SAN PABLO — A neighborhood resident has been arrested and charged with possessing greater than 2,000 baby pornography information, after police right here discovered that he had secretly returned to the Bay Space after a 2015 sexual abuse conviction, courtroom data present.
Luis Brizuela-Navas, 25, was charged with possessing baby pornography and failing to register as a intercourse offender, each felonies. When police got here to arrest him at his house on Keller Avenue on Sept. 4, Brizuela-Navas allegedly barricaded the backdoor and refused to give up. When he did ultimately undergo arrest, police say they discovered he was within the technique of erasing information from his iPhone.
Brizuela-Navas was convicted in 2015, in juvenile courtroom, of sexually abusing a member of the family, authorities stated in courtroom filings. He was subsequently deported to El Salvador however prosecutors say that in 2022, he returned to the USA and started secretly residing in San Pablo.
Brizuela-Navas was required to register as a intercourse offender and to undergo necessities supposed to make sure he wouldn’t re-offend, together with sporting a GPS monitoring system and staying in contact with a parole agent. None of this occurred, in accordance with prosecutors.
As an alternative, authorities imagine Brizuela-Navas started buying and selling baby sexual abuse materials with “like-minded people,” utilizing an encrypted messaging service. His alleged crimes have been found after the social media platform Discord found suspicious uploads on Brizuela-Navas’ account and notified police, authorities stated in courtroom filings.
Up to now, investigators say they’ve discovered greater than 2,000 movies depicting baby pornography and/or sexual abuse on Brizuela-Navas’ cellphone, and that the investigation stays ongoing.
Brizuela-Navas is being held within the Contra Costa jail system with out bail, and is ready to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon. Prosecutors are asking a choose to maintain him in custody, arguing that his alleged flouting of earlier courtroom orders signifies he’ll attempt to flee the world.
