CARVER, Minn. (FOX 9) - A Carver man is facing federal charges for allegedly creating graphic videos of animal torture and death for pay-per-view YouTube channels.

‘Animal crushing’ videos

Federal charges:

Bryan Wesley Edison, 32, has been federally indicted on 16 counts of animal crushing , which is when a person intentionally harms an animal by crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, impaling or otherwise causing serious bodily injury.

President Donald Trump expanded the "Crush Video Statue" with the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act in 2019. The act recognized "individuals who intentionally torture and kill animals pose a unique danger to others and to society as a whole," according to the DOJ press release.

What happened:

Edison allegedly operated pay-per-view YouTu

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