Former Colorado police officer convicted by federal jury for sexual assault of a minor
A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a former Loveland police officer of depriving a minor of civil rights when he sexually assaulted her in a Northern Colorado park in 2023.
Dylan Miller, 30, was fired and arrested in November 2023 after Loveland Police Chief Tim Doran said the former officer sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl at North Lake Park earlier that year while on duty. The girl's parents reported the assault in October and said it happened on Aug. 3 and 4 of that year.
A federal grand jury indicted Miller in March 2024 and the FBI led the investigation into the assault.
Miller was convicted on Tuesday and faces a maximum of life in prison. There's no minimum sentence, according to federal sentencing guidelines. A sentencing date hasn't yet been set, but federal prosecutors say it should happen in early 2026.
He was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service following the verdict.
As a convicted felon, he can also no longer serve as a law enforcement officer in Colorado.
Miller still has an open case related to the same incident in Larimer County District Court, for which he's charged with kidnapping, sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of trust, unlawful sexual conduct by a police officer, sexual assault with a 10-year age difference, official misconduct, and official oppression — the first four of which are felonies.
He has a hearing scheduled for Monday, but county prosecutors are still working to determine how they'll move forward in that case.
"We are grateful that the victim in this case was able to tell her story to a federal court and hope this verdict brings her closer towards healing on this case," Kylie Massman, a spokesperson for the Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office, said on Wednesday. "We also hope that it provides some level of closure for the city of Loveland for an extreme violation of trust. We appreciate our partners at the US Attorney's Office for pursuing this case using the more expansive legal avenues they have given the severity of this offense. Our case remains open and we will work with the victim as we evaluate the verdict and the ultimate sentence in deciding how best to proceed."
