Tag: aggravated sexual assault

Wife of child abuse suspect comes to husband’s defense

By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com The wife of a local man recently arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two children has come to his defense. Following news of her husband’s, 20-year-old San Benito resident Francisco Mejia’s arrest, his wife of two years, Reyna Mejia, also 20, took her case to the San Benito Police …

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Police fear child abuse suspect fled country

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com San Benito police officers believe the man wanted for the aggravated sexual assault of two underage girls may have fled the country. Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department said that the suspect, Edwin Talavera, the 37-year-old former Stonewall Jackson apartment manager and minister of a …

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Man jailed for sexually assaulting 14-year-old; victim may be pregnant

By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com A San Benito man is behind bars for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and impregnating her, police reported Friday afternoon. According to a press release issued by Detective Rogelio Banda Jr. of the San Benito Police Department, 19-year-old Humberto Garcia of San Benito was arrested at his Corral …

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