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SOUTH SALT LAKE — A man previously convicted of possessing child pornography has been arrested for investigation of a crime that became a law this year.
Joshua Tyszko, 42, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of possession of a child sex doll.
A South Salt Lake police officer served a warrant on Tyszko's residence on Tuesday near 3200 South and 400 East.
"During the search, a child sex doll was located in Joshua Tyszko's bedroom. The child sex doll was anatomically correct and with features that resemble a minor. ... The doll was intended for use in sex acts," a police booking affidavit states.
This past legislative session, HB108, sponsored by Rep. Matthew Gwynn, R-Farr West, sailed through both chambers of the Legislature without a single lawmaker opposing it. Gwynn, who also serves as the Roy police chief, said child sex dolls had been found in several child pornography investigations recently. The bill was signed by the governor and the law was placed in the Utah Criminal Code.
In 2017, Tyszko was convicted of two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and sentenced to one year in jail and placed on five years probation, according to court records.
