A former case manager working under the Florida Department of Children’s and Families (DCF) was arrested after being accused of lying about visits.
Special agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Kristen Lucas Martinez, 43, falsified records regarding home visits with foster kids.
FDLE’s investigative summary found Martinez lied about the visits in three different cases.
Martinez was a case manager at Lutheran Services Florida, a subcontractor that cares for foster kids for DCF.
Terri Durdaller, the LSF spokeswoman, sent this statement to the media: “We discovered Ms. Lucas Martinez had falsified records during a routine quality assurance review. Our credibility is paramount in accessing and documenting a family’s circumstance, particularly around child safety. At LSF we have zero tolerance for falsification. There is no place for this behavior in our line of our work to protect and strengthen families. Once we learned about this incident, we reported it to the proper authorities and terminated Ms. Lucas Martinez’s employment at LSF.”
We reached out to Family Support Services, the lead child welfare agency in Pinellas County, which oversees Lutheran Services.
CEO Jenn Petion said Martinez has not worked in their system since Sept. 17, 2022.
“In cases such as these, immediate action is taken to review any specific allegations of falsification as well as to review all cases that an individual was assigned to. Both FSS and our partners have zero tolerance for falsification and hold our teams to the highest standards of integrity in our mission of ensuring child safety,” Petion said.
How do I report Nikole Bon Tamara Boatwright Vatonda James Acevdo as well as the GAL Byron for attacking my daughter physically as well as making false visitation reports in the winter haven office who do I report this to I need someone to listen to me and help my daughter I have one witness to verify the GAL report NEVER occurred.
I am also getting fàlse reports on mine winter heavon office saying my baby was positive at birth I got pop records all negative I got taken baby home 5 months old father takes him er leaves w out discharge because doctor was in his face rude so he left next day took him to his doctor thin cpi came out took him medical neglect
Who can I speak with regarding neglect, endangerment, and possible trafficking?