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Dayton sex offender pleads guilty to sexually abusing toddlers

Dayton sex offender pleads guilty to sexually abusing toddlers

DAYTON — A Dayton registered sex offender pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 2-year-old boy and a 3-year-old boy and making child porn, according to the Department of Justice Southern District of Ohio.

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Tyler Ulm 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of producing and one count of distributing child pornography and a committing a felony offense involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender.

Ulm could be sentenced to 50 years to life in prison as part of a plea deal, according to the DOJ.

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The plea also includes state charges of rape of a person younger than 10, rape of a person younger than 10 by force and gross sexual imposition of person younger than 13.

Ulm was accused of creating child porn by sexually abusing the two young boys. He reportedly abused the 2-year-old at least five times at different places in Dayton and the 3-year-old at least twice at his Dayton residence, according to the DOJ.

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The incidents took place throughout a year, during which Ulm created at least seven videos and 58 pictures.

Ulm was indicted by a federal grand jury in March 2018, according to the DOJ.

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