Tag: sexual assault

21-year-old charged with felony sexual assault of a child

By Pete Banda Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man is currently behind bars after being issued bonds totaling $700,000 for three counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and Two Charges of Indecency with a Child. Jorge Alberto Herrera Martinez, 21, turned himself in to police last week after being informed that five …

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Man accused of performing sexual act on underage boy

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com An off-duty San Benito police officer on Friday arrested a man for the alleged sexual assault of a teenage male. According to Assistant Operations Chief Michael Galvan of the San Benito Police Department, the incident occurred around midnight Friday, Aug. 8, in the parking lot of the Canal Place …

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Sexual assault suspect nabbed at International Bridge

NEWS Staff Report BROWNSVILLE – A man was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge on Sunday, April 27 for an incident that occurred in San Benito. According to the CBP, agents apprehended 42-year-old Onorio Ramos on an active arrest warrant for sexual assault from San Benito. …

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Local man wanted for sexual assault of a child

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man wanted for the alleged sexual assault of a child is the Cameron County District Attorney’s Fugitive of the Week after failing to appear at a hearing on April 18, 2012. Thirty-year-old Eric Lugo, who according to the DA’s office also goes by Eric Lugo-Rocha, …

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