Overview
- Robert "Bobby" Edwards, 50, was indicted on Feb. 10, arrested on Feb. 12 in Washington County, Utah, and has pleaded not guilty to a federal receipt charge.
- Prosecutors allege he received child sexual abuse material from March 2021 through November 2025, according to newly unsealed filings.
- An undercover FBI operation in 2021 observed a Zoom session displaying abuse videos, with investigators later linking a visible participant to Edwards via IP data placing him in Puerto Vallarta and photo comparisons.
- Agents executed a Nov. 4, 2025 search and seized a phone containing CSAM files, some downloaded about two weeks earlier, and additional devices at his residence with more illicit material.
- Court records cite PayPal flags on four 2025 transactions traced to a UK distributor later convicted; the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office is investigating and DOJ notes the case falls under Project Safe Childhood.