Thread: OH-Illegal immigrant charged in 3 old child rape case

Illegal immigrant charged in child rape case
By Richard Wilson
Staff Writer
Updated 6:38 PM Wednesday, April 15, 2009

HAMILTON — A Butler County grand jury will consider a charge against an illegal immigrant accused of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl, authorities said.

Juan Martinez, 44, of the 1100 block of Edison Avenue, was arrested at his apartment April 8 and charged with rape, according to police records.

Martinez appeared Wednesday, April 15, in Hamilton Municipal Court, where his case was bound over to a Butler County Common Pleas Court grand jury, authorities said.

The charge stems from alleged abuse that occurred in January at a South Sixth Street residence, according to records. At that time, the 3-year-old girl was taken to the Cincinnati Children’s Liberty Campus for a sexual assault examination after she told a family member about the alleged abuse, said Hamilton police Detective Mark Hayes.

The girl told a social worker at the hospital that Martinez, who was a friend of the family, allegedly touched her inappropriately, according to police records.

The arrest occurred a little more than two months after the allegations were made because investigators were gathering evidence, Hayes said.

Martinez is being held in the Butler County Jail on an “immigration holderâ€

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