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KINGSBURG, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Kingsburg Police Department assisted with an probe involving a Texas antheral who allegedly sexted 2 minors successful California, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
According to tribunal documents, Thomas Henry Lopez, 49, of Spring, Texas contacted 2 minors successful California done TikTok and inappropriately communicated with them betwixt June and July done substance messages and the encrypted app JusTalk.
The DOJ says Lopez pretended to beryllium a 12-year-old lad from Texas and requested that the victims nonstop him inactive and video images of themselves engaged successful sexually explicit conduct. Lopez besides sent them images of adults and minors engaged successful sexually explicit behaviour and images of himself masturbating.
The DOJ says Lopez was located aft determining that helium was communicating with his victims utilizing the net astatine his residence and astatine his Houston workplace wherever helium was the main wells technologist for an lipid and state company.
Officials accidental FBI agents arrested Lopez connected Sept. 3, conscionable arsenic helium was leaving for a work-related travel to Singapore. Several physics devices were recovered during a hunt of his residence.
According to the DOJ, Lopez volition look earlier a national magistrate justice successful Houston, Texas, connected Sept. 13 wherever helium faces 2 counts of intersexual exploitation of children, 1 number of organisation of a ocular depiction of a insignificant engaged successful sexually explicit conduct, and 1 number of transportation of obscene worldly to a minor.
According to the DOJ, this lawsuit was the merchandise of an probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, principally the Kingsburg California Police Department.
If convicted, the DOJ says Lopez faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years successful situation and a good of up to $250,000, arsenic good arsenic a maximum of 20 years successful situation and a good of up to $250,000 for the organisation of ocular inspection of a insignificant engaging successful sexually explicit conduct.
Officials accidental additionally, if convicted of the transportation of obscene worldly to a minor, Lopez faces a maximum of 10 years successful situation and a good of up to $250,000.
