LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – A federal jury in Lincoln returned a guilty verdict Wednesday against a former Alliance man caught traveling from Montana to Nebraska with child pornography and children’s underwear in 2021.
Tyler Denby, 39, will be sentenced on Nov. 21 for one count of transporting child pornography and one count of possessing child pornography. The verdict subjects Denby to a potential prison term of up to 20 years on each count and a minimum of five years on the transportation count.
On July 30, 2021, the Alliance Police Department received two separate calls for assistance concerning a man threatening others in the area. Police identified Denby, who was then a Montana resident visiting the city, as the suspect and contacted him at a gas station.
United States Attorney Susan Lehr said during the encounter, officers gained probable cause to search Denby’s vehicle when a marijuana pipe was spotted …