Sex offender avoids jail time

A FORMER ALAMOGORDO HIGH SCHOOL COACH WILL NOT GO TO JAIL FOR HAVING SEX WITH ONE OF HIS ATHLETES JAMES JAVIER CRUZ WAS SENTENCED TO 10 MONTHS OF WORK RELEASE AND MUST REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER THE FORMER GIRLS SOCCER AND BASKETBALL COACH ADMITTED TO HAVING SEX WITH A 16- YEAR-OLD GIRL EARLIER THIS YEAR COURT RECORDS SHOW CRUZ WOULD PICK UP THE GIRL AT SCHOOL BEFORE CLASS --TAKE HER TO HIS MOTHER S APARTMENT FOR SEX AND THEN BRING HER BACK TO SCHOOL