Tennessee man will plead guilty to sexually abusing West Des Moines teen met on Roblox
A Tennessee man has filed his intent to plead guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old from West Des Moines who he met on Roblox
COMING UP AHEAD IN THE FULL FORECAST. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. NEW TONIGHT. THIS TENNESSEE MAN HAS AGREED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO SEXUALLY ABUSING A WEST DES MOINES TEEN HE MET ON THE ONLINE GAME ROBLOX. ACCORDING TO THE PLEA AGREEMENT, MARTIN AMAYA SANDOVAL JUNIOR, PLEADED GUILTY TO FOUR COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED STATUTORY RAPE. HE WOULD SERVE SIX YEARS IN PRISON. POLICE SAY AMAYA SANDOVAL AND THE 13 YEAR OLD GIRL HAD BEEN TALKING ONLINE BEFORE HE DROVE TO WEST DES MOINES TO PICK HER UP AND TAKE HER BAC
Updated: 10:07 PM CDT Jul 6, 2026
Editorial Standards ⓘ
Tennessee man will plead guilty to sexually abusing West Des Moines teen met on Roblox
A Tennessee man has filed his intent to plead guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old from West Des Moines who he met on Roblox
Updated: 10:07 PM CDT Jul 6, 2026
Editorial Standards ⓘ
A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old West Des Moines girl he met on the online game Roblox. According to the plea agreement, Martin Amaya Sandoval Jr. pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated statutory rape. He would serve six years in prison if sentenced on those charges.Police said Amaya Sandoval and the girl had been talking online before he drove to West Des Moines to pick her up and take her back to Tennessee last year. A judge still needs to approve the plea agreement. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is suing Roblox, accusing the company of failing to protect children from sexual predators. A hearing to set a trial date is scheduled for Aug. 5.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa —
A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old West Des Moines girl he met on the online game Roblox
According to the plea agreement, Martin Amaya Sandoval Jr. pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated statutory rape. He would serve six years in prison if sentenced on those charges
Police said Amaya Sandoval and the girl had been talking online before he drove to West Des Moines to pick her up and take her back to Tennessee last year. A judge still needs to approve the plea agreement
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is suing Roblox, accusing the company of failing to protect children from sexual predators. A hearing to set a trial date is scheduled for Aug. 5
Weather Information
‘
+ ‘
‘;
var gptLayer = window.gptLayer;
if (gptLayer && typeof gptLayer.insertAds === ‘function’) {
var slotsBefore = gptLayer.adSlots ? gptLayer.adSlots.length : 0;
gptLayer.insertAds();
if ((gptLayer.adSlots ? gptLayer.adSlots.length : 0) > slotsBefore) {
if (typeof gptLayer.callAdSlots === ‘function’) {
gptLayer.callAdSlots(‘imm’);
}
}
}
}
}
function closeRadarOverlay(containerId) {
var overlay = document.getElementById(containerId + ‘-radar-overlay’);
if (!overlay) return;
overlay.classList.remove(‘is-open’);
overlay.setAttribute(‘aria-hidden’, ‘true’);
document.body.classList.remove(‘weather-radar-overlay-active’);
var adSlot = overlay.querySelector(‘.weather-radar-overlay__ad-slot’);
if (adSlot) {
adSlot.innerHTML = ”;
}
}
function trackRadarOverlayInteraction(containerId) {
var now = Date.now();
var key = ‘radar_overlay_last_interaction_’ + containerId;
if (!window[key] || now – window[key] > 10000) {
window[key] = now;
dispatchWeatherGA4Event(‘radar_overlayinteraction’, ‘interaction’, containerId);
}
}
function isMobileOrTabletViewport(breakpoint = 980) {
const w = window.innerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth || 0;
return w
