{"id":305749,"date":"2026-05-23T09:12:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305749\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:12:18","slug":"suspect-in-26-year-old-east-texas-child-sex-assault-case-arrested-in-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/305749\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in 26-year-old East Texas child sex assault case arrested in Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">FRANKLIN COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) &#8211; A man suspected of sexually assaulting an East Texas child in 2000 was arrested in Iowa Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The arrest comes after a woman reported the assault to Franklin County deputies in February of last year, according to a Franklin County Sheriff\u2019s Office release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Adrian Villalon Hernandez, 60, is charged with three counts of indecency with a child. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Adrian Villalon Hernandez\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/V6ZGH4O7Z5A7PJI3A5JICA33XI.png\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" \/>Adrian Villalon Hernandez(Franklin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators found Hernandez was using a different name on social media, later learning he took on the name Reynaldo Hernandez Villalon. They also found he was living in Iowa and had gotten a Minnesota driver\u2019s license. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Wright County Sheriff\u2019s Office in Iowa, working with Franklin County investigators, arrested Hernandez. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">He was booked into the Wright County Jail where he awaits extradition to Texas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe Franklin County Sheriff\u2019s Office remains fully committed to protecting our residents, standing with survivors, and pursuing justice no matter how much time has passed,\u201d Sheriff Ricky Jones said in the release. \u201cIf you are a victim of abuse, we encourage you to come forward. You will be heard, and we will take action.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KLTV. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRANKLIN COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) &#8211; A man suspected of sexually assaulting an East Texas child in 2000 was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-305749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305749","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=305749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}