Bass Lake man arrested after talking to minor online, deputies say

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A 65-year-old man from Bass Lake was arrested after an investigation into aggravated sexual exploitation and communicating with a minor online.

Deputies said on Thursday that 65-year-old Matthew William Pressly was the primary suspect in the investigation. The investigation began when the Madera County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Division was contacted by the Davis County Sheriff’s Office in Utah.

On Oct. 24, detectives, in collaboration with the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Homeland Security Investigations, served a search warrant at a home in the 31000 block of Donald Avenue in Madera, close to Bonadelle Ranchos Five…

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