A 26-year-old man, invading a family's mobile home, Raping an 11-year-old girl
A 26-year-old man, invading a family's mobile home,
Raping an 11-year-old girl
1/22/26
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26-year-old man, Keinth Moreno Guzman, was arrested by Bulloch County deputies
for allegedly invading a family's mobile home, raping an 11-year-old girl at
knifepoint, and threatening her 10-year-old sister. He faces 10 felony charges,
including rape, aggravated child molestation, home invasion, and aggravated
assault. Guzman, who had been in the U.S. illegally for five years, was
identified through investigation and arrested after a traffic stop. The
incident occurred early Monday, and the family reported it immediately. Investigators
believe Guzman targeted the girl after seeing her previously. He is held
without bond, and ICE has issued a detainer for potential deportation after
legal proceedings. The case is expected to go before a grand jury in February,
with Guzman likely denied bond. If convicted, he could face 25 years to life in
prison. The sheriff's office urges anyone with additional information to
contact Investigator Wallis.
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Keinth Moreno Guzman Keinth Moreno Guzman AL HACKLE/Staff
Statesboro Herald Published: Jan 22, 2026, 11:17 AM Bulloch County Sheriff’s
Office investigators and deputies arrested Kenneth Moreno Guzman, 26, Jan. 15 for allegedly
invading a family’s mobile home early Monday, Jan. 12, raping an 11-year-old
girl and holding her and her 10-year-old sister at knifepoint.
Last Friday, the Sheriff’s Office announced that 10 distinct
felony criminal charges, totaling 20 counts, were being filed against Guzman, who was identified
as a resident of Eagle Creek Mobile Home Park off U.S. Highway 301 south of
Statesboro’s bypass.
BCSO Investigator Kodi Wallis, who is
leading the investigation, and Capt. Todd Hutchens, who heads the
Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigations Division held a press conference
last Friday afternoon.
Guzman is “currently in our jail, and he will be there until we have further court
proceedings,” Hutchens said.
Rape, statutory rape, aggravated child molestation, aggravated
sodomy and cruelty to children in the first degree topped
the list. The other charges reportedly named in the warrants are first-degree
home invasion, false imprisonment, burglary, two counts of aggravated assault with a
knife and 10 felony counts of possession of a knife during commission of a
crime (each knife charge being linked
to one of the previously listed counts).
“Basically, this happened early
morning hours of the 12th,” Hutchens said. “He came into this
family’s home and forcibly raped this 11-year-old girl at knife-point, and so
he was in possession of a knife when this happened…
.
“You’ll see the list of charges includes two counts of aggravated
assault,” the BCSO captain continued. “One will be on the 11-year-old victim,
who is also the victim of the rape. One will be on
the 11-year-old’s sister, who was 10, who was in the room, and Guzman, the
arrested, also threatened the 10-year-old girl with a knife.”
In response to reporters’ questions, Hutchens stated that the
10-year-old was not sexually assaulted but
that the 11-year-old was.
The arrested suspect and the victims “live in close proximity to
each other, but according to the victim
or the victim’s family, they do not actually know this particular person,” the
captain also answered. “They had
seen him in the area, but did not know him.”
One TV news reporter asked about
motive. “Motive is
going to be, this 26-year-old has a major problem,” Hutchens said.
Investigators, he said, believe that Guzman forcibly broke into the back door
of the mobile home in the middle of the night “because he had previously seen
this 11-year-old girl” and “claimed he was attracted to her.” The Sheriff’s
Office had found no history of previous sexual assault allegations against
Guzman, but this was still under investigation.
Immigration status Hutchens said agents with United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement – ICE – interviewed Guzman and determined
he entered the country illegally from Mexico about five years ago.
As a result, Hutchens said “ICE issued a detainer that requires ICE has to be
notified prior to Guzman being released from Bulloch County custody. And I will
tell you that he will not be released from Bulloch County custody under any circumstances until
the case is disposed of in court. So, he will remain in our custody throughout
the court proceedings and likely go
from our custody to the prison system.”
While a preliminary hearing has not been set, Hutchens said he expects Guzman will be denied bond. He
said Guzman’s case would most likely
then be assigned to the public defender’s office and they would
decide if they want to request a full bond hearing.
Hutchens said he expects the District Attorney’s Office to
present the case against Guzman to a Bulloch County grand jury in February. He
said Bulloch County investigators have not found any criminal record for
Guzman, beyond misdemeanors.
He noted that, if convicted, the accused could face potential
prison sentences of 25 years to life on
several of the alleged
crimes. That is so for rape and aggravated sodomy,
and potential sentences for aggravated child molestation also
range up to life in prison in certain circumstances under Georgia law.
The ICE detainer also means that if Guzman is convicted and
serves out a prison sentence, he will be taken into custody by ICE for
deportation, Hutchens said.
Incident to arrest
After their assailant fled from the house, the sisters, ages 11 and 10, went to the other end of
the home, where the mother and stepfather were,
and told them what had happened, Hutchens said. The parents then immediately called
the Sheriff’s Office. This was very early Monday,
not long after midnight, according to
the investigators.
Working at first from who they thought he was and his first name,
the investigators took a couple of days to identify Guzman as the suspect and a vehicle he was driving.
This led to a traffic stop, based on his failure to appear in a previous
traffic case, Hutchens said.
Bulloch County State Court records show that a bench warrant was
issued for Guzman in June 2023 and a
bond forfeiture ordered after he failed to appear in court on misdemeanor
charges of allegedly driving an unregistered vehicle without a valid license or
insurance.
Jan. 15 traffic stop Deputies from the Sheriff’s Office Patrol
Division, along with Wallis and some
of the other investigators, made the arrest Thursday afternoon.
They had monitored the vehicle
coming back toward Statesboro from the area of Interstate 16 and made the stop on the bypass.
Guzman was arrested without further incident, and Wallis then interviewed him
at the jail with assistance from a deputy who speaks fluent Spanish. Hutchens
said, “He gave us a lot of information that is
consistent with the application of these charges.”
Guzman is being held without bond and has not yet had a hearing,
according to the sheriff’s
officers.
BCSO investigators were satisfied to have made a relatively quick arrest,
their captain said.
“Our whole criminal investigation unit worked on this, once this came to
light and we began trying to identify the suspect,
and it is trying on the whole unit,” he said. “But now that we
have this particular person in jail, we know that he will not be able to
victimize anybody else right now, and hopefully not forever.”
If anyone has further
information about this case or Guzman’s previous contacts, the sheriff’s
department asks that they
call Investigator Wallis at (912) 764-2715
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