Couple sentenced for making child porn

Published 10:02 am Thursday, September 17, 2015

By Trey Mewes, Austin Daily Herald

The Austin couple convicted of producing child pornography was sentenced to prison time Tuesday in federal court.

Anthony Edge

Anthony Edge

Deborah Edge

Deborah Edge

Anthony Edge, 36, was sentenced to 25 years in prison Tuesday. His wife, Deborah, was sentenced to 10 years. Both will have to register as predatory offenders and face supervised probation for life.

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Anthony and Deborah pleaded guilty in February to making child porn in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.

They faced a combined 11 federal criminal sexual conduct charges for allegedly producing several videos and images of child pornography in their Austin home.

The Edges’ sentencing brings to a close more than a year and a half’s worth of criminal proceedings.

The couple was charged in state court in April 2014 after authorities raided the Edge home in late March 2014.

State and local authorities were tipped off by The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about child pornography on the chat website Omegle.