Identified: Visalia Man Arrested Again in Child Exploitation Case After National Tip

Visalia Man Arrested Again in Child Exploitation Case After National Tip

By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 3 weeks ago on

May 2, 2025

Visalia police arrested a repeat offender Thursday, May 1, 2025, on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material after a national tip sparked an investigation. (GV Wire File)

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A Visalia man previously arrested on child exploitation charges was taken into custody again Thursday after police received a tip from a national child protection group.

Visalia Police Department Youth Services detectives launched an investigation in February following a report from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The tip led investigators to identify Wilmer Gilberto Porras, 30, as the suspect, police said.

On Thursday, detectives, along with investigators from the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office and their detection dog, Tor, served a search warrant at a home in the 1500 block of North Cotta Street, according to authorities.

Porras, who was previously arrested in a separate child sexual abuse material case, was booked into the Tulare County Adult Pre-Trial Facility on new charges of possessing child sex abuse material, police said.

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.