State Police file additional charges against Mendoza

PRESCOTT – Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police (ASP) have filed additional felony charges against Alejandro Mendoza, 35, of Texarkana, following an investigation into crimes involving multiple juvenile victims.

Mendoza was charged on Wednesday, October 1, in both Nevada and Hempstead Counties, with sex crimes against children.

Nevada County Sheriff’s Office initially requested assistance from the ASP ICAC Task Force in July 2024, and he was first arrested September 11, 2024. A $250,000 bond was set at that time.

Mendoza was arrested a second time on October 7, 2024, which was carried out in coordination with the ASP Highway Patrol Division and the U.S. Marshals Service Western District of Arkansas Fugitive Task Force. Mendoza was taken to the Nevada County Detention Center, where Circuit Judge Duncan Culpepper set a bond of $2 million.

The former volunteer coach is now facing 24 felony charges, including rape, indecency with a child by exposure, sexual grooming of a child, internet stalking of a child, and multiple counts of engaging children in sexually explicit conduct.

The ongoing investigation has identified victims in Miller, Sevier, Hempstead, and Nevada counties.

Mendoza remains in custody at the Nevada County Detention Center.