On March 25, 2025, the New York State Police at the Norwich Bureau of Criminal Investigation, with the assistance of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation at Sidney, the Troop C Computer Crimes Unit, and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, arrested Evan E. Eldred, age 24 of McDonough, N.Y., for crimes against a child and weapons related charges.
Eldred was arrested following an investigation and the execution of a search warrant at his residence on March 25, 2025.
In June of 2023, troopers received information from a local police agency in the state of Virginia that an adult man had inappropriate communications, sent sexually explicit images, and was soliciting a juvenile.
During the execution of the search warrant on March 25, 2025, Eldred was found to be in possession of five assault rifles and high-capacity magazines that are not New York State SAFE Act Compliant.
Eldred has been charged with the following crimes: five counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the third degree (assault rifle), class “D” felony; four counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the third degree (large capacity ammunition feeding device), class “D” felony; disseminating Indecent Material to Minors in the first degree, class “D” felony; and endangering the Welfare of a Child, misdemeanor.
Eldred was arraigned at the Norwich City Court and remanded to the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $10,000 cash bail, $15,000 credit card bail, $50,000 insurance company bail bond, and/or $75,000 partially secured bond with 10% deposit.
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