FORMER APS DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT JASON MARTINEZ WAS IN A DENVER COURT ROOM THURSDAY FOR VIOLATING TERMS OF HIS RELEASE IN TWO PENDING CASES IN COLORADO…INCLUDING CHILD SEX ABUSE ALLEGATIONS. BOND WAS SET AT 200-THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND MARTINEZ WAS ORDERED TO WEAR AN ALCOHOL AND GPS MONITOR. HE HAD NOT BONDED OUT OF JAIL AS OF FRIDAY.
THE DEFENSE MAINTAINED MARTINEZ WAS IN COLORADO ALL ALONG… BUT THE D-A’S OFFICE SAYS APS TOLD THEM MARTINEZ HAD BEEN AT DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS IN ABQ MORE THAN 20 TIMES IN JULY AND AUGUST.
HE HAD ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB AT APS A FEW WEEKS WHEN HE RESIGNED AUGUST 19TH. THE DISTRICT SAYS MARTINEZ NEVER COMPLETED A REQUIRED BACKGROUND CHECK.
