ROANOKE, Ind. (WANE) A member of the Roanoke Fire Department is facing child pornography charges following an investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies according to the Fort Wayne Police Department.
On Friday the Fort Wayne Police Department, a member of the Homeland Security Investigations task force, assisted by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Homeland Security investigations (HSI), and the Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force; executed a federal search warrant in the 200 block of W Vine St in Roanoke located in Huntington County.
The warrant was issued as the result of a child exploitation investigation involving William F. Edwards 36, an EMS Captain for the Roanoke Fire Department. Edwards was arrested for violations of federal law regarding the possession and distribution of child pornography and is being prosecuted in the US District Court for the Northern District of Indiana in Ft. Wayne.
He’s preliminary charged with Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography.