QUINLAN, Texas — A Hunt County man has been sentenced to federal prison after admitting he lied to FBI agents during an investigation involving firearms possession by a convicted felon.
United States Attorney Ryan Raybould for the Northern District of Texas announced that 65-year-old Carey Todd Edwards (jail records say he was 61) was sentenced on June 11, 2026, to 21 months in federal prison for making a false statement to the FBI.
According to court documents, FBI agents interviewed Edwards outside his Quinlan home on July 26, 2023, after receiving information related to his online activity.
During that interview, Edwards acknowledged that he was a convicted felon and admitted possessing both a shotgun and a pistol inside his residence.
The following day, agents returned with a federal search warrant. However, the firearms were no longer inside the home.
In a follow-up interview on July 27, Edwards denied possessing any firearms, telling investigators, "I don't have any. I never had any guns."
Federal prosecutors said Edwards later admitted that statement was false and acknowledged removing the firearms from his residence before agents executed the search warrant.
During sentencing, Senior U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle noted that Edwards operated a website promoting anti-Semitic beliefs, maintained a close affiliation with another anti-Semitic website, and advocated racial separation.
The court further observed that Edwards' online activity, combined with his criminal history and firearm possession, could have been viewed as threatening to members of the Jewish community in North Texas.
Judge Boyle ultimately concluded that Edwards made the false statements in an effort to obstruct the FBI's investigation into whether he had illegally possessed firearms as a convicted felon.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Edward L. Hocter prosecuted the case.
