Timothy "Jason" Martinez, hired by the Albuquerque Public School system in New Mexico to be the deputy superintendent, managed to avoid a mandatory background check and hide the fact that he faced several outstanding child sex abuse charges in Colorado.
Martinez was hired by the school system in June this year and went on to dodge the employment background check and fingerprinting before he eventually resigned on Aug. 20. Martinez cited personal issues for his abrupt resignation, but it is now believed that Martinez left due to the pressure of Colorado authorities being on his trail, according to Fox News.
He was free on bond but not allowed to leave Colorado as there were multiple charges, including alleged sexual contact with a boy under 15 in 2012 and 2013. Authorities claimed there was a "pattern of sexual abuse."
There are at least six felony counts of "sexual assault on a child" related to his 2013 arrest, according to KRQE.
Denver police records show that there were claims that he "touched" people under the age of 18, watched a minor take a shower in his home and made a minor touch his "private parts" during a trip to Las Vegas.
Superintendent Luis Valentino is under fire for his complacency in Martinez's refusal to submit to the mandatory background check. "I was surprised to learn of these charges and certainly would never have offered Mr. Martinez employment with the district if I had known," said Valentino.
The Albuquerque School Board held a five-hour emergency meeting on Sunday. It's suspected that the meeting was to contemplate what to do about Valentino, whose complacent hand in the matter helped an accused pedophile land a $163,000 position as an educational administrator, according to the Inquisitr.
The case is set to go to trial in October.
