It took less than a week for the Madera County Sheriff’s Office to find and arrest Brandon Johns, a local man wanted for allegedly soliciting sex from more than 40 teenage girls.
Johns, 29, was already on probation from Fresno County Jail for similar crimes Sunday when he was arrested hiding out at a city hotel.
Investigators with the sheriff’s office said Johns repeatedly contacted 46 girls both online and by cell phone to engage them in sexual conversations and send nude photos of himself, with requests for naked pictures of the victims in return.
When the office asked for the public’s help to locate the alleged harasser last week, Sheriff Jay Varney said additional information and several tips were generated and led deputies straight to Johns...