GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Judge Susanne Wilson Bullard has sentenced 40-year-old Joshua Simaul Bryan to 29 life terms after a jury convicted him on 29 child pornography-related charges.
Bryan was taken into custody in June 2025 for allegedly violating sexual offender requirements. A search of his cellphone subsequently led to additional charges involving child pornography. The sexual offender compliance charges were later dismissed.
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. He was acquitted on one charge of harmful communication with a minor.
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After the verdict, Judge Wilson Bullard imposed a life sentence for each of the 29 charges.
Bryan’s June 2025 arrest also violated the terms of his probation from a 2021 case involving 10 counts of child pornography possession. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison in that case in May 2026.