Madelia sex offender charged with porn, firearm possesion

A Madelia sex offender was charged with possession of firearms and pornography, both of which he was prohibited from having due to a previous offense.

Myron Eugene Martwick, 65, was charged Monday in Watonwan County Court.

A criminal complaint says police received a call from a witness who had received two unsolicited pornographic videos via text from Martwick, who is on probation for dissemination of porn, a felony offense. Martwick was arrested on an order from his probation officer, who reviewed his phone and found a photo titled “nude teen,” according to the complaint.

Court documents say when police went to retrieve medication from Martwick’s home, they saw numerous firearms in plain view, prompting officers to obtain a search warrant.

Police allegedly found four firearms, each containing magazines and/or ammunition, and four separate magazines with ammunition. Officers also recalled that Martwick had multiple long guns at the time he was convicted of dissemination of child porn. The complaint says police learned those guns were next door at Martwick’s father-in-law’s home, where Martwick had “unfettered access” to the firearms.

The complaint says 24 altered photos of a known minor female were also located during the search. The girl was the same victim from Martwick’s prior case. Investigators say the victim’s school photo was cut out and put on the body of a woman in an image of a couple having sex.

Police say they also found papers with more than a dozen internet search terms, including: “Sex Teen Trafficking,” Teenage Forced Rape Porn,” “Teens Getting Violently Raped Porn.”

Martwick allegedly admitted to possessing the firearms. He told police he “just wondered what would come up” if he searched the terms investigators found.

Martwick faces two counts of felony possession of pornographic work and one gross misdemeanor count of firearm possession.