Two Charged in Child’s Sexual Assault

NACOGDOCHES – Two persons are in custody for sexual assault of a child, and one of them is the victim’s mother. Arrested were Noemi Saenz and Leonel Hernandez. The victim, who was under 14, told family members about the incident, who them reported it to authorities. After an interview with the youngster, a warrant was obtained for Hernandez. When investigators learned the mother was a witness to the sexual assault and did not report it, she was arrested. While Hernandez was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, the youngster’s mother has been charged with failure to stop or report an aggravated sexual assault, a class A misdemeanor. Both have been booked at the Nacogdoches County Jail.