BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A man faces charges for harboring a missing juvenile at a home in west Bexar County, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Jared Ortiz, 30, was taken into custody Wednesday and booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center, records show.
The sheriff’s office said they were investigating a home near Potranco Road between Grosenbacher Road and West Loop 1604 North, where they suspected the juvenile was staying with Ortiz.
Deputies spoke to a relative of Ortiz, who said they had not seen him in a couple of days and took deputies to a house at the back of the property.
When deputies knocked on the door, Ortiz stepped outside, closing the door behind him.
Deputies told Ortiz they had received reports of the juvenile staying at the residence and asked if she was inside.
Ortiz denied the juvenile was inside. A deputy then called out her name and a female responded from inside, confirming her identity.
Ortiz has a bond set at $5,000.
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