BULLHEAD CITY, Arizona – June 1, 2023 – Bullhead City Police Department detectives arrested two men on multiple charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.
On Wednesday, May 31, the Bullhead City Police Department, assisted by the Homeland Security Investigation Service (HSI), executed two search warrants. Detectives received information regarding the online transmission and possession of child sexual abuse materials that occurred at two different residences of his in Bullhead City. The two child crime investigations were unrelated.
Around 7:50 a.m., the first search warrant was served on the residence of Richard Michael Valles, 37, in Block 300 of the Rio Grande Courthouse. Barrez was located and arrested in the Mojave Valley on suspicion of sexual exploitation of minors.
Around 12:50 p.m., a SWAT team conducted a second search in the 600 block of Palo Verde Drive where Ian Jack Falls, 37, was arrested on suspicion of sexually exploiting a minor. Assisted in the execution of warrants.
Several electronic devices were seized as evidence. Both suspects were held at the Mojave County Jail in Kingman.