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A Texas man was arrested and extradited to California this week after he allegedly exchanged inappropriate pictures with a minor, and flew out to meet her in a Mountain View hotel late last year, according to Mountain View police.
An investigation found that Gabriel Gonzalez, a 27-year-old living in Texas, had communicated with a 16-year-old Sunnyvale girl online over several months starting in July 2017. A police investigation reportedly found he was posing as a 17-year-old, and exchanged lewd pictures and videos with the victim, according to a statement released by the Mountain View Police Department.
Gonzalez flew to San Jose on Dec. 28, where he met with the teen and took her to a Mountain View hotel before flying back to Texas on New Year’s Eve, police said. The victim’s parents later learned about the relationship and contacted Sunnyvale police.
Mountain View officers flew out to Texas and, along with local law enforcement agencies including the Irving Police Department and the Texas Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, were able to locate and arrest Gonzalez. He was taken to Santa Clara County Jail, where he faces several state and federal charges including distribution of illicit material, production of child pornography and sex with a minor, according to police. He is being held with bail set at $185,000.
Other law enforcement agencies involved in the case include the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety and the FBI.
The press release can be found here.
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Our policy on reporting arrests can be found here: https://www.embarcaderomediagroup.com/policy/arrest
Our policy on reporting arrests can be found here: https://www.embarcaderomediagroup.com/policy/arrest
