MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas – A 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged after authorities said he had sex with a 15-year-old he met online.
Gabriel Anthony Gonzalez, of Houston, is charged with sexual assault of a child in Montgomery County for the alleged crime.
According to an arrest affidavit, the 15-year-old victim told authorities that she had met Gonzalez on an online app called Wizz app in January and continued to talk to him through Snapchat.
The affidavit said Gonzalez originally told the victim “he was 16 and then 17 before eventually telling the victim he was in his twenties and a sophomore in college.” The victim told authorities she met Gonzalez in the parking lot of an auto body shop in the Spring area between the dates of Jan. 21 and Mar. 1. It was during these meetings where the victim said Gonzalez sexually assaulted them.
“The suspect was grooming young children and young adolescent teens through multiple social media platforms,” said Lt. Scott Spencer of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. “He used more than half a dozen to a dozen social media platforms grooming young children and adolescents for his sexual assaults.”
The affidavit said Gonzalez told the victim that he has had sex with young girls around the age of 15 and the youngest girl was 13. He also told the victim he likes meeting girls on social media and then meeting them in person.
Investigators said surveillance cameras at the auto body shop showed Gonzalez’s car drive in front of the business on three of the five dates given by the victim. The surveillance video also showed the victim walking to meet Gonzalez. A nearby business’ surveillance camera also showed Gonzalez’s vehicle in the parking lot of the auto body shop on all five dates given by the victim.
The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said a warrant for Gonzalez’s arrest was made on April 17 and he was taken to the Montgomery County Jail.
Lt. Spencer asking parents to speak with their children and ask if they’ve been in contact with any of these social media profiles, they believe Gonzalez used:
Skype: mlgdude9001
Discord: Hingus#9947
CashApp: GabrielG9001
Snapchat: Hingusmcpingus
Instagram: mr.archangelgabriel
Facebook: facebook.com100002317916941
The sheriff’s office is working with an Instagram page created that alleges to show Gonzalez’s messages with young girls.
KPRC 2 reached out to the page creator who said they made it in late 2022. It is run by a group of adult women who were previously, “victimized and/or interacted” with Gonzalez.
The creators said Gonzalez created several fake accounts pretending to be a young girl who claims to know “a great guy” that they should meet. The said guy is Gonzalez. They said they are aware of at least eight Instagram accounts.
“[Gabriel] was doing so much to so many women and young girls that we all eventually found each other,” the creator of the Instagram account said. “We realized after every time we posted about how horrible he was to us, a new victim would come out. We figured [the account is] the best way to find more [victims] and to let others be cautious of him.”
“It is so relieving,” said the creator of the Instagram page after learning he was in jail.
The sheriff’s office believes there could be more victims. They ask anyone who may have met Gonzalez under similar circumstances to contact them at 936-760-5800 option 3 and refer to case #23A089875.