- January 18, 2025
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Palm Coast resident Edgar Alloway, 77, has been charged with 12 counts of possession of child pornography.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit began investigating a cyber tip from Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) on Sept. 3, 2020.
The tip identified an AOL account that uploaded twenty files containing child pornography. The investigation revealed the account belonged to Alloway.
A lengthy investigation led to a search warrant being executed on Nov. 20, 2020, at Alloway's residence at 18 Banton Lane in Palm Coast by FCSO’s Cyber Crimes Detective Dennis Lashbrook, FCSO Crime Scene investigators, members from Volusia County Sheriff’s Office and the North Florida ICAC Task Force.
Several electronic devices were seized during the search, and a forensic analysis of the devices was conducted.
The results of the analysis found numerous images and videos of child pornography.
Due to the nature of images recovered, the charge was reclassified from a third degree felony to a second degree felony.
On Jan. 29, 2021, an arrest warrant was signed for Alloway for 12 counts of Possession of Images of the Sexual Performance by a Child. Alloway was arrested at his home and taken into custody. He was booked into the Sheriff Perry Hall Inmate Detention Facility and released after posting a $120,000 bond.
“Detective Lashbrook of our Cybercrimes Unit did a great job in building a strong case,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “This type of disgusting behavior will not be tolerated in our community and is exactly why I started our Cyber Crimes/ICAC Unit. My warning to other perverts: You’re next! We also thank VCSO and the North Florida ICAC Task Force for their assistance with this case.”
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office began participating with the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in 2018 under Staly's direction.
The ICAC Task Force consists of state and local law enforcement who are dedicated to developing effective responses to the online enticement of children by sexual predators, child exploitation, and child obscenity and pornography cases. Staly implemented a full-time Cybercrimes/ICAC Unit in late 2019.
