New Jersey police detective fathers child
with 15-year-old, is charged with sexual assault of minor
The
police officer received multiple honors for his work.
His
numerous gun and drug arrests at one point earned him “Officer of the Week” in
the Camden County Police Department.
But he
also fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl, and now Camden County Police
Department Det. Rafael Martinez Jr. is facing charges for sexually
assaulting a minor, according to the county prosecutor.
Martinez,
32, reportedly admitted to being the father of the baby. The 15-year-old girl,
identified only as E.L., told authorities that she and Martinez had a sexual
relationship from September 2016 to August 2017, according to New Jersey
newspapers.
The
police officer was suspended after he was arrested on Sept. 12. He earns almost
$66,000 a year, according to the Courier Post.
Martinez
signed the baby’s birth certificate when the child was born in mid-August, the
Courier Post said. An affidavit that is part of the criminal complaint against
Martinez said the teenager told authorities that the police officer was “the
father of her child and that they had sex on multiple occasions at his home.”
A
court-ordered DNA test confirmed Martinez as the father, reports added.
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