Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Judge Susanne Wilson Bullard has sentenced Joshua Simaul Bryan, 40, to 29 consecutive life sentences after an Alachua County jury convicted him on 29 child pornography-related charges.
Bryan was arrested in June 2025 for failing to meet the requirements imposed on registered sex offenders. A search of his cellphone led investigators to file additional child pornography charges. The failure-to-comply charges were later dismissed.
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On November 3, an Alachua County jury convicted Bryan on 27 counts involving possession of specific child pornography images, transmitting child sexual abuse material and soliciting a child for unlawful sexual conduct. The jury acquitted him on one count of harmful communication with a minor.
After the trial, Judge Wilson Bullard sentenced Bryan to life in prison on each of the 29 charges.
Bryan’s June 2025 arrest also violated the terms of his probation in a 2021 case involving 10 counts of possessing child pornography. In May 2026, he received a 25-year prison sentence in that case.
