Two and a half years after the state committed to reduce its reliance on emergency placements, it continues to leave some of its most troubled teens without the mental health services they need.
He bought her sex toys, joked about showering with her and – in one instance – rubbed her back and pleasured himself as she slept. He was a Rio Rancho school resource officer and she was a 14-year-old relative.Those were among the allegations made against Joseph Frantz, a former Rio Rancho police officer and New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department employee accused of sexually assaulting the teen last year at a Rio Rancho home.