| Aug 4, 2005 Sex charges dropped against former high school teacher -- ALBUQUERQUE Charges filed against a former Mesa Vista High School teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student have been dropped for now. The charges against 29-year-old Frank Ortiz were dropped without prejudice in magistrate court late last month. But prosecutors can refile the charges at a later date in district court. State police arrested Ortiz in January on charges of criminal sexual penetration of a minor, criminal sexual contact of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Marriage records show that on January First, Ortiz and the teenage girl were married in a Las Vegas, Nevada chapel. The girl was pregnant at the time of Ortiz's arrest. She has since given birth and said Ortiz isn't the father of her child. http://www.kviacom/Global/story.asp?S=3685095 |