Free Motion to Seal Case - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1 :07-cr-00095-SLR Document 5 Filed 07/O2/2007 Page 1 of 2
V IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE 6 _
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ·
Plaintiff, g U
v. l _ g Criminal Action No. 07-95 —UNA
ERIC ROSS TYRE, - g FILED UNDER SEAL I
Defendant. g A ‘
MOTION AND ORDER-TO UNSEAL INDICTMENT AND FILE “
FOR LIMITED PURPOSE
The United States of America, by and through its attorneys, Colm F. Connolly, United States
Attorney for the District of Delaware and Christopher J. Burke, Assistant UnitedStates Attorney for
the District of Delaware, moves that the Indictment and File in this case be unsealed for the limited A
purpose of providing the defendant and his attorneys with copies ofthe Indictment and other pleadings _ i
filed in this matter. In support thereof, the government states as follows: E
1. On June 26, 2007, the defendant and eight other individuals were charged by a federal Grand .
Jury in the District of Delaware, in eight separate indictments, with criminal offenses related to child
pornography. Each ofthe cases are related, in that each defendant separately engaged in Internet "chat"
sessions with one ofthe defendants, Paul R. Thielemann, in which the defendants and Mr. Thielemann
engaged in discussions regarding child pornography and/or the molestation of young children. The
cases are also related in that the various defendants were each charged with child pornography-related
offenses by the State of Delaware within a relatively short time period in early 2007. In these State
proceedings, some of the defendants admitted to State law enforcement ofiicers that, after they had
learned that other of the defendants had been arrested, they took action prior to their own arrest to
destroy evidence of child pornography in their possession.

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_ 2. As of today, one of the nine defendants who have been federally charged — Carl W. Wilson, l
Ir. — is not yet in either State or federal custody. A federal arrest warrant has been issuedfor Mr.
Wilson and the United States Marshal’s Service is actively engaged in attempting to locate and arrest I
him.
3. The government moves that, aside from the limited purpose set forth above, this matter
otherwise remain sealed until the apprehension and arrest of Mr. Wilson, and that defendant and his
counsel not be permitted to disseminate information regarding this matter to others dining that time.
The government believes that this would reduce the possibility that Mr. Wilson will flee from
apprehension by federal authorities were he to learn of the existence of this Indictment and of the
significant penalties that would result from a conviction of such charges.
i · I COLM F. CONNOLLY
United States Attorney l
Christopher . Bur
. Assistant United States Attomey
Dated: July 2, 2007 i
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AND NOW, to wit, this i_____ day of xl gif , 2007, upon the foregoing Motion,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Indictment and File in the above—captioned case be unsealed for
the limited purpose of providing the defendant and his attorneys with copies ofthe Indictment and other
pleadings filed in this matter. The matter shall otherwise remain sealed for the reasons set forth in the
government’s Motion.
United States District Judge