Arraignment for Martial Arts Instructor Facing Rape Charge Set for Monday

The owner of Enumclaw School of Martial Arts at 1362 Cole Street is set to be arraigned Monday on charges that he had sexual relations with a 15-year-old student.

Samuel Shane Alvidrez, 49, is charged with two counts of third-degree rape of a child.

According to charging documents from the King County Prosecutor’s Office, Alvidrez had sexual relations with a female student between March 1, 2010, and June 30, 2010, at his residence and at the martial arts studio, where he is also an instructor.

In a statement of probable cause, Enumclaw Police Lt. Eric Sortland wrote that the sexual activity between Alvidrez and his teen student continued into 2011.

Alvidrez denied having any type of sexual relationship with the girl, Sortland wrote.

Sortland also interviewed a potential witness who said that Alvidrez had inappropriate sexual contact with her when she was a teen between 2001 and 2002.

He has not been charged in that incident.

“Other witness accounts indicate that the defendant has been inappropriate with other girls around the same age,” prosecutors wrote in seeking $100,000 bail, adding that Alvidrez should not be allowed to have a position with authority over any minors.

KOMO news and the Courier-Herald first reported on Alvidrez’s arrest last week.
The victim's mother and the victim herself called for others who may have been affected to come forward. "We can stand together," the girl told KOMO. 

Alvidrez's arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent.