Friday, December 5, 2014

Gadsden man charged with child abuse

Walter Donald Edwards


A 69 year-old Gadsden man is being held in the Etowah County Detention Center after he was arrested for sexually abusing a child under the age of 12.
 Walter Donald Edwards was arrested on November 30. In addition to the child abuse charges, he is also charged with production of obscene matter and possession of child pornography, all felonies.
 Etowah County Sheriff's Deputies were investigating a missing child case early Sunday morning. When they arrived on the scene, the child's parents had found the girl at a Edward's home on Trailwood Lane in Tidmore Bend.
 Investigators then executed a search warrant at the home and found child pornography.
 Edwards was arrested. He is currently being held on $100,000 bond.

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