James Crum of Crawfordville allegedly traveled to Alabama to have sex with child
James Crum
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN Editor
A Crawfordville man, James Crum, 33, has been charged with allegedly traveling to Alabama to have sex with a 6 or 7-year-old child.
Crum was arrested in early December on the charges in Dale County, Ala.
The child’s mother, Laura Edens, 29, was also arrested and charged and faces charges of human trafficking.
A family member said that Edens was trafficking the child, who the family member said is on the autism spectrum and has Downs syndrome.
The Dale County Sheriff’s Office thanked the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Department of Law Enforcement for assistance. It appears WCSO and FDLE executed a search warrant on Crum’s home in Crawfordville and seized some evidence in early December.
The Dale County Sheriff’s Office received information from the Daleville, Ala., Department of Public Safety about the sexual abuse of a child and that prompted the investigation.
Crum is charged with traveling to meet a minor for unlawful sex acts, two counts of rape, two counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years of age, and possession of child pornography.
Edens is charged with first-degree sodomy, two counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years of age, and possession of child pornography.
The FBI is reportedly involved in the case fueling speculation that there could be additional charges from other jurisidictions as well.