A suspect in a sexual assault case involving a Gainesville girl was booked into the Hall County Jail this week after he was tracked to a location in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.
Felix Barragan, 45, faces multiple felony charges in connection to assaults on a female victim who was under the age of 10 at the time of the alleged crimes. The suspect and the victim are known to one another.
The offenses are believed to have taken place between February 1, 2020, and January 15, 2023, at a residence on Poplar Springs Road in Hall County. The victim told a relative about the assaults last month, and the relative made a report to the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.
“HCSO criminal investigators learned from family members that Barragan had fled to Kansas,” says Hall County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer B.J. Williams.
Barragan was taken into custody with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Johnson County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Office. He was returned to Hall County on Tuesday, March 14.
Barragan faces the following felony charges:
- Rape (3 counts)
- Sodomy/aggravated sodomy (4 counts)
- Aggravated child molestation (4 counts)
- Sexual battery with a child under 16 (12 counts)
- Electronically furnishing obscene material to a minor (2 counts)
Barragan remains in the Hall County Jail with no bond.
