Universal Health Services: Former Laurel Ridge CEO Arrested on Child Sex Charges

June 11, 2025

DURHAM COUNTY, N.C. – The former CEO of a San Antonio mental health center was arrested Monday in North Carolina on child sex charges. Some of the alleged crimes date back more than two decades.

According to court documents obtained by KSAT on Tuesday, Jacob Cuellar, 46, is facing six counts based in Durham County, North Carolina:

• two charges of statutory sexual offense with a child by an adult
• two charges of indecent liberties with a child
• statutory rape of a child by an adult
• statutory sexual offense with a child 15 years old or younger

The Durham County indictment, which accounts for the six charges, states that the victims were two minors at the time of Cuellar’s alleged assaults, ranging between 2001 and 2008.

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