OPENING ARGUMENTS IN FORMER ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JASON MARTINEZ’S TRIAL SHOULD START SOON. JURY SELECTION IS EXPECTED TO WRAP UP IN DENVER, WHERE MARTINEZ IS CHARGED WITH HALF-A-DOZEN COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AGAINST A CHILD.
KOB TV REPORTS MARTINEZ IS OUT ON BOND … BUT WITH A MONITORING DEVICE. HIS TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO RUN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. MARTINEZ WAS HIRED BY FORMER APS SUPERINTENDENT LUIS VALENTINO … WHO ALSO RESIGNED. MARTINEZ NEVER COMPLETED A BACKGROUND CHECK FOR THE DISTRICT.
