Defendant jailed on $1 million cash bail, allegedly threatened to kill victim and family
A Lansdale man jailed on $1 million bail after and charged with more than 20 felonies related to the alleged repeated child rape and aggravated indecent assault of a 10-year-old girl over a two-year period heads to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court on all charges after a recent preliminary hearing.
Dany Heriberto Martinez Gomez, 30, of the 20th block of Lincoln Avenue, was charged by Lansdale detectives with 10 felony counts each of rape of a child and aggravated indecent assault of a child, as well as felony indecent assault on a person under 13, felony corruption of minors, and felony endangering the welfare of children, according to court documents. Furthermore,Martinez Gomez is charged with 10 misdemeanor counts of indecent assault on a person under 13 and misdemeanor terroristic threats, per court records.
On Dec. 26, 2025, police received a call from Special Victims Unit detectives from Hudson County, NJ regarding an alleged sexual assault that occurred on Shaw Avenue and Lincoln Avenue in Lansdale Borough, according to the affidavit.
Hudson County detectives told Lansdale authorities that Hudson Regional Hospital notified police after a 10-year-old victim was brought there by a family member, according to the complaint. The victim told police that Martinez Gomez had been sexually assaulting her for the past three years, beginning when they were seven years old, police said.
The victim told police Martinez Gomez would allegedly touch her private parts over and under her clothes in a bedroom, telling her they were playing a game and that the game was “to have S-E-X,” detectives said in the complaint. At one point, the victim called out for help, and once a relative came into the room, Martinez Gomez said they were playing a game and it was nothing serious, according to the affidavit.
Detectives said Martinez Gomez, who worked at a pet food factory, allegedly raped the child once a week over three years.
Martinez Gomez allegedly threatened to kill the victim and her mother if she told the truth about what happened.
He remains jailed on $1 million cash bail ahead of a June 3 formal arraignment. He is represented by public defender Antonia Elspeth Kitchen Diener, according to court records.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
