Thu. Nov 21st, 2024

The Irvine Police Department (IPD) arrested 60-year-old registered sex offender Enrique Flores Martinez, of Santa Ana, for committing lewd acts with a 13-year-old.

On Monday, December 18, 2023, a School Resource Officer was called to an Irvine middle school after a 7th grader reported that Martinez, who is known to the victim, touched her inappropriately on several occasions.

According to the victim, the first two incidents occurred in 2021 in Irvine, the third incident occurred in Santa Ana in the summer of 2023 and the most recent incident occurred in Irvine on Sunday, December 17, 2023.

IPD detectives located Martinez at a post office in Santa Ana where he was arrested without incident and booked at the Orange County Jail (OCJ) for lewd acts with a minor under the age of 14.

If anyone has information related to this investigation, please contact Detective Brian Felling at (949)724-7189 or email: bfelling@cityofirvine.org.

Source: Irvine Police

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Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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