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Ex-Phoenix Police Officer Gets 1.5 Years for On-Duty Sex Abuse

Prosecutors say he used his badge to prey on women.

Overview

  • Michael Feliciano Martinez received a 1.5-year prison term Friday with 10 years of probation, and the judge ordered immediate custody with 67 days of credit for time served.
  • The case involved two women he searched while on duty in March 2022 at the Cactus Park precinct, which prosecutors said showed an abuse of power.
  • He pleaded guilty in February and has been jailed since, and the judge left sex-offender registration undecided until a May 2028 status hearing.
  • Although Martinez was among the last to see sex worker Jennifer Beede alive, investigators did not charge him in her killing.
  • Prosecutors charged Crystal Hulsey and Jose Jaquez with first-degree murder in Beede’s death, citing hotel video of them moving a suitcase and a handgun that matched a casing at the scene.