LA PORTE, Texas (KTRK)– La Porte authorities state they have actually apprehended 40-year-old Enrique “Ricky” Vela, after they discovered proof he sexually abused several youngsters, and they state he made video clips of the misuse.
Detectives state all of it began when they were examining Vela for an unconnected burglary. After investigatives state they looked his phone for that, they discovered a number of video clips of kid porn.
ABC13 spoke to Vela’s next-door neighbors, that state they have actually seen him on a mobility scooter late during the night and often with youngsters, yet they state they never ever thought he can these sorts of troubling sex-related accusations.
” I was stunned and after that extremely, mad regarding the youngsters, whoever he abused, or whatever occurred. It’s rather poor,” next-door neighbor Rosanne Anderson claimed.
” That’s why I was so amazed when it occurred. When she informed me, I was much like, ‘He lives right before us, and I never ever understood he did every one of that,'” next-door neighbor Sebastian Valdez claimed.
SEE ORIGINAL RECORD: La Porte guy deals with several sex costs after authorities state they discovered kid porn on his phone
Court records disclose this go back to July of in 2014, when authorities state Vela advertised an efficiency consisting of sex-related conduct by a youngster under 14 years of ages.
Furthermore, the area lawyer’s workplace states from September 2024 to this previous February, Vela additionally dedicated at the very least 2 matters of sexual assault, consisting of intensified sexual offense and sex-related efficiency of a youngster– every one of them under the age of 17.
Police officers state he’s currently dealing with 8 first-degree felony matters, costs varying from ownership of porn to sex-related efficiency of a youngster.
Individuals that live near Vela are guessing regarding what they have actually observed.
” My mother did inform me regarding something, that he typically mosts likely to the play area that’s right in the rear of the area, keeping that youngster or children,” Valdez included.
Detectives state if founded guilty of the existing costs, he might encounter over 85 years behind bars, and today, they state they think there might be much more sufferers available.
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