After about 13 hours of deliberations, jurors found 30-year-old Dylan Miller guilty of violating the civil rights of a teenage girl who accused him of sexually assaulting her while on duty in August of 2023.
Judge Nina Wang shared the verdict in U.S. District Court in Denver about 4 p.m. Tuesday. The jury deliberated all day on Monday, beginning at 11 a.m., and for about six and a half hours on Tuesday before finding Miller guilty of deprivation of civil rights, a class four felony, according to the indictment.
The teen, who used the pseudonym Olivia during the trial to protect her identity, said Miller approached her and a friend in North Lake Park shortly after midnight and that he asked her friend to leave, according to the arrest affidavit from a Larimer County case. Miller then led Olivia to a secluded area of the park where he made her perform oral sex on him, the affidavit states.
In a short recess following the verdict, Miller shared an emotional embrace with friends and family in the courtroom. He will be taken into federal custody until his sentencing hearing, which was not set in court Tuesday to give attorneys time to discuss scheduling with their clients. The 30-year-old faces up to a life sentence in prison.
Defense attorney Reid Elkus said his team plans on filing a motion for acquittal, which he has 14 days to do, but indicated he would be requesting a 30-day extension to file.
Miller is also facing state charges in 8th Judicial District Court in Fort Collins of first-degree kidnapping, a class 2 felony; sexual assault of a child from a position of trust, a class 4 felony; unlawful sexual conduct by a peace officer, a class 3 felony; sexual assault of a person with a 10-year-age difference, a class 6 felony; official oppression, a class 1 misdemeanor; and first-degree official misconduct, a class 1 misdemeanor for the incident, according to court records. He has not entered a plea in this case and is presumed innocent until proven guilty, regardless of the guilty verdict in his federal case.
Miller is set to appear in court in Fort Collins on Dec. 8 at 11 a.m.