32-year-old man accused of sexual exploitation of a minor faces 13 felony counts

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - KYMA recently received indictment documents in regards to 32-year-old Samuel Macias, who was arrested in Glendale, Arizona after Yuma police received a report of blackmail text messages that involved threats, intimidation, and coercion of a Yuma minor.

In the seven-page indictment it lists the 13 felony counts Macias faces, ten of those involve sexual exploitation of a minor.

The document also revealed the victim was under the age of 15 and that the alleged exploitation happened between November of 2023 and February of this year, then again in April. 

It also listed the names of some videos including “screen recorder project 38”

The Yuma Police Department originally received a report in February.

“So the investigation, went on to show that it was blackmail, via threats, coersion, intimidation via video chat type of platform," said Sgt. Lori Franklin with the Yuma Police Department.

Macias is set to return back to court in Maricopa County on November 8.