New Haven Man, 50, Gets Prison For Child Porn Of Teen Runaway: Feds

NEW HAVEN, CT —A 50-year-old New Haven man will spend 10 years in a federal prison for producing child pornography, according to the Justice Department.

Edward Walker was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 120 months, followed by 10 years of supervised release.

According to Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, court documents and statements made in court, in June and July 2019, Walker made two cell phone videos of himself engaging in sexual activity with a 16-year-old girl. The teen was a "runaway from foster care and dependent on Walker for housing, food, and other necessities," Avery said.

In April, Walker pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

The judge ordered that the 10-year sentence will run concurrently with a 25-year federal sentence that Walker is currently serving after being convicted of sex trafficking offenses in the Southern District of Florida.

This matter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Angel M. Krull and Shan Patel.

This prosecution is part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Project Safe Childhood Initiative, which is aimed at protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.

To report cases of child exploitation, please visit www.cybertipline.com.