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On January 15, 2021 Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Nicholas R. Santoya, age 31, on multiple warrants. The warrants were the result of an indictment by a Yamhill County Grand Jury for multiple crimes investigated by Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office detectives. He also had an outstanding federal arrest warrant from the FBI.
Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office SIU (Special Investigations Unit) had spent a significant amount of time searching for Mr. Santoya and developed information that he was in a residence on SW Ashcreek Lane in the city of McMinnville. Detectives were assisted by patrol deputies, detectives with McMinnville Police Department, a K9 from Newberg-Dundee Police Department, and the FBI in entering the residence and arresting Mr. Santoya. During the arrest Mr. Santoya was bitten by the K9 and obtained medical attention from McMinnville Fire/EMS and a local hospital.
Mr. Santoya was lodged in the Yamhill County Correctional Facility on warrants that include charges of: Sexual Abuse First Degree-8 counts, Sexual Abuse Second Degree-4 counts, Sexual Abuse Third Degree Degree-3 counts, Strangulation-2 counts, Assault Fourth Degree-1 count, and Harassment-1 count. He also has a hold for the FBI on his federal warrant issued for Manufacturing Child Pornography. He currently has No Bail.