{"id":458941,"date":"2026-09-10T03:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/458941\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T03:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T03:36:14","slug":"fresno-county-man-arrested-over-child-sex-abuse-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/458941\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno County man arrested over child sex abuse materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/policelights_breaking.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Benjamin Wiele, 40, of Kerman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing and distributing child sex abuse material.\" alt=\"Benjamin Wiele, 40, of Kerman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing and distributing child sex abuse material.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Benjamin Wiele, 40, of Kerman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing and distributing child sex abuse material.<\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>            Getty Images\/iStockphoto<\/p>\n<p>A Fresno-area man was arrested on suspicion of owning and sharing inappropriate materials depicting minors.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Wiele, 40, of Kerman was arrested Wednesday, Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesperson Tony Botti said. Wiele was charged with possessing and distributing child sex abuse material.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives with the Kerman Police Department began investigating Wiele in July 2026 following a tip from the National Center for Missing &amp; Exploited Children. They eventually executed a search warrant and arrested Wiele, Botti said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fresno County Jail booking records, Kerman officers arrested Wiele near Belmont and Lassen avenues around 7:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Benjamin Wiele_.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"1523\" title=\"Benjamin Wiele_.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Wiele, 40, of Kerman was arrested for possessing and distributing child sex abuse material Wednesday.\"\/>                                                                                    Benjamin Wiele, 40, of Kerman was arrested for possessing and distributing child sex abuse material Wednesday.                                                                                                                                                                        Fresno County Sheriff\u2019s Office                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>Detectives seized electronics believed to contain evidence, and the investigation is continuing.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information related to the case can contact Kerman police Sgt. Patrick Clark at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/tel:559-550-0798\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">559-550-0798<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789011374_466_IMG_4053.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Fenley\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/307508201\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Fenley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Fenley is a reporter covering education, lawsuits, breaking news and more for The Fresno Bee. He\u2019s originally from the Imperial Valley and joined The Bee in 2025.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Benjamin Wiele, 40, of Kerman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possessing and distributing child sex abuse material.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-458941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}