Date: 12-05-2019

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Case Number: 5:19-cr-00097-H-BQ

Judge: James Wesley

Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas (Lubbock County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Callie Woolam and Sean Long

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Description: Lubbock, TX - The United States of America charged John David Martinez with enticing a minor for sex.

A Shallowater, Texas man was convicted of enticement and attempted enticement of a minor following an investigation by the FBI’s Lubbock Resident Agency.

John David Martinez, 32, was indicted in August. Following a day and a half of trial, a federal jury deliberated for just 15 minutes before finding him guilty.

According to evidence presented at trial, Mr. Martinez initiated a text chain with his 11-year-old niece in July 2018.

Over the course of 7,702 text messages, he bullied the young girl into agreeing to have sex with her then 31-year-old uncle.

Fortunately, the child’s babysitter spotted the messages on her phone, and law enforcement was able to intervene before Mr. Martinez could actually molest the child.

The defendant now faces a potential sentence of up to life in federal prison. His sentencing date has not yet been set.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, Shallowater Police Department, and Lubbock County Sheriff’s Department conducted the investigation.

Charge:

ENTICEMENT OF A MINOR IN VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. 2422.

Outcome: Defendant was found guilty.

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