A Longmont man who evaded arrest for more than a year before investigators say they found thousands of child sexual abuse images on his devices has been sentenced to 48 years in the Department of Corrections. Stevie Brown, 47, was convicted in June of 19 counts of child sexual exploitation and one count of being a habitual child sex offender, a case prosecutors say reflects a pattern dating back more than a decade.
A Sentence Between the Minimum and the Maximum Request
Judge Andrew Hartman imposed the 48-year sentence with 421 days of credit for time already served, according to dailycamera.com. Prosecutors had pushed for 72 years behind bars, while Brown faced a minimum 24-year sentence under state guidelines, according to the Denver Gazette. The sentence landed roughly in between those two figures, well above the floor but short of what prosecutors sought.
Brown was arrested in April 2024 after evading arrest for over a year, per the same account from the Daily Camera. The Denver Gazette's report ties his arrest to a search warrant executed at his Longmont residence in February 2023, following an online tip that first drew investigators' attention.
Thousands of Exploitative Images Found on His Devices
The scale of the material recovered from Brown's devices became a central part of the case, though the two outlets describe the haul somewhat differently. The Daily Camera's report states that law enforcement found more than 3,000 images, videos and moving images of child sexual abuse material, most of which showed girls between the ages of 4 and 14. The Denver Gazette, citing a 20th Judicial District Attorney's Office news release, reported that investigators found more than 3,200 images and one video of child pornography on devices owned by Brown.
This was not Brown's first conviction. He was previously sentenced in a 2015 Boulder County case tied to attempted sexual assault and possession of child sexual exploitation material, receiving four years in prison, two years of work release and 10 years of sex offender intensive supervision probation, the station's report notes.
Prosecutors Call the Conduct Abhorrent
Boulder County District Attorney Michael Dougherty said Brown's conduct was abhorrent and underscored why these cases remain a priority for law enforcement and prosecutors in the county, a statement reported by dailycamera.com. According to the Denver Gazette, the 20th Judicial District Attorney's Office separately said the sentence was appropriately lengthy and praised Hartman for recognizing the serious nature of the case. Dougherty also praised investigators and the prosecution team for their work in achieving the outcome, per the Denver Gazette's account.
Colorado law treats sexual exploitation of a child as an extraordinary-risk crime, a classification that enhances the presumptive sentencing range in certain circumstances, according to Colorado General Assembly legislation. That designation applied to all 19 counts on which Brown was convicted this past June.
