Greensboro man charged with child sex offenses, police seek more victims

Greensboro police are asking for help identifying more potential victims after arresting Victor Romero-Hernandez, 51, on May 7 on outstanding warrants charging him with six counts of indecent liberties with a child. Investigators say the reported offenses happened in 2014 and involved multiple victims, making this a long-running abuse case that may still be unfolding.

Romero-Hernandez remained in the Guilford County Jail on a $100,000 secured bond. Police said the case is still active and that he remains under investigation for additional allegations involving children in Greensboro and other jurisdictions. That warning matters because cases involving child sexual abuse often surface slowly, especially when the alleged conduct happened years earlier and children may have been reluctant, unable, or too young to describe what occurred at the time.

Under North Carolina law, indecent liberties with children applies when a person age 16 or older, and at least five years older than the child, willfully takes indecent liberties with a child under 16 for sexual gratification or commits or attempts a lewd or lascivious act with or on the child’s body. The charge is distinct from the state’s separate offense for indecent liberties between children under 16.

Greensboro police say the Family Victims’ Unit handles crimes against juveniles, including child abuse, neglect, sexual molestation, abductions and deaths. The department has also said its Child Victims Squad handled 551 cases from July 2002 through July 2003, a reminder that these investigations are a recurring part of the department’s workload, not isolated events.

For families worried that a child may have been harmed, the local system runs through both police and court-based support. Guilford County residents can reach the Guilford County District Attorney’s Office at 336-412-7600 and go to the Guilford County Courthouse at 201 S. Eugene St. Victim services listed through county resources include advocacy, safety planning, crisis shelter assistance, trauma counseling and child advocacy.

The broader public-safety concern is that investigators have not ruled out additional victims. In cases like this, the full scope is often built over time through new reports, witness statements and connections to other jurisdictions. Greensboro police are still trying to determine whether Romero-Hernandez’s conduct went beyond the six counts already charged.