BENNY VALENZUELA IS NOW A MAN ON THE RUN. HE PLEADED NO CONTEST IN VALENCIA COUNTY TO MULTIPLE COUNTS OF SEXUAL CONTACT WITH A MINOR … BUT JUDGE CINDY MERCER ALLOWED HIM ON FURLOUGH LAST WEEK TO VISIT ALBUQUERQUE TO SEE HIS NEWBORN GRANDDAUGHTER.
VALENZUELA WAS TO RETURN TO VALENCIA COUNTY AFTERWARD, BUT DID NOT RETURN. TWO FEMALE RELATIVES OF THE 13 YEAR OLD WHO WAS THE VICTIM WORRIED VALENZUELA WOULD HARM THEM AND HAVE ARMED THEMSELVES WITH MACE. THEY SAYS HE’S THREATENED THEM AND EVEN PROTESTED HIS FURLOUGH IN COURT.
PROSECUTORS WERE ALSO AGAINST THE FURLOUGH. A BENCH WARRANT HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR VALENZUELA’S ARREST.
