Convicted Child Rapist Pleads Guilty to Producing Child Sexual Abuse Material with Two Separate Victims, Faces 25-100 Years in Prison

ALBANY, NEW YORK - Andrew Edick, 39, a Level 2 registered sex offender of Mohawk, New York, pled guilty today to two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Each count related to Edick's exploitation of a separate victim. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and Erin Keegan, Special Agent in Charge of the Buffalo Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), made the announcement.

In pleading guilty, Edick admitted that in in the summer of 2022, he filmed the genitalia of a female child born in 2013 and knowingly transported the video between Facebook accounts he controlled. Edick also admitted that later that year, he filmed himself having sexual intercourse with a female child born in 2009. Edick later sent the video to the child and told her to delete it after viewing.

In 2012, Edick was convicted after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual misconduct in Herkimer County Court. As part of his plea in that case, Edick admitted that he had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old female child without her consent. As a result of that conviction, Edick has been registered as a Level 2 sex offender in New York State, including when he committed the new offenses in 2022.

Edick's plea resolves an indictment on which he was scheduled for trial beginning February 2, 2026. Edick was originally charged in connection with these crimes by a complaint filed in May 2023, following an investigation by HSI and the U.S. Attorney's Office. Edick was arrested when HSI executed a search warrant at his residence and recovered a cellular phone that contained, as Edick admitted in his plea, numerous videos and images of child sexual abuse material. Edick has been detained ever since his initial arrest.

"Andrew Edick is a relentless sexual predator, whose nightmarish crimes are over," Acting United States Attorney Sarcone said. "I commend the work of our prosecutors and HSI in securing this conviction. Their work ensures that this dangerous predator will spend decades in prison, and our children are exponentially safer today."

"Andrew Edick's actions represent the most egregious betrayal of trust and innocence imaginable. Edick, an already convicted child rapist, repeatedly abused vulnerable minors and deliberately documented and distributed images depicting their suffering. The trauma he inflicted is permanent, and his crimes are beyond reprehensible. HSI remains relentless in our pursuit of predators like Edick and our commitment to protecting children from such evil."

Edick is scheduled for sentencing before U.S. District Judge Mae A. D'Agostino on May 29, 2026. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years in prison, a maximum sentence of 100 years in prison, a term of supervised release of between 5 years and life, a fine of up to $500,000, and will again be required to register as a sex offender. In addition, Edick is responsible for restitution to the victims of his crimes and forfeiture of the device used in connection with his crimes. A defendant's sentence is imposed by a judge based on the particular statutes the defendant is convicted of violating, the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other factors.

HSI investigating the case, with assistance from the New York State Police. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Benjamin S. Clark and Michael J. Whalen are prosecuting the case as part of Project Safe Childhood.

Project Safe Childhood is a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.