{"id":242261,"date":"2026-03-29T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242261\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T16:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T16:12:08","slug":"fugitive-california-child-sex-abuse-suspect-found-working-in-illinois-restaurant-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/242261\/","title":{"rendered":"Fugitive California child sex abuse suspect found working in Illinois restaurant, arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fugitive from California’s Central Coast wanted on child sex abuse charges has been arrested in a Chicago suburb after he was found working in a restaurant, authorities said.<\/p>\n

According to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> in Illinois, deputies along with U.S. Marshals arrested 59-year-old Jorge Martinez-Trejo on March 24. Deputies said Martinez-Trejo fled Monterey County on several felony charges involving sex crimes against minors.<\/p>\n

In June 2023, the Salinas Police Department issued an arrest warrant for Martinez-Trejo that carried a $14 million bond.<\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office said investigators with the agency’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit recently learned he was working in a restaurant in Glendale Heights; a suburb located about 30 miles west of Chicago. Authorities went to the restaurant and took him into custody without incident.<\/p>\n

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Jorge Martinez-Trejo, who is wanted out of Monterey County, California on felony child sex abuse charges, was arrested at a restaurant in Glendale Heights, Illinois on March 24, 2026.<\/p>\n

Cook County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office<\/p>\n

Martinez-Trejo is being held at the Cook County Jail without bail as he awaits extradition to California. Charges against him include forcible rape of a child, forcible lewd act upon a child and aggravated sexual assault of a child.<\/p>\n

Jail records show his next court appearance is scheduled for Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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