FORNEY (WBAP/KLIF)- Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office Investigators and the Texas Rangers are requesting the public’s assistance to identify any other children or teens that may have been contacted online or victimized by 24-year-old Taylor Blake Craft of Forney.
On May 31, 2019 Craft was indicted by a Kaufman County Grand Jury on twelve felony offenses they are as follows:
- Sexual Assault of a Child – Felony II
- Online Solicitation of a Minor – Felony II
- Online Solicitation of a Minor – Felony II
- Publish/Threat to Publish Intimate Visual Material – State Jail Felony
- Publish/Threat to Publish Intimate Visual Material – State Jail Felony
- Possession Child Pornography – Felony III
- Publish/Threat to Publish Intimate Visual Material – State Jail Felony
- Publish/Threat to Publish Intimate Visual Material – State Jail Felony
- Possession Child Pornography – Felony III
- Possession Child Pornography – Felony III
- Sexual Assault Child – Felony II
- Aggravated Sexual Assault Child – Felony I
Craft has pending charges in Dallas and Rockwall Counties as well.
Police say Craft contacted numerous underage girls on social media. Police say Craft also created and used a fictitious Snapchat account, under a girl’s name to gain the confidence of his victims and overtime would convince them to meet Craft. Craft is reported to have threatened to expose the nude photos he had obtained if the victim refused his sexual
advances. Investigators have identified more than fifteen victims. “Based on the volume of photographs that were in Craft’s possession we believe there are many other victims who have yet to be identified,” said investigator Jolie Stewart. “We are asking if anyone came in contact with Craft or felt like they had been forced to do something they didn’t want to do,” she said. Craft remains in custody in the Kaufman County Jail, his bond has been set at $2,675,000.
Investigators encourage anyone who may have been approached or contacted by Craft to contact Investigator Jimmy Weisbruch at the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office at 972-932-9735.
