Cop in kid porn case resigns

Former APD Sgt. Morgan Sellman

AURORA | The Aurora police DARE coordinator arrested late last year on child pornography charges has resigned, police announced Monday. 

Sgt. Morgan Sellman, 39, a 14-year Aurora police veteran, had been on unpaid leave since his December arrest in El Paso County, police said. 

Sellman’s resignation took effect Monday, police said. 

Sellman worked as the department’s quartermaster and DARE coordinator, police said after his arrest.

According to Colorado Springs investigators, Westminster police tipped off El Paso County investigators that Sellman was likely in possession of child pornography. Sellman lives in Peyton, near Colorado Springs.

Investigators were granted a search warrant to retrieve evidence from Sellman’s home while he wasn’t there.

El Paso officials said that at this time it does not appear that Sellman had any personal contact with a victim or used Aurora police computers to store child pornography images.

Colorado Springs police said he faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of the charges.