Overview
- A federal grand jury charged the 50-year-old Ivins, Utah, entrepreneur with knowingly receiving child sexual abuse material on multiple occasions from March 2021 to November 2025.
- He was arrested Feb. 12 in Washington County, pleaded not guilty at his initial appearance in St. George, and awaits a detention ruling.
- Court filings describe an undercover FBI agent identifying Edwards during a 2021 group video session that streamed abuse videos, with the account tied to his IP address in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
- Investigators say PayPal flagged four 2025 payments on his account that were linked to a U.K. man later arrested and convicted on child-image offenses.
- A Nov. 4, 2025 search of his property seized a phone allegedly containing multiple illicit files, including some downloaded within two weeks of the warrant, along with additional devices holding child sexual abuse material.