Location: Jaye Street and Baker Avenue, Porterville

Incident Date: 9-16-18

City: Porterville

Posted by: Media Relations

On Sept. 16, 2018, Tulare County Sheriff's Deputies were called out to the area of Jay Street and Baker Avenue in Porterville for a suspicious vehicle check. When deputies arrived, they saw two cars parked in front of each other. When the deputy approached one of the car's, he observed an adult male, along with a female, later determined to be a teenage girl. The man in the car identified himself to deputies as, 33-year-old Wayne Martin, an off-duty Porterville Police Sergeant.

The victim, 17-years-old, told deputies that she is an Explorer with the Porterville Police Department. 

The investigation, at this point, has resulted in the arrest of Porterville Police Sergeant Wayne Martin. He was arrested on three-counts of Annoying or Molesting a Person Under the Age of 18. His bail is set at $150,000.

Sheriff Mike Boudreaux has asked Kings County officials to house Martin at the Kings County Jail, as Sergeant Martin likely has people he has arrested in the Tulare County Jail. 

Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Sgt. J. Kennedy with the Tulare County Sheriff’s Investigations Unit at (559) 802-9563. They can also call 24 hours a day at (559) 733-6218 or anonymously, by accessing the TipNow page at tcso@tipnow.com.