Sex Offender Arrested on New Charges Upon His Release from Prison

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Rowan County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff: Travis Allen

Sex Offender Arrested on New Charges Upon His Release from Prison



SALISBURY, N.C. (Thursday, March 20, 2025) – On March 15, 2025, a registered sex offender was booked into the Rowan County Jail on additional charges. 37-year-old Justin Dale Edwards of Salisbury was transferred to the custody of the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction upon his release from prison.

In January of 2024, deputies received a report of a child being sexually abused by Edwards the year prior when she was 11 years old. Investigators partnered with the Rowan County Department of Social Services and the Terrie Hess House Child Advocacy Center and in April of 2024, obtained warrants for Edwards’ arrest. He was charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child one count of statutory sex offense with a child by an adult. His arrest was delayed until he could be released from prison.

Edwards was given a $350,000 secured bond and will appear in Rowan County District Court on March 17th. Records show that Edwards was previously convicted of sexually abusing a 13-year-old and 15 year-old between 2010 and 2011 in Davidson County which caused him to register as a sex offender.

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