From the State’s Attorney:
ARTURO MARTINEZ-ORTIZ IS SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR PREDATORY CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD
The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office announces that on April 25, 2025, Arturo Martinez-Ortiz, 59, of Riverside, California, was sentenced to ten years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after entering a plea of guilty to a charge of Predatory Criminal Sexual Assault of a Child, a Class X felony.
The sentence was handed down by the Honorable Judge Tiffany Davis after Martinez-Ortiz entered a negotiated plea of guilty to the charge.
In September of 2022, a child disclosed to her teacher that she had been abused.
The Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) was notified, a report made, and the matter referred to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Police Department for investigation.
A victim-sensitive interview was conducted at the Child Advocacy Center, where the victim further revealed specific details of the abuse and identified Martinez-Ortiz as the individual who had inappropriately touched her.
Truth-in-Sentencing will require that Martinez-Ortiz serve a minimum of 85 percent of his sentence prior to being released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Upon release, Martinez-Ortiz will also be subject to a Mandatory Supervised Release period ranging from three years to the rest of his natural life.
He will also be required to register as a sex offender for the remainder of life.
McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese commends the child for her courage to report the abuse, the child’s educators for creating a safe environment for her to disclose what had happened to her, and the investigative efforts of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Police Department.
Freese would like to especially thank Detective Vidal Garcia for his work on this case.
This case was successfully prosecuted by Assistant State’s Attorney Elizabeth M. Vonau.
