Tyler Man Confesses to Molesting Child

TYLER — A Tyler man confessed to police that he molested a boy over the course of six years. Our news partner KETK obtained a copy of the arrest warrant and Omar Huerta, 28, said it “felt normal” to him. Huerta is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14. He is being held in Smith County Jail on a $250,000 bond. The victim told police that Huerta sexually abused him from 2009-2015. The boy, now 16, said it began when he was 6 years old and ended when he was 12.

Huerta was 18 years old when it started. The boy’s mother told investigators that she was unaware of the abuse until recently and that he had been “depressed and ashamed.”