{"id":261886,"date":"2026-04-22T23:37:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/261886\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T23:37:28","slug":"el-paso-sex-offender-arrested-after-allegedly-meeting-with-9-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/261886\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso sex offender arrested after allegedly meeting with 9-year-old"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:KTSM;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2013 A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday, April 22, on multiple charges related to registry violations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jesus Alfredo Cuellar, 47, of El Paso\u2019s Lower Valley, was taken into custody April 21 in the 100 block of Croom Road, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to police, the investigation began after authorities learned Cuellar had met with a 9-year-old child and was communicating with the minor using an unregistered phone number.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The investigation revealed Cuellar failed to report several required digital identifiers, including a new phone number, social media accounts and an email address, as required under state law for registered sex offenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cuellar faces three counts of failing to comply with sex offender registration requirements, all tied to his lifetime registration status. Bonds were set at $100,000 for each charge by Judges Acosta and Duke.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cuellar was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the department maintains a zero-tolerance policy for sex offender registry violations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities encourage the public to report suspected violations. Anonymous tips can be made to Crime Stoppers of El Paso at 915-566-8477 or through the police department\u2019s non-emergency line at 915-832-4400.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2013 A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday, April 22, on multiple charges related&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":261887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,98043,47702],"class_list":{"0":"post-261886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news","11":"tag-jesus-alfredo-cuellar","12":"tag-registered-sex-offender"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261886","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=261886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}