Daughter of Medina County judge avoids prison after plea deal in PTO theft case [Video]

HONDO, Texas – A woman accused of stealing more than $36,000 from an elementary school parent-teacher organization has avoided prison after agreeing to a plea agreement in the case, Medina County court records show.

Heather Lutz Martinez, 34, pleaded no contest to misapplication of fiduciary property between $30,000 and $150,000 and theft between $30,000 and $150,000 late last month.

She was ordered to serve eight years of community supervision and to complete 150 hours of community service, records show.

The plea agreement came nearly a year after Lutz Martinez was first accused of taking $36,208.11 from the Meyer Elementary School PTO’s bank account from late 2022 through May 2023.

She served as the organization’s president from June 2021 to May 2023.

Hondo police were notified of the potential theft in May 2023, but were asked to hold off on initiating a criminal review until the PTO group could decide how to proceed, …