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Hall County authorities locate rape, child molestation suspect

By AccessWDUN staff

UPDATE MAY 15, 2021, 2 P.M. The Hall County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday afternoon that Selvin Arnulfo Hernandez-Bonilla had been taken in to custody around 7:30 a.m. Saturday. He was arrested without incident in the 700 block of West Avenue in Gainesville within 24 hours of the issuance of the public BOLO.

The 24 year old remains in the Hall County Jail without bond.

ORIGINAL STORY MAY 14, 2021, 3:30 P.M. On April 12, Hall County Sheriff's Office investigators took out arrest warrants for a Gainesville man wanted on rape and child molestation charges; today, they're asking for assistance from the public in the ongoing search.

Selvin Arnulfo Hernandez-Bonilla, 24,  is wanted on two counts of rape, one count of aggravated child molestation and three counts of child molestation.

"Hernandez-Bonilla was last seen in the area of his previous residence on Royal Way in Gainesville, driving a black foreign passenger car," said Hall County Sheriff's Office spokesman Derreck Booth in a media statement. 

Booth said the suspect is known to have worked in the HVAC businees.

"[He] uses several aliases: Alex Bonilla, Selvin Arnulfo Bonilla, Selvin Bonilla, Selvin Arnulfo Hernandez," Booth said. 

Booth said one of the rape charges stems from an incident where Hernandez-Bonilla sexually assaulted a female victim at his residence in the 1200 block of Royal Way. The reported crime happened on June 6, 2020. 

"The remaining charges stem from several incidents involving a different female victim, who was under the age of 16," Booth said.  "Hernandez-Bonilla committed those crimes at the victim’s residence in Hall County between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, 2019."

The suspect also has several outstanding warrants for a traffic incident on Athens Highway at Monroe Drive in Gainesville on the morning of Jan. 31, 2017. 

Hernandez-Bonilla is approximately 5-feet-6 inches tall and weighs roughly 175 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes.

Booth said anyone who sees Hernandez-Bonilla should not approach him, but call 911. Anyone who has information on the suspect's whereabouts can contact Sheriff’s Office Investigators J. Phillips and R. Sinyard at 770-536-5206 or 770-297-4697.

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