HOUSTON – A Houston firefighter has been transferred after being charged with sexual assault, according to officials.
Jail records showed 25-year-old Henry Cuellar appeared in court early Wednesday morning in connection with the charge.
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Cuellar is accused of sexually assaulting a woman after entering her room while she was sleeping, court records show. The victim had known Cuellar since grade school, court records show.
Documents show the victim, some of her family members and Cuellar went to a bar in early September and were driven back to the victim's cousin's apartment. She was last seen by her cousin asleep, fully clothed, alone in the guest bedroom with the door closed. Cuellar was last seen on a couch near the bedroom, records show.
The victim woke up the next morning naked and Cuellar was assaulting her in the bedroom, according to documents. She put her clothes on and left.
Later that day, the victim went to an area hospital and had a sexual assault examination performed, court documents show. A few days later, she received a copy of the report, which indicated discoloration around an ankle and vaginal tearing, according to court documents.
When investigators met with Cuellar, he said he did not remember leaving the bar because he was intoxicated, but remembered waking up in his underwear next to the nude victim, records show.
Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena confirmed in a written statement that Cuellar is a firefighter.
“Firefighter Henry Cuellar has been transferred from the emergency operations division pending the outcome of an internal, administrative investigation,” Pena said in the written statement.
Cuellar has worked as a Houston firefighter for the past 7 months. Before that he worked as an EMT for the city of South Houston.
Cuellar is being held on a $40,000 bond.