El Paso dentist accused of sexual assault; allegedly had explicit photos of minor victim

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Police documents allege that an El Paso dentist accused of sexually assaulting a minor had over a dozen pornographic images of the underage victim in his cellphone.

According to the complaint affidavit, authorities searched 68-year-old Oscar Vargas’s cellphone after he was arrested on sexual assault charges involving a minor and reported finding 15 explicit recordings of the victim.

Investigators stated that based on the cellphone’s data, the images were taken or recorded in September 2025.

Investigators added that six of the photographs were taken in Vargas’s home while eight were taken in the victim’s house.

In Vargas’s cellphone, detectives also described finding text messages between the dentist and the minor.

In some texts, detectives said Vargas asked the minor for explicit images and he sent her nude pictures of himself; in others, when the victim tells him that she is sick, Vargas begs to see her, saying that he already rescheduled a patient and will lose $4,000 worth of treatments.

Vargas was arrested twice in February as part of the investigation.

Vargas was first arrested on Feb. 9, when he was charged with sexual assault of a child, then again on Feb. 24 when authorities charged him with possession of child pornography, online solicitation of a minor and online solicitation of a minor sexual conduct.

Both times, Vargas bonded out of jail.

Vargas, whose name is listed with Eastlake Dental Studio at 13001 Eastlake Blvd. in Far East El Paso, still has an active license according to the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners (TSBDE) database.

According to the board’s website, it has the authority to issue an emergency temporary suspension if it determines a dentist’s continued practice poses a threat to public health or safety.

Those suspensions are posted publicly.

KFOX14/ARC El Paso reached out to the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners to see whether a review is underway.

TSBDE has not responded at the time of this report.

Requests for comment were also sent to Vargas’s attorney and the dental practice to ask whether patients are still being seen.

No response had been received.

Vargas is being accused of feeding drugs, alcohol and sex enhancing drinks to an underage girl and sexually assaulting her in his home multiple times from July to November of 2025.

This investigation started on Jan. 28, after the mother of the victim, an underage girl, called the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office after she found lewd text messages and photographs on her daughter’s cellphone, reportedly sent from Vargas.

The mother told investigators that her daughter had gotten in trouble in school, and as a result, she took her daughter’s phone and found the inappropriate messages.

On Feb. 6, investigators interviewed the victim, who described how Vargas would allegedly cancel his patient appointments to pick her up from school after she would walk out.

The victim then said that Vargas would take her to his home, feed her marijuana edibles and make her take tequila shots and a sex enhancing drink identified as “pink pussycat” before sexually assaulting her.

Afterwards, the victim said Vargas would send her money through CashApp and recalled one time, he drove her to a Walgreens so the victim could take the “morning after pill” before dropping her back at the school.

The victim also alleged that Vargas would send her photos of his genitals and videos of him masturbating and that he recorded parts of the assaults with his cellphone.

Investigators listened to voicemails where Vargas would identify himself as “Oscar” and tell the victim that they had agreed that she was going to be “all his” after she turned 18.

El Paso dentist accused of sexual assault; allegedly had explicit photos of minor victim

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