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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Clovis Police accidental 50-year-old Rick Bracamontes Jr. is accused of sending intersexual messages to a insignificant helium was grooming astatine Doc's Gym successful Clovis. He's present facing 2 felony charges.
A hunt of tribunal records shows that this isn't the archetypal clip he's faced a justice for thing similar.
Police accidental the unfortunate successful this lawsuit was being coached for the past 3 years, but successful December, the narration changed.
"They're precise inappropriate messages. And they started retired concern arsenic mean similar a manager would talk to their juvenile client. And past it started to get a small spot much inappropriate to the constituent wherever helium would wage her for a photograph of conscionable her and a regular colored t-shirt. It started retired that way, and past it progressed to more," Clovis Police Public Information Officer Ty Wood said.
Wood said helium sent the messages done substance and Instagram.
He says the messages kept getting worse, and eventually, helium was asking for much pictures successful antithetic outfits successful speech for money.
"She informed her parents, who successful crook informed the constabulary department, which is precisely what should person happened successful this case," Wood said.
Doc's Gym released this connection saying, "Mr. Bracamontes was an autarkic idiosyncratic trainer who utilized our installation from May 2023- June 2025 to bid his ain clients during concern hours and was not an worker of ours astatine immoderate time. Doc’s Gym was contacted by Clovis Police connected June 26th erstwhile the apprehension was made, and we are afloat cooperating with their investigation. Mr. Bracamontes has besides been banned from our facility."
Police corroborate they are cooperating arsenic the probe continues.
Wood says determination person been nary reports of carnal maltreatment successful this case, but Bracamontes' past shows a antithetic story.
"He does person a past of intersexual battle towards juveniles. On the gender, I'm not sure. But successful 2009, helium does amusement a mates of convictions for intersexual battle connected a insignificant nether the property of 16," Wood said.
A hunt of the Fresno County Superior Court records gives much details and shows helium was arrested successful 2008, earlier serving clip successful authorities prison. However, his sanction does not look connected the Megan's Law website, which is expected to amusement nationalist accusation astir enactment offenders successful the state.
Recent changes to the instrumentality person made it easier for offenders' names to beryllium removed from the registry.
He's present facing 2 felony charges, 1 for sending harmful worldly to a insignificant electronically and different for annoying oregon molesting a minor.
Wood says they're disquieted determination whitethorn beryllium different victims from his clip arsenic a trainer and coach. He says Bracamontes utilized to manager softball successful Fresno.
"He was a manager for her for astatine slightest a mates of years earlier behaviour started to change. And truthful we inquire that they look astatine those communications with their children and conscionable marque definite that they are due for a lawsuit speaking to a juvenile," helium said.
Fresno County Jail records amusement helium bonded retired conscionable aft midnight Monday morning. He's expected to look successful tribunal connected July 14.
YourCentralValley.com reached retired to the District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp and her bureau for much accusation connected the case, but we person not heard backmost yet.
