A FORMER ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL OFFICIAL WHO WAS AT THE CENTER OF A SCANDAL LAST YEAR IS ACQUITTED ON CHILD SEX ASSAULT CHARGES BY A JURY IN DENVER. JASON MARTINEZ WAS ACCUSED OF MOLESTING TWO YOUNG BOYS.
MARTINEZ, WHO WAS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT AT APS, NEVER UNDERWENT A BACKGROUND CHECK AND RESIGNED WHEN THE CHARGES CAME TO LIGHT. HE’D ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB A FEW WEEKS.
SUPERINTENDENT LUIS VALENTINO, WHO HIRED MARTINEZ AND WAS ALSO NEW ON THE JOB, STEPPED DOWN AS WELL.
