Thread: TX: Illegal Immigrant Faces Attempted Child Sex Assault Char

Illegal Immigrant Faces Attempted Child Sex Assault Charge

Updated: Tuesday, 19 Apr 2011, 1:50 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 19 Apr 2011, 10:24 AM CDT

DOUG DELONY


HOUSTON - An illegal immigrant has been charged with attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to Harris County Constable Pct. 4.

The constable office’s High Tech Crimes Unit and Houston Metro ICAC worked with the office of Homeland Security Investigations to arrest Jose Fernando Salas Zerate, 38.

The arrest occurred Monday following an investigation into Zerate’s online activities.

Zerate, an alleged illegal immigrant from Mexico, traveled from south of Houston to an area near Airtex and the North Freeway to meet with a woman he befriended on the Internet. According to Precinct 4, the man and woman had been flirting online for several weeks, and he insisted and meeting her and the children she baby sits.

Investigators say Zerate made it clear he wanted to sexually assault the children.

Officials were able to intercept the suspect at a nearby hotel, and he was arrested on two counts of attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Zerate was taken to the Pct. 4 High Tech Crime Unit where he told investigators he was in the country illegally and was previously removed from the United States in 2002.

He remains in the Harris County Jail under a $70,000.00 and $80,000.00 bond respectively for both charges.


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"He remains in the Harris County Jail under a $70,000.00 and $80,000.00 bond respectively for both charges."

I would rather it read "His Remains". How does an illegal alien child
molester get bond?

Previously deported illegal alien charged with attempted child sexual assaults

April 20th, 2011 5:54 pm ET
Dave Gibson
Immigration Reform Examiner


Houston, TX- On Monday, Harris County constables arrested Jose Fernando Salas Zerate, 38, at a hotel on Airtex Drive after he allegedly conspired to sexually assault two young boys.

According to detectives, Zerate had been chatting with a woman for several weeks on an online dating site known as flirtomatic.com. During this time, the woman told Zerate that she babysat two boys, ages 5 and 6.

Zerate reportedly insisted on meeting the woman as well as the two boys.

The woman became alarmed and reported his requests to police, who set up a sting operation.
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Thinking he was meeting the children, Zerate arrived at the hotel in a taxi, carrying many sex-related items, investigators said.

The Mexican national was immediately arrested and brought to the Harris County Jail, where he remains. He is charged with two counts of attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Zerate admitted to being in the country illegally, as well as to being deported in 2002.

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