AURORA | An assistant principal at a local middle school facing a felony charge amid allegations he asked students to destroy evidence made his first court appearance Friday.
Anthony Ray Campos, 41, appeared in Arapahoe County court for a scheduling hearing. His arraignment, at which he is expected to enter a plea, is scheduled for July 8, according to prosecutors.
Campos was charged Feb. 11 with solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence, a Class 6 felony that could carry an 18-month prison term.
Sources say Campos asked three students at Horizon Community Middle School to erase cell phone video of a fight between two girls. One girl had her nose broken during the fight.
The charges exposed a rift between law enforcement agencies that investigated the case, and Cherry Creek Public School District, where a spokeswoman said district officials found no wrongdoing by the administrator.
Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers said the case is part of an ongoing problem investigators have with the district reporting crime and turning over evidence.
Because the case involves juveniles, police, prosecutors and school district officials have declined to discuss many details about the case, but a mother of one of the girls involved said it all started with a fight at the school in January.
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