Watsonville man accused of sexually assaulting children enters not guilty plea
UPDATE: Travis Hernandez, the person suspected of sexually assaulting two children, made his first court appearance Thursday.
He entered a not guilty plea to all seven felony charges and the District Attorney’s Office said he faces 45 years to life in prison if found guilty on all counts.
Hernandez was also in court for an unrelated probation violation.
He is expected to be in court August 1st. His bail for the new charges has been set at $350,000 and no bail set for the probation violation.
Police arrested Hernandez Monday night at an apartment complex on Blackburn St. in Watsonville. While some neighbors believed he stayed there, family members said he never actually lived there.
Watsonville Police said the investigation started when Google found incriminating videos on his google account and flagged his account. Google then alerted a national agency who in turn told the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes against Children task force.
“Within hours of receiving information from the task force our detectives were able to locate the suspect and they arrested him, during the interview he admitted to committing the crimes,” said Michelle Pulido with Watsonville Police.
Detectives now have to review the video they describe as extremely disturbing, “he was molesting children and he was filming everything. There are multiple videos and as you can imagine this is a pretty tough case for our detectives, many of them have children as well.”
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Travis Hernandez, the person suspected of sexually assaulting two children, made his first court appearance Thursday.
He entered a not guilty plea to the seven new charges against him and is facing 45 years to life in prison if found guilty on all counts.
Hernandez was also in court for an unrelated probation violation.
He is expected to be in court August 1st. His bail for the new charges has been set at $350,000 and no bail set for the probation violation.
KION’s Ashley Keehn will have more at 5 and 6 p.m.
