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DUI/DWI
SEVEN NEWS AT NINE STARTS RIGHT NOW. WE KNOW THE DNA MATCHES FOR ALL FOUR, FOR ALL FOUR OF THEM. AND SO WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT IN THE STRENGTH OF OUR CASE. A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FACING CHARGES FROM CRIMES DECADES AGO. THOSE CHARGES ARE TIED TO FOR COLD CASE RAPES, DATING ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1988. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER JOHN CARTER JOINS US NOW. AND JOHN, WHO WAS ABLE TO CONNECT THE DOTS HERE? WELL, SHOWING DUG A TEAM OF INVESTIGATORS AT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT. AND IT TURNS OUT THAT SUSPECT IS IN ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS BUS DRIVER. ON THURSDAY, THIS MAN, 61 YEAR OLD RALPH ANTHONY MARTINEZ, WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO FOUR COLD CASE RAPES TAKING PLACE FROM THE LATE 80S TO EARLY 90S IN ALBUQUERQUE. WHAT HE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE DONE IS DESPICABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE AT EVERY LEVEL. AND WE’RE GOING TO HOLD THEM FULLY ACCOUNTABLE. AGENTS WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S SEXUAL ASSAULT KIT INITIATIVE TEAM WERE ABLE TO LINK MARTINEZ TO THE CRIMES AFTER A FORENSIC GENIUS INVESTIGATION. THEY DON’T GIVE UP. THERE’S NO QUIT. AND THEN THIS OFFICE, THEY FOLLOW EVERY POSSIBLE LEAD. THEY DO EVERYTHING THEY POSSIBLY CAN TO BRING PEOPLE TO JUSTICE, TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THINGS THEY’VE DONE. MARTINEZ IS AN APS SCHOOL BUS DRIVER. INVESTIGATORS WERE ABLE TO TAKE DNA SAMPLES FROM THE SCHOOL BUS. HE DROVE THAT DNA MATCHED THE EVIDENCE COLLECTED FROM THE SEXUAL ASSAULTS. THIS IS CONCERNING FOR A COMMUNITY KNOWING AND KNOWING THAT I DON’T HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT APS KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT EVEN THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN ANY WAY AS A BUS DRIVER FOR APS, MARTINEZ MADE ALMOST $29,000 A YEAR, ACCORDING TO THEIR CHECKBOOK. WE REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY TOLD US THEY EMPLOYED MARTINEZ IN DECEMBER OF 2018 AND THEY RAN A COMPLETE BACKGROUND CHECK ON HIM. HE’S CURRENTLY ON LEAVE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE INVESTIGATION IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAM BREGMAN SAYS MARTINEZ WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW. I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS A SERIOUS AS IT GETS AND WE WILL HOLD THEM FULLY ACCOUNTABLE AND ASK A COURT TO HOLD THEM FULLY ACCOUNTABLE. IF WE ARE IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL, OF COURSE, LIKE ANY DEFENDANT, HE IS PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL AND UNLESS HE’S CONVICTED IN A COURT OF LAW. AND WE LOOK TO SEE IF MARTINEZ HAD A CRIMINAL RECORD IN 1993, HE WAS CHARGED WITH THE DWI. HOWEVER, THAT CASE WAS DISMISSED. I’M JOHN CARNEY REPORTING KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. OUR LEGAL EXPERT SAYS MARTINEZ FACES 418 YE

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