Posted on: March 30, 2025 12:55 PM

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Chenango County man arrested for sending inappropriate messages to juvenile and weapons related charges

On March 25, 2025, New York State Police at Norwich Bureau of Criminal Investigation with the assistance of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation at Sidney, the Troop C Computer Crimes Unit and the Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce arrested Evan E. Eldred, age 24 of McDonough, NY for crimes against a child and weapons related charges.

Eldred was arrested following an investigation and the execution of a search warrant at his residence on March 25, 2025.

In June of 2023, Troopers received information from a local police agency in the state of Virginia that an adult man had inappropriate communications, sent sexually explicit images and was soliciting a juvenile.

During the execution of the search warrant on March 25, 2025, Eldred was found to be in possession of five assault rifles and high-capacity magazines that are not New York State SAFE Act Compliant.

From NYSP