Lane County, OR – An 18-year-old from Eugene has been arrested following a Lane County Sheriff’s Office investigation into alleged sex crimes involving juveniles, authorities announced Wednesday.
According to the Lane County Sheriff’s Office, detectives obtained search warrants earlier this month after investigating potential child exploitation. The warrants targeted a residence and vehicles linked to the suspect, identified as Francisco Yandel Gonzalez Martinez, 18, of Eugene.
On January 15th around 7 a.m., deputies stopped a vehicle near Barger Drive and Cubit Street in Eugene and arrested Martinez. Detectives later served a search warrant at a home in the 2500 block of Primrose Street, where a resident was temporarily detained to ensure officer safety. Once the search was complete, that individual was released, the sheriff’s office said.
Community members unrelated to the case were reportedly on scene during the warrant service.
Martinez was booked into the Lane County Jail on multiple felony charges, including:
– Five counts of Using a Child in Display of Sexually Explicit Conduct
– Encouraging Child Sex Abuse in the 1st Degree
– Ten counts of Sex Abuse in the 1st Degree
– Two counts of Sodomy in the 2nd Degree
– Two counts of Menacing
The investigation remains ongoing, and detectives have not disclosed whether additional victims are being identified.
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