A 20-year-old Tucson man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in producing child sexual-abuse material and cyberstalking offenses, police say.
The FBI has been building a case against Baron Martin, who they say has been an active part of online terror networks. One called 764 is known to target vulnerable minors and coerce or threaten them into self-harm and sexual acts, which are recorded or streamed online and shared with others.
Agents say Martin used the messaging platform Discord to force two young teenage girls to self-harm for him. The criminal complaint says one victim, a 13-year-old girl, mutilated herself under a death threat for her grandmother.
A conviction could result in up to 30 years in prison for the production of child sexual abuse material and up to 10 years for cyberstalking a minor.
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The group’s new artist rendition is of a teen thought to be of Honduran descent known only as Jane Tucson Doe — a girl between 17 and 22 years old who was found dead on Nov. 1, 1979, near I-10, southeast of Tucson. -
The Consulate General of Mexico in Phoenix says the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office is working with the immigration and customs enforcement. It recently published this information via social media to the Mexican community. -
No Turquoise Alert had been issued but on Monday, authorities discovered human remains in Navajo County near the Knots Landing community in Whiteriver on the Fort Apache Reservation. -
The self-described conservative group sued the Democratic governor for records to see if she ordered local law enforcement to not comply with federal immigration efforts. A press person said the records don't exist because she ordered DPS to comply with the law. -
Oftentimes, Native American communities lack re-entry support after incarceration. Some Arizona organizations are aiming to fill this gap.
