Posted on 08/03/2007 2:24:36 PM PDT by LM_Guy
FORT WORTH -- A convicted sex offender who was deported to Mexico in 2003 was arrested Wednesday in Fort Worth after authorities learned he had returned to Tarrant County.
Hilario Soto-Hernandez, 41, was living in the 1700 block of Denver Avenue and working at a restaurant in Justin, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Convicted felons who re-enter the United States after being deported can be sentenced to as much as 20 years in prison.
Soto-Hernandez was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child in 1995. He molested a 7-year-old girl for more than six months while she and her mother lived at his Fort Worth home, according to the immigration agency.
Soto-Hernandez was sentenced to 10 years' deferred adjudication. After years of appealing a deportation order, he was sent from the country in December 2003, said Carl Rusnok, an agency spokesman.
In July, authorities learned that Soto-Hernandez had returned. The Safe City Commission CrimeStoppers included Soto-Hernandez on the July 22 Most Wanted list, and an anonymous tip led the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department to his home and work addresses.
The tipster will receive a $1,000 reward, authorities said.
Soto-Hernandez is not a suspect in any new molestation cases, although "our investigators will probably review their open cases," said Terry Grisham, a spokesman for the Sheriff's Department.
Fort Worth sex crimes detectives could not be reached for comment Thursday.
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And then make illegal entry a felony with severe punishment.
Well yes it was 2003, and for now he just missed having his slate cleaned and given citizenship. Bush still may give him a pardon.
Come on: don’t be so hard on the guy. He just wants to become an American pervert so he can pervert his family.
I believe they are doubling over with laughter, perhaps also indulging in fantasies about illegal aliens, counting payoff money, or simply enjoy sticking it to this country.
¿Entienda la castración, Hilario?
I would stop about there, my auto is 9mm browning and it would deport him where he should be.
We need to change the law... and start EXECUTING these freaks !
I’ve always thought that Adak Island should be renovated into a prison for ag felon aliens.
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