Garner couple charged with making child porn

A Garner couple has been arrested and charged with making child porn.

Darryl Edwin Foley, 34, and Carmen Delia Foley, 31, are facing multiple charges related to child sex crimes.

Darryl was arrested in January and is charged with 10 counts of second-degree exploitation of a minor. The arrest warrant said victims included children ranging from the ages of one to 12 years old. Darryl has already been indicted on the crimes.

Carmen was arrested Thursday and is charged with three counts of first-degree exploitation of a minor and two counts of statutory sex offense with a child by an adult.

Search warrants said in September 2023, investigators traced three videos containing child pornography back to an IP address belonging to Darryl. Investigators said this gave them probable cause to search the Foley's home.

Investigators found files from the Foley's devices that depicted Darryl and Carmen engaged in sexual acts with a girl under the age of five, according to search warrants.

Carmen is being held on a $3-million bond, and Darryl is being held on a $450,000 bond.

This was a joint investigation conducted by the Garner Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) as part of Operation Winter Guardian -- a child porn sweep conducted by the SBI.