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A lieutenant commander with the Navy's Fleet Readiness Center Northwest has been arrested in Washington State on charges of raping and sexual exploiting a 14-year-old boy after paying him for sex.
Lucas Martinez, 61, who is also known as Lucas Martinezmendieta, is alleged to have visited the underage teenager's home still dressed in his Navy uniform following a series of online interactions, according to military news outlet Task & Purpose.
Martinez allegedly paid $200 for intercourse with the minor after meeting him on the hookup site called Sniffies, the Anacortes Police Department said.
Following the encounter Martinez is alleged to have continued to use an official Navy phone line while at work in order to continue communication with the minor, according to the affidavit seen by Task & Purpose.
Despite initially staying silent upon his arrest at his Oak Harbor, Washington home on Friday, he later denied the accusations to the outlet, stating: 'I never slept with a minor, let alone rape.'
A Navy lieutenant commander, Lucas Martinez, 61, has been arrested on charges he paid $200 to have sex with a 14-year-old boy he met on a hookup site called Sniffies
Martinez is attached to Fleet Readiness Center Northwest (FRCNW) located in Oak Harbor, Washington and is part of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Pictured, the base entrance
The charges against Martinez encompass third-degree rape of a minor, commercial sexual exploitation of a minor, and engaging in immoral communication with a minor.
The investigation was first triggered after minor's mother contacted Anacortes Police after a series of strange packages were delivered to the family home containing sexually suggestive items including sex toys and sexy costumes, reports Task & Purpose.
The minor then came clean as to how they had posed as an 18-year-old on adult websites and engaged in communications with older men who had agreed to send gifts from their Amazon Wishlist.
The teen had a profile the that suggested he was looking for money. It also included a naked picture of the lower
