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The former Los Lunas High School coach oversaw the girls' basketball and track and field teams.

The two connected after the victim participated in Los Lunas teams Bindues oversaw.

A federal jury returned a guilty verdict against Bindues after less than three hours of deliberation.

By Daniel J. Chacón, The Santa Fe New Mexican Two years after being recognized as the girls track coach of the year at Los Lunas High School, Johnathon Bindues was in handcuffs, accused of exchanging thousands of sexually explicit text messages with a freshman on the team. In Grants, a former female high school athlete […]

A former Los Lunas High School coach is facing federal charges after he allegedly exchanged thousands of explicit text messages with a local teenage girl last year.

By News Editor And Partners • 10 hours ago    Valencia County, NM- On July 16, 2021, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate the sexual exploitation of a child between an adult male and a 15-year-old female in Los Lunas, NM. During the investigation, State Police agents learned between June 13-15, 2021, a parent discovered her 15-year-old daughter had been sexually communicating via cellphone through text messages, videos, and pictures wi...

Johnathon Bindues (VCDC) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Los Lunas High School basketball coach already accused of sending sexually explicit messages to one of his players is now facing rape charges after the 15-year-old told police they had sex. Johnathon Bindues is facing four counts each of criminal sexual penetration and criminal sexual contact of a minor, both second degree felonies. The 30-year-old was already facing three counts each of sexual exploitation of a child, a third degree felony, and ...

By News Editor And Partners • 1 hour ago    Valencia County, NM- On July 16, 2021, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate the sexual exploitation of a child between an adult male and a 15-year-old female in Los Lunas, NM. During the investigation, State Police agents learned between June 13-15, 2021, a parent discovered her 15-year-old daughter had been sexually communicating via cellphone through text messages, videos, and pictures with...