Southeast Nebraska assault report leads to child porn discovery

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – An assault report lead to an arrest involving child porn in southeast Nebraska.

On May 3, a 17-year-old reported that she had been assaulted overnight. According to court records, the girl said she had been over at 20-year-old Edgar Hernandez Canahan’s house.

Canahan had reportedly encouraged the two teenagers to drink alcohol and do drugs with him. Court records stated that the teenager reportedly attempted to leave, but was physically stopped by Canahan. During the incident, Canahan reportedly hit the teenager in the face.

Canahan’s roommate then arrived and drove the girl back to her house.

Court records stated Canahan had reportedly been in a relationship with the 15-year-old for about three days.

On May 6, law enforcement was granted a search warrant to seize any electronic communication devices from Canahan. Canahan claimed that he did not know the 15-year-old. He later turned over three phones.

On May 13, Canahan was absent from work, and the 15-year-old girl was missing from her school. Officers went to Canahan’s house to see if they could find the 15-year-old, but did not find her at the house. However, they did find another phone, which officers took as evidence.

Once all four devices were found, law enforcement found several chats indicating a relationship between the two individuals as well as several child porn images.

Canahan was charged with 10 counts of possession of child porn.

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