A Jefferson County jury convicted a former Lakewood High School security officer on Friday of child sex assault, according to court records.
Rubel Martinez, 68, was arrested in August 2024 and charged with sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust in a pattern of abuse. Jefferson County convicted him on that charge Friday after three hours of deliberation and a four-day jury trial, according to a news release from the 1st Judicial District.
Martinez repeatedly sexually assaulted a student from 2014 to 2016 during and after school hours, on and off school grounds, according to the release. The victim was a junior and senior at Lakewood High School when the assaults happened.
The victim came forward to the police about the assaults in August 2024.
Martinez worked as a campus security officer at Jefferson Junior and Senior High Schools and at Lakewood High School from 2006 to 2022, according to the police department. He also ran an after-school clown club at Lakewood High School and was the pastor at Breakthrough Ministries in Weld County, the release stated.
He is scheduled to appear in court for a sentencing hearing on March 9, according to court records.
