Grand Junction man arrested in MySpace sex assault case
Rocky Mountain News
Published January 10, 2009 at 10:09 a.m.
Updated January 10, 2009 at 10:09 a.m.
Police say Martin Martinez had sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Police have arrested a 20-year-old Grand Junction man after they say he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl he met on MySpace, the social networking Web site.
The Mesa County sheriff's office arrested Martin Martinez, 20, and charged him with sex assault on a child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
Investigators learned in early December that the 13-year-old had met Martinez on MySpace in November, and agreed to meet him in person.
The victim told police that she met Martinez and after drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana allegedly supplied by the suspect, they had sex. Colorado law states that anyone 13 year old cannot consent to sex with someone more than four years older than them.
The arrest caused the usual warning from police about monitoring children's Internet use. For more tips, go to myspace.com and choose the "safety tips" at the bottom of the page.
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January 10, 2009
10:34 a.m.
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Who_Me writes:
Classic. "The arrest caused the usual warning from police about monitoring children's Internet use." Let's see, the sex offender registry did what, exactly, to prevent this from happening? Already established laws in Colorado Revised Statutes did what to prevent this? It's MySpace's fault for letting this conversation go to the point of letting Martinez and the girl hook up. It is the Internet provider's fault for not monitoring their conversations/emails. Wait, maybe it is the parent's fault for not doing a better job supervising their daughter.
What if they had met at Ronald's Golden Rainbow Lounge (i.e., McDonalds) and the same thing happened? Would we be reading about it, or is this newsworthy because their relationship was fueled by the Internet? The media does not report every illegal sexual contact, what made this one so noteworthy as to make the news today? Just curious.
January 10, 2009
8:38 p.m.
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3rdgenerationrockymtnmom writes:
Excuse me, "Who_Me", but you sound like you are related to this scum bag.