ALBUQUERQUE (NM)
The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
October 10, 2017
Federal authorities say a youth pastor from Las Cruces is facing child sexual exploitation and pornography charges.
They say 30-year-old Stephen Mendoza Arellano made his initial appearance Tuesday in federal court in Albuquerque.
He’s being held on a criminal complaint charging him with attempted production of child pornography, enticement of a child to engage in sexual activity, and travel to meet a minor to engage in sexual conduct.
Prosecutors say the alleged crimes occurred between May and August of this year and involved a 15-year-old girl in El Paso, Texas.
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