A Guadalupe County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday and is going through baby intercourse assault fees in Comal County.
In accordance with Comal County Court docket data, Investigator Joshua Hernandez was arrested and booked into jail on a cost of indecency with a toddler sexual contact and abuse of a kid steady sufferer below 14 years outdated. He was launched the identical day after posting a $25,000 surety bond and $15,000 private recognizance bond.
The Comal County Sheriff’s Workplace is dealing with the investigation.
Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke confirmed Hernandez’s arrest and employment with the sheriff’s workplace, which included his work with the DEA activity power.
Hernandez knowledgeable the sheriff in April of a pending divorce and allegations, Zwicke stated.
The deputy was scheduled to go to with Zwicke on Thursday afternoon to debate his future with the division via both resignation or suspension with out pay till the case is resolved within the court docket system, the sheriff stated.
“However the best way issues are dragging out in court docket right this moment with COVID, it may very well be three or 4 years,” he stated. “I gotta take into consideration the taxpayers.”
