Former Colorado Deputy Arrested in Mexico, Transferred to U.S. Custody on Child Exploitation Counts
State investigators say a July search uncovered 27 child sexual abuse videos that led to the charges.
Overview
- Mexican authorities detained Jesus Damian Nieblas in Agua Prieta before his transfer to the U.S. Marshals at the Douglas, Arizona border checkpoint.
- He is held at the Cochise County Jail in Bisbee on a $100,000 bond as proceedings continue.
- Court records list 28 felony counts of sexual exploitation of a child and 27 misdemeanor counts of failing to report child abuse or neglect.
- CBI agents searched his Norwood residence and vehicle on July 10 in an investigation that preceded his departure from Colorado.
- Nieblas resigned from the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office on June 25, according to state officials.