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ZIONSVILLE, Ind. — Federal and state agents raided the home of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle around 6:30 a.m., Tuesday in connection with a child pornography investigation.

Fogle, known for his significant weight loss that the Subway restaurant chain used to promote its food in a series of successful ad campaigns, was seen outside the home as agents carried electronics to a forensics van parked in the driveway.

Earlier this year Russell Taylor, the executive director of the Jared Foundation, was arrested and charged in federal court with seven counts of production and one count of possession of child pornography. The Jared Foundation was started by Fogle in 2004 to help raise awareness of childhood obesity.

The Zionsville (Ind.) Times Sentinel reports the Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children task force is the lead agency on the investigation. Fogle’s home is at 4578 Woods Edge Drive in the Austin Oaks subdivision of Zionsville.

Fogle was transferred to the passenger seat of his attorney’s black Lexus shortly after noon Tuesday. He was not handcuffed and did not answer any questions from reporters.

A corporate Subway spokesman said, “We are shocked about the news and believe it is related to a prior investigation of a former Jared Foundation employee. We are very concerned and will be monitoring the situation closely. We don’t have any more details at this point.”

Fogle’s wife and children left the home shortly after the raid began.

Neighbor Jacob Schrader, 19, who lives across the street from the family, described Fogle as “a pretty private guy.”

“I can’t imagine anything like this,” Schrader said.

Authorities removed electronics from the home, and they were being analyzed inside a mobile forensics van in the home’s driveway. An FBI agent and U.S. postal inspector were spotted leaving the scene.

Fogle was detained outside his home, although he was not placed under arrest.

Fogle’s wife and children left the home shortly after the raid began.

Fogle, who gained notoriety in 2000 after changing his diet to mainly include Subway sandwiches and losing more than 200 pounds, moved to Zionsville with his wife, Katie, in 2009.

Fogle graduated from North Central High School in Indianapolis and moved to Bloomington to attend Indiana University, weighing 425 pounds at age 20. He moved into an apartment his junior year of college that was next to a Subway and decided to start eating two low-fat sandwiches a day to see if he could lose weight.

Three months later, he had lost 90 pounds. He continued the regimen for a year and lost 245 pounds, leading to a role promoting the company.

This story will be updated.