LOWELL, Ark. — A Lowell man was arrested and held on a $1 million bond after being accused of multiple sex crimes.
According to a social media post from the Lowell Police Department (LPD), officers received a call regarding a possible sexual assault on June 10, and detectives began investigating Juan Medina as the suspect.
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The post says that LPD detectives spoke with multiple witnesses and victims after the sexual assault was reported.
LPD said detectives found "electronic evidence" while investigating Medina and arrested him after finding probable cause.
Medina faces the following crimes:
- Five counts of rape
- Three counts of internet stalking of a child
- Three counts of computer child pornography
- Three counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing of matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child
- Three counts of sexual extortion
- Two counts of sexual indecency with a child
- Three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor
- Three counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor
- Three counts of sexual solicitation
The Benton County Jail booking system shows that Medina was arrested on June 12, two days after Lowell police received the report, and that he's still in jail as of June 18.
Benton County Prosecuting Attorney Josh Robinson told 5NEWS that the case is currently under seal and an investigation is still ongoing, but that he can confirm there are multiple victims.
"What I can say is that there are multiple victims identified at this time. Those were known at the time of arrest are accounted for in the charges for which he was arrested," Robinson said, adding that he can't yet comment on if there are unaccounted for victims.
Robinson says that he hopes the investigation will be wrapped up in coming weeks.
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