Investigators are asking for the general public’s assist in discovering extra victims who could have been in touch with a 30-year-old man accused of sexually abusing kids he met by means of Instagram.
Burbank police arrested Ivan Hernandez, from Valley Village, on March 23 after receiving a tip and conducting an investigation into suspected drug exercise. Authorities stated in a information launch Thursday that Hernandez was present in his car with an underage lady. He was arrested on suspicion of kid endangerment and being in possession of nitrous oxide.
Detectives discovered that Hernandez was supplying nitrous oxide, marijuana and alcohol to underage women in alternate for sexual acts, in line with police. Hernandez is believed to have recorded the sexual assaults on his telephone and managed to lure his victims over Instagram with the promise of offering them medication and alcohol for intercourse, investigators stated.
In keeping with police, Hernandez’s Instagram handles embody “noznbars,” “n2ohead,” “nawzhead818,” “nozzhead_818,” and “nozzhead818_” and so they consider there could possibly be extra victims.
On March 25, he was charged with a number of felonies, together with three counts of illegal intercourse with a minor below 16, two counts of arranging to satisfy with a minor for lewd functions and one depend every of kid endangerment, oral copulation of a minor below 16, lewd lascivious acts with a minor 14 or 15 years previous, and possession of kid sexual abuse materials, in line with police.
He’s being held with out bail and scheduled to seem in court docket on Could 21. He has pleaded not responsible to all the fees, in line with court docket data.
Anybody with details about Hernandez and another comparable incidents can contact the Burbank Police Division at (818) 238-3210. The police investigation was executed in partnership with Homeland Safety Investigations below the Los Angeles Regional Web Crimes In opposition to Youngsters Process Power.
