{"id":444866,"date":"2026-09-23T06:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444866\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T06:30:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T06:30:18","slug":"fort-worth-barbershop-owner-arrested-on-child-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/444866\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth barbershop owner arrested on child sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Suspec_fitted.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Hugo Jimenez Rodriguez, the owner of the east Fort Worth barbershop Hugo Salon, has been arrested and faces child sexual assault charges in connection with a Sept. 4 incident. Police say there may be more victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Lopez at 682-382-1509.\" alt=\"Hugo Jimenez Rodriguez, the owner of the east Fort Worth barbershop Hugo Salon, has been arrested and faces child sexual assault charges in connection with a Sept. 4 incident. Police say there may be more victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Lopez at 682-382-1509.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Hugo Jimenez Rodriguez, the owner of the east Fort Worth barbershop Hugo Salon, has been arrested and faces child sexual assault charges in connection with a Sept. 4 incident. Police say there may be more victims. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Lopez at 682-382-1509.<\/p>\n<p>            Fort Worth police<\/p>\n<p>The owner of an east Fort Worth barbershop faces child sexual assault charges in connection with an incident that occurred earlier this month, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo Jimenez Rodriguez is being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a $200,000 bond, according to court records. The alleged incident occurred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/InsideFWPD\/posts\/pfbid02tf363tdBQ3rWbe6uckH9AbJCiza2FCPLFRmGFN3mxtELbekpmeRSmvgbm1Cf992Zl?rdid=cmzW1GeK8hoeNClf\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sept. 4 at Salon Hugo<\/a>, a barbershop located at 4075 E. Lancaster Ave, police said in a Facebook post Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Crimes Against Children Unit is investigating the incident, according to the post. Detectives believe there may be more adolescent victims, especially in the Spanish-speaking community.<\/p>\n<p>Jimenez Rodriguez has been charged with one count each of sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by contact, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information or who believes they may have been a victim of Jimenez Rodriguez is asked to contact Detective Lopez at 682-382-1509.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResources and support are available to individuals who choose to come forward,\u201d police said in the post.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Boncek, the appointed attorney for Jimenez Rodriguez, was not immediately available for comment Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790145018_537_Headshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Harriet Ramos\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/262053942\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harriet Ramos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Harriet Ramos covers crime and other breaking news for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugo Jimenez Rodriguez, the owner of the east Fort Worth barbershop Hugo Salon, has been arrested and faces&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-444866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444866","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=444866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}