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Arrest Made in Rape of Ohio 10-Year-Old Who Had to Travel Out of State for Abortion
THE FACTS
Josh Fiallo
Breaking News Reporter
Updated Jul. 13, 2022 2:38PM ET
Published Jul. 13, 2022 2:00PM ET

Franklin County Sheriff

An Ohio man was arrested Tuesday for raping a 10-year-old girl who became a central figure in the debate over abortion rights after she reportedly traveled to Indiana to have an abortion when Ohio outlawed the procedure last month.

Arrest records and court records viewed by The Daily Beast confirm that Gerson Fuentes, 27, was arrested Tuesday in Franklin County on a felony charge of raping a person under 13. The Columbus Dispatch, who first reported on his arrest, attended Fuentes’ arraignment in Columbus on Wednesday.


The unidentified girl became national news when a doctor’s allegation that she traveled from her home in Columbus to Indianapolis for an abortion began to spread in the wake of the the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Her home state had a trigger law that immediately made abortions in the state illegal, while abortions remain legal in Indiana.

Columbus police detectives testified in court Wednesday that the abortion did take place out of state, the Dispatch reported. Court records show Fuentes is being held on a bond of $2 million. The Dispatch reported that a judge said the 27-year-old defendant was considered a flight risk and, given the brutality of the crime, a high bail was necessary to protect the child involved.

Citing detectives, the newspaper reported that police were first made aware of the girl’s pregnancy through a referral filed with the local child services’ branch by her mother on June 22. Eight days later, the girl reportedly received a medical abortion in Indianapolis. Court records say the rape occurred on May 12.

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Fuentes’ arrest comes as conservative media claimed the girl’s story was made up for political theater, something parroted by Fox News presenters as recently as Tuesday night—while Fuentes was already in custody.

But also those with egg on their face in light of the horrific crime: the top law-enforcement official in Ohio.

Indeed, state Attorney General Dave Yost spent much of the past week effectively dubbing the story a hoax, suggesting he had heard nothing about any such crime being reported.

“We have a decentralized law enforcement system in Ohio, but we have regular contact with prosecutors and local police and sheriffs,” Yost said in a Fox News segment Monday. “Not a whisper anywhere.”

Yost released a statement Wednesday afternoon, and did not address his previous comments.

“My heart aches for the pain suffered by this young child,” he said. “I am grateful for the diligent work of the Columbus Police Department in securing a confession and getting a rapist off the street.”

Dr. Caitlin Bernard, the Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who first described the rape and its aftermath to the Indianapolis Star, previously told The Daily Beast she expected vindication.

“It will all come out in time,” she said via text message on Tuesday.

Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

And yet you failed to mention that he was an illegal alien. Is that why it took so long to report this?

Typical.

Kevyn

The poor kid was abused by a rapist and again by the activist garbage Trump stacked the court with.

Justice101

A rape kit wasn't done on the child. How convenient to find someone to blame for the crime and save face for the D-rats.

LogicallyRight Loc: Chicago

So says the garbage man himself

moldyoldy

Your idea of justice is sorely lacking. There is so much that is unknown. I’m sure you will look like a fool soon enough.

valkyrierider Loc: "Land of Trump"

How in the hell can Kevie smellyoldy be able to climb out of the garbage dump as slimy and rotten as it is and then take truth and find out how to make it an untruth. They do it on every subject. It has gotten so bad that if the post something I don't even open it to read. So glad there name comes up at their post so that I don't accidentally open it.

Sonny Magoo Loc: Where pot pie is boiled in a kettle

The activist court passed Roe.
Now it's where it belongs, in the dustbin of bad history.

son of witless

You beat me to the punch.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/illegal-immigrant-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-ten-year-old-ohio-girl-at-center-of-viral-abortion-story/

" Police arrested an illegal immigrant on Tuesday after he allegedly raped and impregnated a ten-year-old girl who reportedly traveled from Ohio to Indiana for an abortion, according to the Columbus Dispatch "

son of witless

And who let the rapist into the country ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????

woodguru

It being a much more serious felony if the girl is under 13...versus 14? What 14 is an age of consent or something?

woodguru

I missed the part where he came from another country, where did you get that?

woodguru

In a case like this does it matter if it is an illegal or the girl's conservative dad or uncle?

Milosia2 Loc: Cleveland Ohio

That’s right , and force that little bitch to have that baby !
It was probably her fault anyway.
The little bitch.

Simple Sam Loc: USA

Drum roll, Ohio 10-year-old's alleged rapist is Guatemalan illegal immigrant: ICE source