By Larry Judkins
Glenn County Observer
Longtime Orland transient Julian Arturo Martinez has been convicted and sentenced for arson, a Friday, Aug. 5, press release from the Glenn County District Attorney’s Office revealed.
Martinez was convicted of arson of an inhabited dwelling, a felony. He was sentenced to 828 days in jail and two years’ probation.
The case was prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Michael Coffee, with assistance from Orland Police Sergeant Kyle Cessna and Officer Edgar Andrade.
According to the Orland Police Log for June 18, 2021, Orland police officers responded to the Black Butte Mobile Home Park, 6386 County Road 200, for a report of a fire and explosion. Following an investigation, Julian Arturo Martinez, then-32, of Orland, was arrested and booked for arson of an inhabited structure.
According to the Glenn County Jail’s news release for this date, at 5:48 p.m., Julian Arturo Martinez, [then-]32, a laborer who lives in Orland, was booked into the Glenn County Jail on charges alleging arson of an inhabited building (a felony). His bail was set at $200,000. He was taken into custody at 6368 County Road 200 by an Orland police officer.
The Glenn County Observer’s records list literally dozens of mentions of Julian Arturo Martinez between early 2013 and the present. Glenn County court records go back a couple more years.
Most of his encounters with law enforcement officers have involved alcohol or drugs. However, in the morning of June 3, 2021, he was also arrested and booked for indecent exposure and lewd conduct in Library Park, and, later the same day, he was arrested and booked again for allegedly inappropriately touching female employees at Walmart.
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