Editor’s note: This story includes information about the alleged sexual abuse of a young child. Read at your discretion.
A Torrington woman accused of serving up a young child to a now-convicted child sex predator for the promise of $5,000 denies the allegations, saying the alleged acts were simply his fantasies.
Angela Montoya, whose age is not listed in court documents, was arrested Jan. 27 and granted a waiver of her preliminary hearing Monday on felony charges of:
• Sexual exploitation of a child.
• Conspiracy to commit child sexual exploitation.
• Accessory before the fact exploitation.
Her arrest comes after the October 2025 conviction of her boyfriend, Alvin Lee Syrovatka, 69, for sexual exploitation of children and sexual abuse of a minor, according to a redacted affidavit of probable cause filed in Montoya’s case.
After Syrovatka’s conviction, investigators learned he had a secret cellphone they weren’t aware of during trial that his attorney possessed, the affidavit says.
After getting a search warrant for the cellphone, the attorney turned it over, which was when authorities found a link between Montoya and Syrovatka’s alleged pattern of abuse against a child aged 3 or 4 who was in Montoya’s care.
The affidavit doesn’t say what Montoya’s relationship is with the child, only that she had custody.
The phone contained 92 graphic photographs and videos depicting sex acts with adults and children, including infants and toddlers, the affidavit says.
It also had lengthy text conversations between Montoya and Syrovatka about his desire to perform sexual acts on the child, along with discussions of grooming the child for more intense abuse in the future.
“Early in the string of messages … Syrovatka began asking Montoya permission to sexually abuse (redacted, the child),” according to the affidavit.
“So you going to let me do your (redacted)?” Syrovatka asks Montoya.
“I thot (sic) we said when (redacted) was older,” she responds.
He then tells Montoya the child is now too young for intercourse, but not too young to learn about sex. He’s persistent in Montoya making the child available for what he calls in some text messages as “playing.”
Their text conversations are often graphic and continued “detailing their intent to sexually abuse (the child),” the affidavit says.
Never Happened
The affidavit paints a convoluted relationship between Montoya and Syrovatka, who were living together while he also was married to someone else in another town.
At some points with investigators, Montoya adamantly denies allowing the child in her care to be abused, while at other times describes feeling helpless and afraid of Syrovatka.
“Montoya eventually became emotional and discussed concerns that Syrovatka would kick Montoya out of the house,” the affidavit says. “Montoya discussed Syrovatka would tell Montoya about fantasies and that those fantasies worried Montoya.
She also “discussed Syrovatka was sending texts about his fantasies involving (the child),” the affidavit adds. “Montoya discussed Syrovatka taking (the child) into the bathroom alone … and being threatened by Syrovatka if Syrovatka did not get his way.”
After learning of Syrovatka’s other cellphone and examining it, investigators brought Montoya in for another round of interviews in late January.
By that time, she was adamant in her denial that any sex abuse happened, saying it was all just Syrovatka expressing his fantasies and exercising his freedom of speech.
She also said he was wrongfully convicted.
“Montoya vehemently denied any knowledge of, or involvement in or possession of CSAM (child sexual abuse material), and also of (the child) being abused,” the affidavit says.
About That $5,000
The affidavit goes on to relate how she also was asked “about the countless text messages between her and Syrovatka detailing his sexual abuse of (the child) and Montoya’s apparent knowledge of the abuse.”
That’s when she said Syrovatka was wrongfully convicted based on his First Amendment right to free speech and there was no physical evidence against him.
“Montoya claimed the messages from Syrovatka were his fantasies,” according to the affidavit. “‘I mean, it was one of his fantasies, but I wasn’t gonna allow it.’
“‘This is just something that he does,’” she continued. “‘He writes this kind of stuff just to get aroused. And I just kind of reply to him because that’s what he liked. I mean … freedom of speech. No one protects that anymore.’”
In another interview, Montoya was asked about Syrovatka’s $5,000 offer for access to the child.
“Montoya stated she was ‘in a bad situation,’” but that she “would not have allowed (the child) around Syrovatka.”
She then went on to describe a sexual incident she saw between him and the child.
“Montoya discussed witnessing an incident involving Syrovatka in the living room of Syrovatka’s residence sitting on the couch with his penis out and (the child) present,” the affidavit says.
The child began to pull down its own pants, “However, Montoya claimed she intervened before anything could happen,” according to the affidavit. “Montoya stated Syrovatka then got mad and went home.”
When pressed about why she never called the police on Syrovatka, Montoya said she was scared and felt powerless to do anything.
At that point, the affidavit says she was asked again if she had knowledge of Syrovatka “having regular sexual contact with (the child), which she confirmed.”
That’s when Montoya was arrested and transported to the Goshen County Detention Center in Torrington.
She was initially held on a $50,000 bond, which has since been reduced to $25,000.
Greg Johnson can be reached at greg@cowboystatedaily.com.
