arrest
Adrian Enriquez

April 8, 2021 - The Fresno County Sheriff's Office reports Fresno County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested  Adrian Enriquez,52, of Exeter. He has been booked into the Fresno County Jail on felony charges related to possession and distribution of child pornography. His bail is set at $100,000.

On Tuesday, members of the Central Valley Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force performed follow up work on a cyber tip related to the uploading and downloading of child pornography. Detectives contacted the suspect, Adrian Enriquez, at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital located at 2615 E. Clinton Ave. in Fresno. This hospital is where he was working as a federal police officer.

Detectives arrested Enriquez after finding more than 1,000 digital photos and videos on his phone, which showed toddlers being raped and engaging in bestiality. Detectives also executed a search warrant at Enriquez’ home on the 500 block of S. Belmont Drive in Exeter. There they seized more electronic devices, which will be forensically examined for illegal material.

Enriquez is a veteran law enforcement officer who has previously worked for the Woodlake Police Department and Coalinga State Hospital. He joined the VA Hospital at the beginning of 2021.

If you have information about illegal sexual material being shared online, please make a report by calling Lt. Brandon Pursell at (559) 600-8029, Valley Crime Stoppers at (559) 498-7867, www.valleycrimetsoppers.org or submit a cyber tip at http://www.missingkids.com/home

Central California ICAC Task Force is comprised of 64 federal, state and local law enforcement agencies spread throughout nine counties in the Central Valley. It is dedicated to protecting children online and investigating crimes committed against children, which are facilitated by the Internet and computer usage.
Source: Fresno County Sheriff's Office