{"id":249198,"date":"2026-04-14T13:26:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/249198\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:26:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:26:38","slug":"victim-said-las-cruces-tattoo-artist-recorded-rape-on-secret-snapchat-folder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/249198\/","title":{"rendered":"victim said Las Cruces tattoo artist recorded rape on secret Snapchat folder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Police documents reveal a Las Cruces tattoo artist allegedly recorded himself sexually assaulting a customer during a tattoo appointment.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, 42-year-old tattoo artist Billy J. Porter, from Porter House Ink Piercing and Tattoo, was arrested on sexual assault charges after police said he raped a 19-year-old customer on Wednesday during a tattoo session. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/las-cruces-tattoo-artist-jailed-on-charges-of-sexual-abuse-of-customer-state-police-say?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Las Cruces tattoo artist jailed on charges of sexual abuse of customer, state police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to police documents, the victim told investigators that Porter sexually assaulted her and recorded it on his cellphone, saving it in the &#8220;My Eyes Only&#8221; folder of his Snapchat account.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the victim also told investigators that Porter had her drink from a bottle of Crown Royal Whiskey, adding that he had never offered her any drinks during previous tattoo sessions. <\/p>\n<p>In the police documents, the victim also stated that her mother had accompanied her to the appointment; however, the mother left after Porter was flirting and hitting on her &#8220;aggressively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The police documents also detail the injuries the victim suffered, as investigators photographed multiple injuries seen on her head, neck and groin. <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/crime-news\/el-paso-sheriff-man-arrested-at-ysleta-border-bridge-after-fleeing-traffic-stop?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso sheriff: Man arrested at Ysleta border bridge after fleeing traffic stop<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Jail records show Porter was charged with: <\/p>\n<p>Four counts of criminal sexual penetration. Criminal sexual contact.Selling or giving alcoholic beverages to a minor.<\/p>\n<p>According to jail records, Porter is being held at the Dona Ana County Detention Center without bond.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Police documents reveal a Las Cruces tattoo artist allegedly recorded himself sexually assaulting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-249198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}