Lamar County Man Pleads Guilty To Child Pornography Charges

TUSCALOOSA, AL — A Lamar County man has pleaded guilty to two felony charges relating to child pornography, District Attorney Andy Hamlin announced on Monday.

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Hamlin said Mason Logan Martinez, 20, of Kennedy, entered an open-ended guilty plea in Fayette County Circuit Court on Oct. 31 and will be sentenced at a later date. He has been in jail since he was arrested in May 2021.

Hamlin explained that an investigation found Martinez had created and then shared obscene videos depicting underage females, which resulted in his indictment by a grand jury four months later.

Martinez was indicted on one charge of possession of child pornography and one of dissemination of child pornography — charges he pleaded guilty to last month.

Hamlin said Martinez will be subject to the statutory sentencing ranges since there was no settlement agreement reached in the case.

“We’re seeing more and more predators use a multitude of social media apps to exploit and
victimize children,” Hamlin said. “We intend to present evidence at the sentencing
hearing regarding the nature and severity of these crimes and will be pushing for a sentence
commensurate with the facts.”

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