By Redaccion
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Angel Martinez, 28, of Oxnard, has been charged with seven felony counts of distributing child sexual abuse material, one felony count of possessing the material with intent to distribute, and one felony count of possession, according to Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko.
Martinez pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Wednesday.
The investigation began in July when the District Attorney’s Office Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Unit detected child sexual abuse material being shared from an apartment in Oxnard through a file-sharing network.
On Nov. 16, authorities executed a search warrant at an apartment on the 2900 block of Albany Drive with the assistance of the Oxnard Police Department’s Family Protection Unit and the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. Martinez was arrested at the scene without incident. Investigators seized multiple electronic devices, including cellphones, hard drives, laptops, and a desktop computer.
In July, Oxnard partnered with the District Attorney’s Office to investigate internet crimes against children.
Senior Deputy District Attorney Marc Leventhal, of the Special Prosecutions Fraud and Technology Crimes Unit, is prosecuting the case.
Martinez remains free on $50,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear at an early disposition conference Jan. 10, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. in Ventura County Superior Court, courtroom 11.
