A 30-year-old Boulder man who left his unlocked cell phone on a public bus was sentenced Friday in Denver federal court to 15 1/2 years in prison for possession of child pornography. Wesley David Gilreath will have 10 years of supervised release following his prison term. Gilreath’s Apple iPhone contained approximately 12,000 photos and 200 videos of “violent” child pornography, according to federal prosecutors. As described in case documents, Regional Transportation District employees found a cell phone while they were cleaning buses at RTD’s Boulder terminal on May 31, 2019. In an attempt to discover the phone’s owner, the employees found the device was unlocked and immediately encountered images of child pornography. One of the employees was a former employee of Child Protective Services. The phone was turned in to Boulder Police Department detectives and eventually the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Gilreath was arrested less than a month later. The FBI found thousands of additional photos and videos on a thumb drive and second phone inside Gilreath’s south Boulder apartment. Agents also found a full-size Nazi flag, two black and white flags bearing symbols associated with white supremacy, and several books — titles among them including “National Anarchism,” “American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing,” and “In Bad Company: America’s Terrorist Underground.” Also found in the apartment were hand-written notes bearing names and addresses of 15 mosques, synagogues, and other religious centers within 35 miles of his residence. Prosecutors provided evidence that Gilreath had posted online “hunting guides” targeting members of those religious groups.
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