East Grand Forks Man To Plead Guilty to Sexual Abuse of 4 Girls

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — An East Grand Forks man is pleading guilty to sex crimes against underage girls in Grand Forks.

Prosecutors say 47-year-old Manuel Martinez Jr. is accused of sexually abusing a woman’s four daughters between 2012 and 2021.

Martinez was living with the family and the girls were as young as age six at the time.

He could face up to 30 years in prison at sentencing on August 30th.