Birnamwood teen facing multiple sex offense charges

Bravo-Perez allegedly in the country illegally
By: 
Tim Ryan
Reporter

BIRNAMWOOD — A Birnamwood teen, apparently in the country illegally, has been charged with multiple child sex offenses, including trafficking and prostitution.

Hobil R. Bravo-Perez, 19, is accused of the sexual assault of three female juveniles after striking up relationships with them on Facebook, according to the criminal complaint, including one girl who was 12 years old at the time.

His alleged activities came to light after one of the girls, a 15-year-old, reported a sexual assault that allegedly took place at Bravo-Perez’s Birnamwood residence.

Shawano County authorities then learned of a 14-year-old girl who had been dating Bravo-Perez since June of last year.

The criminal complaint alleges Bravo-Perez had sexual contact with the girl more than 50 times between June and December 2018.

The complaint also alleges Bravo-Perez had sexual intercourse with a third child, a 12-year-old girl, between December 2018 and February of this year.

Bravo-Perez was arrested Sept. 13 after sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant at his residence.

According to the criminal complaint, Bravo-Perez has used multiple aliases and was in possession of two fake U.S. Permanent Resident cards and a fake Social Security card.

He had been going by the name Alexis Bravo on his Facebook page, which is also the name the girls knew him by, according to the complaint.

According to the complaint, Bravo-Perez did not speak English and had been using his iPhone to translate Spanish to English when he was in contact with the girls.

The complaint states Bravo-Perez was in the country illegally, along with his two brothers who were at the Birnamwood address when the search warrant was executed.

One of the brothers, Edgar B. Bravo-Perez, 22, has been charged with a felony count of possession of methamphetamine. He was also scheduled for a plea hearing Thursday in an unrelated case where he faces misdemeanor counts of operating while intoxicated-causing injury and hit-and-run.

According to the criminal complaint, Hobil and Edgar Bravo-Perez had each been cited in the past for operating a vehicle without a license and were using false names at the time of those incidents.

The third brother, Jorge Luis Bravo-Perez, 29, is listed by the border patrol in Texas as an inadmissible alien, according to the criminal complaint.

Hobil Bravo-Perez could face a maximum 60 years in prison if convicted of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of 13.

He is also charged with trafficking of a child, for allegedly soliciting a child to have sex for money. The complaint alleges Bravo-Perez offered one of the girls $50 to have sex with him.

That charge carries a maximum 40 years in prison and a $100,000 fine if convicted.

He is also charged with two related felony counts of child enticement and child enticement for the purpose of prostitution, each of which carries a maximum possible penalty of 25 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Bravo-Perez is also facing felony counts of sexual assault of a child under the age of 16 and repeated sexual assault of a child, each of which carries a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Bravo-Perez was ordered held Wednesday on a $100,000 cash bond set by Judge James Habeck. He is due back in court for an adjourned initial appearance Sept. 30.