A 39-year-old Longmont man turned himself in to the Boulder County Jail last Thursday on an arrest warrant alleging he possessed thousands of child sexual exploitation videos and images on his personal devices. Bryan Glyn Tylor now faces 13 counts in total: 12 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child, plus one charge of tampering with physical evidence tied to his alleged conduct when officers arrived to search his home.
According to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Tylor surrendered on October 8 after learning deputies had issued the warrant for his arrest. The case stemmed from a proactive investigation into the sharing of child sexual exploitation material through peer-to-peer software, which allows users to exchange files directly over the internet, as reported by the Denver Gazette.
An investigator at the Boulder County Digital Forensics Lab, which is affiliated with the Colorado Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, identified Tylor as a possible perpetrator, according to a Boulder County Sheriff's Office news release cited by the Gazette. That led law enforcement to obtain a search warrant for his residence in the 500 block of East 16th Avenue in Longmont.
SWAT Team Joins Search, Devices Seized
Detectives and the Longmont SWAT team executed the warrant and found several devices inside Tylor's home. Those devices reportedly contained thousands of child sexual exploitation videos and images, the Gazette's report states.
Tylor was charged with six counts of possession of child sexual exploitation material in video form and six counts involving possession in image form, per the same account. The video-related counts are classified as Class 4 extraordinary-risk felonies, while the image-related counts are classified as Class 5 extraordinary-risk felonies. He also faces a single Class 6 felony charge of tampering with physical evidence, which the sheriff's office news release says relates to his alleged conduct when officers first arrived to execute the warrant.
Bond Posted, Few Details Released
Tylor posted a $100,000 bond, Boulder Sheriff's Office spokesperson Vinnie Montez confirmed. As of this past Sunday, the sheriff's office had released no further information about the alleged conduct underlying the charges, the Gazette notes.
The investigation drew on multiple agencies, with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Boulder County District Attorney's Office, Boulder County Digital Forensics Lab, Longmont Department of Public Safety and Boulder Police Department all assisting, according to the report.
Other Recent Longmont Cases
Tylor's arrest follows a string of similar cases out of Boulder County in recent months. A 36-year-old Longmont man, Thomas Daniel Merritt, was arrested on 10 felony counts tied to alleged possession of child sexual abuse material after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children referred a tip about material stored on a cloud platform to the Colorado Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and then the Boulder County Digital Forensics Lab, according to the Longmont Leader. Merritt faced five video-possession counts as Class 4 felonies and five image-possession counts as Class 5 felonies, mirroring the structure of the charges against Tylor.
In a separate Longmont case, 19-year-old Diego Arteaga-Gurrola turned himself in after learning a warrant had been issued for six counts tied to possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material depicting a child under 12, Denver7 reported. That investigation began after the Colorado Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about CSAM distribution — the same organization that runs the national CyberTipline, which logged more than 1.5 million reports in 2025, including a sharp rise tied to generative artificial intelligence technology.
Anyone who suspects online child sexual exploitation can report it through NCMEC's CyberTipline website or by calling 1-800-THE-LOST.
