Albuquerque club softball coach Matt Martinez, 46, was charged with voyeurism after a 17-year-old girl reported seeing a man looking through her window while she was getting dressed, KRQE reported, citing a police report. The allegation is not a finding of guilt.
In KRQE’s account of the report, the girl alerted her mother, who confronted the man outside. He said he was looking for a lost dog, the report says. A neighbor identified him to police as Martinez, whom she recognized from his earlier work as a substitute teacher for her class. KRQE also reported that Martinez runs a sports recruiting business.
What youth-sports screening rules say
USA Softball’s Safe Softball handbook requires coaches holding a coach credential at sanctioned events involving minors to complete background screening and SafeSport training and maintain current membership before serving as event personnel. The organization describes its broader Safe Softball program as covering screening, education and training, reporting, monitoring and enforcement. These rules describe USA Softball’s framework; they do not establish whether Martinez or his club is covered by it.
The New Mexico Public Education Department says state law governs background checks for licensed school employees, including contracted employees. That guidance provides context for the neighbor’s account of Martinez’s past substitute-teaching work, but does not establish his employment or screening status.
