Canon City man arrested for possession of child pornography after a two-year investigation

CANON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) – A Canon City man has been arrested for possession of child pornography following a two-year investigation, the Canon City Police Department (CCPD) announced Wednesday.

According to CCPD, 27-year-old Geoffrey Vickers of Canon City was arrested in Larimer County on October 2. He was then transferred to the Fremont County Detention Center on October 9.

Vickers’ arrest was the culmination of an investigation that began in July 2022. The CCPD said detectives were able to link Vicker to approximately 300 gigabytes of “child sexual abuse material data.”

The CCPD said that according to a software system used in other jurisdictions and as a trial advisor, the amount of digital data recovered in this case would be the equivalent of 4,650,000 printed images or 19,500,000 Microsoft word documents.

According to the CCPD, Vickers’ charges are listed as Sexual Exploitation of a Child (20+ items) F3 x 104 counts.