PHOENIX, ARIZ. — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Cylus Miller Alvarado, 25, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on Jan. 15, 2026, by U.S. District Judge Sharad H. Desai to 192 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine.

Alvarado previously pleaded guilty to abusive sexual contact of a child.

“When children are targeted by sexual predators, it causes long-lasting harm to survivors, their families and often their communities,” said U.S. Attorney Timothy Courchaine. “Our justice system must protect children, decisively and without compromise. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and our federal and tribal law enforcement partners continue to use every available tool to identify and bring to account individuals, like Alvarado, who perpetrate crimes against the most innocent among us.”

“One of the most important things FBI Phoenix does is protecting children around the world from predators seeking to harm them. We thank the brave victim and witness who came forward in this case to help us put Cylus Alvarado behind bars for more than a decade,” said FBI Phoenix Acting Special Agent in Charge Joe Hooper. “The FBI hopes this sentence shows our unwavering commitment to pursuing justice for all victims of similar abuse and sends the message to all offenders—you will be pursued, prosecuted, and punished.”

Between April 1, 2022, and June 12, 2023, Alvarado engaged in abusive sexual contact with a minor victim who was under the age of 12 on multiple occasions at the residence where he was living in Parker, Arizona, on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Indian Reservation. Alvarado and the minor victim are enrolled members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes.

The FBI Phoenix, Lake Havasu office, and the Colorado River Indian Tribes Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina J. Reid-Moore, District of Arizona, Phoenix, prosecuted the case.

CASE NUMBER:            CR-24-02020-PHX-SHD

RELEASE NUMBER:    2026-006_Alvarado

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