(Sept. 10, 2026) - A 2024 Aurora Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children investigation recently concluded with the arrest of an Aurora resident on charges of sexual exploitation of a child.
Brandon William Cross, 39, of Aurora, was arrested by the Aurora police fugitive unit on Thursday, Sept. 3, on an active warrant on charges related to sexual exploitation of a child.
The warrant stems from 2024, when detectives received four CyberTips from kik.com that documented accounts, later associated to Cross, of sharing child sex abuse material with other Kik messaging app users.
During the investigation, APD ICAC Detectives were notified by the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations that special agents were working undercover on Kik and were in online groups where Cross was trading child sexual abuse materials with other users. The FBI and HSI shared their investigations with Aurora investigators.
In February, Aurora police served a search warrant at Cross’s residence. Several electronic devices were seized and forensically examined. Detectives found numerous child sexual abuse files on Cross’s seized devices.
Cross remains in custody in The Aurora Municipal Detention Center without bond.
The Aurora Police Department Internet Crimes Against Children Unit is partnered with Homeland Security Investigations, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation as part of the Colorado Cyber Guardian Task Force, which is comprised of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies in the Denver metro area. The task force focuses on child exploitation and child sex trafficking investigations.
Gabby Easterwood
Public Information Officer
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