9/11/23

A PRESCOTT MAN FACES A MINIMUM OF 60 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER BEING CONVICTED ON AUGUST 16TH BY A YAVAPAI COUNTY JURY OF FOUR COUNTS OF MOLESTATION OF A CHILD, ONE COUNT OF SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR, AND ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTED SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH A MINOR. 34-YEAR-OLD JEREMIAH RAY MARTIN OF PRESCOTT, WILL FACE SENTENCING ON OCTOBER 16TH.

IN JANUARY OF 2018, THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES RESPONDED TO A LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AFTER A TEACHER REPORTED A YOUNG FEMALE CHILD MADE A DISTURBING STATEMENT DURING CLASS. AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE CHILD, DCS VISITED THE CHILD’S HOME AND SPOKE TO THE CHILD’S OLDER SISTER, WHO WAS TEN YEARS OLD.

DCS LEARNED MARTIN HAD BEEN MOLESTING THE OLDER SISTER. BOTH GIRLS WERE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE HOME BY DCS, AND THE PRESCOTT POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGAN AN INVESTIGATION THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO MARTIN’S TRIAL ON MOLESTATION AND RELATED CHARGES.