James Phillip "Phil" Edwards
Ambien, a sleep medication, by slipping it in soda and ice cream.
Prosecutors allege that once the children were unconscious, Edwards
would sexually abuse them and record the abuse.
Edwards is also charged with advertising child pornography over the Internet, attempting to distribute child
pornography over the Internet and possessing child pornography.
Last October, when we first learned about Edwards, he was accused
of drugging young girls with Ambien and photographing them. The photos
were allegedly found in a computer file titled "Consuming the date rape
drug" and "Phil's kindergarten
class ages 4-7, which showed five girls sleeping. There was also a
video of girls being given drinks and ice cream before appearing
unconscious.
In a Kansas City Star story now hidden by a pay wall, Edwards
allegedly told investigators that he didn't see anything wrong with
what he did, and in a videotaped statement admitted giving the sedative
to "multiple minor girls" between the ages of 6 and 12.
"His view is that society placesarbitrary lines (as in age restrictions) around sexual conduct, with
which he doesn't agree," Assistant U.S. Attorney Katharine Fincham
wrote in the motion.
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