A former police captain in Texas has been indicted on federal child sexual assault and pornography charges.
Fox 26 reported that Daryn Blake Edwards, 59, a former Houston police captain with 32 years of service, was indicted on Tuesday by a federal grand jury. Edwards appeared in court Friday for the new federal charges.
As CrimeOnline previously reported back in February of this year, Edwards was initially arrested at his Galveston County home on charges of possession of child pornography. Then, League City Police said they added two more charges—aggravated sexual assault and sexual performance of a child, KTRK reported.
According to KPRC, court documents revealed that the victim told investigators that Edwards had been raping her for years, starting elementary school and that the assaults had escalated over the past year, when Edwards raped her between 85 and 100 times.
She said that Edwards sent her sexually explicit photographs over social media and requested photos from her. He sometimes sent her money to send photos, which she said she did because she didn’t want him to get upset.
Edwards then allegedly saved the images from the Snapchat app, which would notify her when he did. He reportedly told her he had a secret photo album and threatened to “ruin her life” with the photos in it. He also allegedly used hidden cameras to capture images of the victim.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas, Edwards is facing two counts of coercion and enticement of a minor. If convicted, he could receive up to life in prison.
In addition, he is facing two counts of sexual exploitation of children and one count of possession of child pornography. Those charges carry terms of 20 and 10 years, respectively.
Edwards could also be fined $250,000.
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[Feature Photo: Daryn Blake Edwards/League City Police Department]
