Overview
- Authorities reported 80 arrests and 103 warrants cleared, including 96 felony warrants and 53 tied to crimes against children.
- The Harris County Sheriff’s Office worked with the FBI, DEA Houston, the U.S. Marshals Service and Texas DPS through regional task forces.
- Investigators arrested Joshua Gomez at his home in Katy; he faces felony charges in Hidalgo and Harris counties, with 13 women reported so far.
- Texas DPS and HCSO’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team captured Roberto Arnaldo Vasquez III on Nov. 17 in the Cloverleaf area on an aggravated sexual assault of a child warrant.
- Former teacher Wilfred Sequeiros was located in Peru and returned to Houston after coordination with Peruvian authorities and the U.S. Marshals, with accusations involving at least seven children from 2014 to 2019.