A 51-year-old New Jersey man wanted since late August in connection with the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old Bensalem girl was finally tracked down and arrested on Thursday, November 5, 2026. Jose Adolfo Samayoa-Ortiz, of Plainfield, had been evading the warrant for more than two months after it was issued; before that, he was arrested, charged, and released on bail in a separate but similar New Jersey investigation.
Bensalem Township Police said they obtained the arrest warrant for Samayoa-Ortiz on August 25, accusing him of unlawful contact with a minor, sexual abuse of a child, and criminal use of a communication facility, according to a Bensalem Township Police Department notice. Investigators said the case traced back to November 2025, when Samayoa-Ortiz began communicating with the girl through a dating or social media application. Over the following months, authorities said, he sent the teen sexually explicit photographs of himself and asked that she send photographs in return. Police said he knew she was 13 years old.
Separate New Jersey Investigation
Samayoa-Ortiz was arrested in a separate New Jersey investigation by July 28, before Bensalem police obtained their warrant on August 25. He was released on bail in the New Jersey case; after Bensalem police obtained the warrant, he was wanted on the Pennsylvania charges. As reported by FOX 29 Philadelphia, officers said he was about to meet the girl when he was arrested in connection with that similar New Jersey investigation, and that he had expressed a desire to have sex with her.
That New Jersey case appears tied to a broader crackdown. Separate reporting from NBC10 Philadelphia identifies Samayoa-Ortiz as one of eight men arrested through Operation Guardian Angel, an initiative the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force launched in March to identify people using online platforms for illegal communication and activity with children. In that investigation, the outlet reported, he was charged with two counts of third-degree attempted endangering the welfare of a child.
Marshals Close In
Marshals Close In On Thursday, November 5, 2026, members of the United States Marshals Service located and apprehended Samayoa-Ortiz, bringing the months-long manhunt to an end. The Bensalem notice states he is now being held in Union County, New Jersey, awaiting extradition to Pennsylvania, and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued a detainer for him.
The Bensalem Township Police Department said the Marshals' work demonstrated the importance of law-enforcement cooperation in holding people accountable and protecting children from sexual exploitation, according to the department's statement.
A Nationwide Surge in Reports
Cases like this one are unfolding against a backdrop of sharply rising reports of online enticement nationwide. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received 1.4 million CyberTipline reports concerning online enticement in 2025, including more than 800 reports in which an offender traveled to meet a child in person, according to missingkids.org. That figure marked a 158% increase in online-enticement reports from 2024, the organization said, with more than 80,000 of those reports concerning sextortion and more than 53,000 escalated as urgent or involving a child in imminent danger.
