A Pinal County detention sergeant accused of several inmate-related crimes refused a plea deal following a hearing in court Tuesday.
Amado S. Martinez, 54, was indicted in September for 18 felony charges, including forgery, theft, identity theft and computer tampering after authorities suspected he was forging checks connected to inmate funds, according to a superior court indictment.
The plea deal would have charged Martinez with one count each of theft, forgery and computer tampering - chopping 15 charges from the original indictment, said Pinal County attorney’s spokesman Kostas Kalaitzdis.
The indictment charges Martinez with tampering with inmate funds at the Pinal County Detention Center between March and April of this year. A Tribune report showed that Martinez was reprimanded for mishandling the same funds nine months before the incidents.
Martinez will face a judge on Jan. 6 and enter a plea, Kalaitzdis said.
why wasn’t he fired 9 months prior? why was he still an employee there and not charged the frist time? CORRUPTION………..PCSO IS FULLY CORRUPTED
This guy was allowed to do what ever he wanted for months. He’s just waiting for the sweet deal that he’ll be offered soon. What a loser
the biggest loser are the judges and prosecuting attorneys who will offer him a lenient deal………….I think because he was in an authoritive position he should be double penalized………….
THANK GAWD..THE NEW SHERIFF WILL “CLEAN HOUSE”. LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A “GOOD OLE BOYS” NETWORK GOING ON FOR YEARS. THE NEW SHERIFF SHOULD GET RID OF ALL OF THESE “PRIMOS” AND “COMPADRES” .