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Seattle Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possession of Child Abuse Images

A 53-year-old man from Des Moines, Washington, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for possession of images of child sexual abuse, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. Edward James Creed, a registered sex offender, was found to have unapproved electronic devices in his residence and images of child sexual abuse on his phone.

Creed was on Washington State Department of Corrections supervision when the images were discovered. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Kymberly K. Evanson said, ‘creating a market for this material perpetuates the horrific abuse of children.’

According to records filed in the case, Creed previously served more than 10 years in state custody for a 2008 Kitsap County conviction for rape of a child. He was released in 2017 but was returned to custody for a time in 2019.

In March of 2024, community corrections reviewed Creed’s phone and found that he had collected 70 images of child sexual abuse. After his arrest, a search of his room at the sex offender residence revealed that he had a number of unapproved electronic devices.

Assistant United States Attorney Cecelia Gregson wrote to the court, ‘In light of the defendant’s demonstrated sexualized interest in minors, it bears repeating that it is exceedingly troubling Creed successfully completed a sexual deviancy treatment program in prison and after two relatively short periods of time in the community was caught seeking out (2020) or successfully obtaining (2024) child sexual abuse material and unlawfully accessing the internet to do so.’

Judge Evanson ordered Creed to be on 15 years of supervised release to follow prison. The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Washington State Department of Corrections. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Cecelia Gregson.

This case was also brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 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, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who sexually exploit children, as well as to identify and rescue victims.