Phoenix man arrested for third time in five years for sexual conduct with a minor

PHOENIX – A Phoenix man is charged with a crime after allegedly meeting a 14-year-old girl for inappropriate sexual behavior.

According to court paperwork, 36-year-old Alex Waldron has been charged with multiple counts of child sex trafficking and sexual conduct with a minor.

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Phoenix police officers responded to a behavioral health hospital on July 23 regarding a report of sexual contact with a minor.

Officers were told the 14-year-old victim had sneaked out to meet men for drugs or alcohol.

In an interview with the victim, she told police that Waldron would provide her with alcohol and marijuana in exchange for various sex acts.

Cell phone records show that there were messages between the victim and Waldron for two weeks in July. Court records show Phoenix police arrested Waldron on Oct. 1.

This isn’t the first time Waldron has been accused of meeting a minor for sex.

Court records obtained by ABC15 detail Waldron’s arrest in Tempe in 2019, accused of attempting to meet a teenage girl for sex, who prosecutors say was actually an undercover police officer. Waldron accepted a plea deal in that case for attempted murder, luring a minor for sexual exploitation and was sentenced to lifetime probation. But after a probation violation, he was sent to prison in 2022. ABC15 has learned that Waldron was also arrested by Chandler police in 2021, accused of trying to meet a 15-year-old girl to provide drugs.

Prosecutors in the latest case say Waldron was released from prison in February 2024, only to reoffend in July 2024.