How Could You? Hall of Shame-Bridget Martinez UPDATED

This will be an archive of heinous actions by those involved in child welfare, foster care and adoption. We forewarn you that these are deeply disturbing stories that may involve sex abuse, murder, kidnapping and other horrendous actions.

From Sedgwick County, Kansas, “former foster care worker Bridget Martinez, 32, Bel Aire, was sentenced to three years of probation for having sex with a 16-year-old foster child while a worker-volunteer in authority at a foster home, according to the Kansas Department of Corrections.

The crime occurred in May of 2016. Martinez was employed as a Family Support Worker with Saint Francis Community Services of Salina.

In a statement from the organization on Thursday night, they placed Martinez on administrative leave immediately upon learning of her arrest.

Her employment with Saint Francis Community Services ended July 8, according to the organization.

Prosecutors say Martinez admitted during questioning to having sex with the boy three times. The teen confirmed the relationship.

She could go to prison for two years and eight months if she fails to follow the terms of her release.

In Kansas, the age of consent is 16, but for people in some professions, sexual relations remain illegal beyond that age.”

Former Kansas foster care worker sentenced for child sex crimes [Hays Post 10/14/16]

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Update:“A former family support worker on probation for having sex with a 16-year-old foster child has been arrested for an alleged probation violation.

Bridgett Martinez, 32, of Bel Aire, was arrested Tuesday and is being held in jail for an alleged probation violation, jail records show. No bond amount was listed.

In August, Martinez pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual relations with a 16-year-old male foster child, a crime that put her on the state sex offender registry for the next 25 years.

In October, a judge gave her probation but warned that she could be end up in prison for 32 months if she didn’t meet terms of her release.

Martinez was charged under a state law that makes it a crime for a worker, volunteer or other person in authority in a licensed family foster care home to have sex with a foster child 16 or older.

Authorities arrested her on May 26. She told Wichita police that she had intercourse with the boy three times on May 23, according to an affidavit filed in court.

A spokeswoman for St. Francis Community Services said it put Martinez on administrative leave when it learned of her arrest. Her employment as a family support worker ended July 8.

According to the St. Francis Community Services website, a family support worker’s job is to give help to children and families that includes “parenting skills, life skills, child development and behavior management.”