Child’s outcry leads to East Texas man’s arrest for aggravated sexual assault
Posted/updated on: July 7, 2026 at 12:38 pm
HOUSTON COUNTY (KETK) — A 9-year-old’s outcry about alleged sexual abuse led to the arrest of an East Texas man on Friday.
The Houston County Sheriff’s Office said the report first came in on June 29, where they learned the child had made an outcry of having been inappropriately touched by a known 37-year-old man.
A forensic interview was then conducted later that day, where the child’s allegations were confirmed. An arrest warrant was then obtained for Ellis Johnta Izquierdo for aggravated sexual assault of a child.
Five days later, on July 3, the Houston County Sheriff’s Office alongside DPS and Game Wardens, executed the warrant at Izquierdo’s home on FM 2663, just east of Latexo.
Izquierdo was then taken into the Houston County Jail on a $300,000 bond. Upon arrest, the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole filed a motion to revoke his parole with no bond issued, the sheriff’s office said.
