Favio Martell
Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Department Officerin-Charge Isa Abbassi announce the arrest of Favio Martell, of Garfield, New Jersey. Mr. Martell
was arrested on September 6, 2023, after an investigation conducted by the Passaic County
Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and the Paterson Police Department.
On September 1, 2023, the Paterson Police Department advised Special Victims Unit
Detectives that a 14-year-old student at the Paterson Arts & Sciences Charter School had
received a sexually explicit picture from Mr. Martell, a teacher’s aide and soccer coach at the
school. The investigation led to Mr. Martell being charged with one count of third degree
Endangering the Welfare of a Child, in violation of N.J.S. 2C:24-4a(1).
The sentencing exposure is three to five years in New Jersey State Prison on third degree
Endangering the Welfare of a Child. On September 7, 2023, Mr. Martell appeared for Central
Judicial Processing proceedings and was released pending trial on monitoring, with special
release conditions that he be prohibited from contact with any minor children.
A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite the accusation, defendants are
presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, in a court of law.
