegal sexual conduct with the alleged 10-year-old and was taken into custody upon his arrival at the arranged meeting location.

Assistant United States Attorney Christian A. Trabold prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.

United States Attorney Olshan commended the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, Pennsylvania State Police, Erie Police Department, Millcreek Police Department and Erie County Detectives for the investigation that led to the successful prosecution of Fisch-Lewis.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched by the Department of Justice in May 2006 to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood uses federal, state, and local resources to locate, arrest, and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue children. victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, visit www.justice.gov/psc.