Carrboro sex offender charged in new sex crimes case
TOOK OUT A PHOTO LESS THAN A
WEEK AFTER IT WENT OUT.
>> RIGHT NOW AT 5 O'CLOCK IN
ORANGE COUNTY OFFENDER HAS BEEN
ARRESTED FOR ANOTHER CRIME
INVOLVING A CHILD. THANK YOU
FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD
OWENS AND I'M LENA TILLETT
EDWIN SILVA, WAS ON PROBATION
AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN
ALAMANCE COUNTY FOR A 2022
OFFENSE. NOW HE'S FACING
SIMILAR CHARGES. AGAIN, THE NEW
WARRANTS, A VIDEO METAPHOR.
TEEN, YOUR GIRL, 13 YEAR-OLD
GIRL ON SOCIAL MEDIA WRAL'S
MONICA CASEY JOINING US NOW
LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY. MONICA.
>> THIS IS AN UNSETTLING
SITUATION FOR ANY PARENTS.
>> ELLINA IT IS THIS WAR AND WE
HAVE HERE IS FOR SILVA VIDEOS
APARTMENT. IT SAYS HE PICKED
THAT PICKED HIM UP IN SILER
CITY AND BROUGHT HER HERE TO
ORANGE COUNTY.
>> 22 YEAR-OLD EDWIN STILL THE
VIDEO IS A REGISTERED OFFENDER
NOW CHARGED IN ANOTHER CRIME.
HE WAS ARRESTED IN JUNE OF
2022. IN ALAMANCE COUNTY AND
CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF A
OFFENSE WITH A CHILD AND 2
COUNTS OF INDECENT LIBERTIES
WITH A CHILD. HE PLED GUILTY
TO INDECENT LIBERTIES WITH A
CHILD AND HE WAS GIVEN
PROBATION AND A SUSPENDED
SENTENCE. STILL, THE VIDEO
VIOLATED HIS PROBATION IN
SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AFTER
RESISTING ARREST FOR BEING
INTOXICATED. HE PLED GUILTY
IN THAT CASE IN ORANGE COUNTY
AS WELL. NOW HE'S BEEN ARRESTED
FOR MORE CRIMES AGAINST
CHILDREN, ACCORDING TO THIS
SEARCH WARRANT FOR HIS
APARTMENT, HE BEGAN
COMMUNICATING WITH A 13
YEAR-OLD VICTIM ON INSTAGRAM.
SHE TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE HAD
SMOKED MARIJUANA AND DRANK A
TWISTED TEA WITH HIM. HER PHONE
HAD PHOTOS OF THEM TOGETHER.
THE WARRANT SAYS THE GEO TIME
RECORDED IN THE PHOTOS PUT THEM
IN HIS APARTMENT. HE'S CHARGED
WITH 3 COUNTS OF KIDNAPPING, 3
COUNTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, 4
COUNTS OF STATUTORY RAPE OF
A CHILD. 3 COUNTS OF INDECENT
LIBERTIES AND 2 COUNTS OF
SOLICITING BY A COMPUTER.
>> AND STILL, THE VIDEO IS IN
CUSTODY IN CHATHAM COUNTY RIGHT
NOW UNDER NO BOND. BUT SOME OF
THOSE CHARGES ARE HERE IN
ORANGE COUNTY AS WELL. LIVE IN