A 29-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested on suspicion of sending messages to a 13-year-old girl and then planning to meet at a motel, Santa Ana police said Tuesday, April 25.
German Martinez was arrested Saturday. The Santa Ana girl was on Facebook when Martinez messaged her to introduce himself.
“The messages became highly inappropriate, soliciting sex from the victim,” Santa Ana police said in a statement. “Martinez was well aware the victim was underage.”
At some point after, detectives became involved and started using the girl’s cellphone to communicate with Martinez. On Saturday, Martinez went to El Salvador Park in Santa Ana to purportedly meet with the teen to go to a motel for sex but instead detectives were waiting and arrested him.
He was jailed on suspicion of sending harmful matter to seduce a minor and communicating with a minor to commit lewd acts. He was in custody in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Investigators ask anyone who has had similar encounters with German Martinez to call detectives at 714-245-8351.