Attorney General Investigators Arrest Ada County Man for Alleged Sexual Exploitation of a Minor

(Boise) – Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced investigators with his Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested a Boise man Thursday, October 3, for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor.

76-year-old Martin L. Peterson was taken to the Ada County Jail. He is alleged to have possessed sexually exploitative material.

The Boise Police Department and Ada County Prosecutor’s Office assisted the ICAC Unit.

Anyone with information regarding the exploitation of children is encouraged to contact local police, the Attorney General’s ICAC Unit at 208-947-8700, or the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678.

The Attorney General’s ICAC Unit works with the Idaho ICAC Task Force, a coalition of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, to investigate and prosecute individuals who use the internet to criminally exploit children.

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