Pastor May Have Tried to Destroy Fingerprints

Washington Times
December 23, 2016

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/23/fugitive-former-pastor-brought-back-to-nj-for-sent/

A pastor who has been on the run for nearly two years after he was convicted of sexual assault charges in New Jersey may have tried to obliterate his own fingerprints, a prosecutor said.

Gregorio Martinez’s 10 fingers were bloodied and bandaged when he was detained in Honduras in August, Assistant Prosecutor Linda Claude-Oben revealed in court Friday.

Martinez, 49, was once a Pentecostal preacher in Jersey City. He was found guilty last year of molesting a 13-year-old boy he knew through church. Prosecutors say Martinez then fled to Nicaragua.

[ared in court in Jersey City on Friday, NJ.com reported (http:]

“It’s obvious Mr. Martinez, but for the extraordinary effort of law enforcement to secure his return, had no intention of coming back,” Young said. “If given the opportunity, he would again leave.”