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AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN ENDS UP IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT WITH HIS FORMER BOSS. THE EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HIS BOSS OWED HIM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. AND AS CRIS ORNELAS TELL US... DEPUTIES SAY THE SUSPECT WAS WILLING TO RAM HIM OFF THE ROAD TO COLLECT. 25 YEAR OLD DEAN MARTINEZ WAS IN COURT TODAY TO FACE CHARGES STEMMING FROM A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN THE NORTH VALLEY. BERNALILLO COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY MARTINEZ PULLED UP TO HIS FORMER BOSS' CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOURTH AND ALAMEDA. THE VICTIM SAYS HE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED MARTINEZ AS THE MAN HE HAD RECENTLY FIRED FOR STEALING. 1:52-1:56 "the person yelling and whistling at him was upset about having some past money owed to him"MARTINEZ CLAIMED HIS BOSS OWED HIM 12-THOUSAND DOLLARS. BUT HIS FORMER BOSS SAYS THAT'S A LIE. THE VICTIM HAD HIS TWO YOUNG KIDS AGES 10 AND 4 IN THE CAR WITH HIM. BUT MARTINEZ didn't SEEM TO CARE. AS THE TWO CARS MADE THEIR WAY WEST ON ALAMEDA THE VICTIM SAYS MARTINEZ TRIED TO RAM HIS CAR OFF THE ROAD. THE CARS NEVER TOUCHED AND THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO STAY ON THE ROAD. AT ONE POINT THE VICTIM CLAIMED SOMEONE IN MARTINEZ'S CAR THREW A PAPER CUP FILLED WITH RED LIQUID THAT SPRAYED THE INSIDE OF THE VICTIM'S CAR AND HIS CHILDREN. WHEN THE VICTIM PICKED UP HIS CELL PHONE TO CALL POLICE, MARTINEZ TOOK OFF. 3:47-3:56 "you never know what kind ofd mindset someone is gonna be in you dont know if someone is gonna have a gun a weapon maybe they are gonna use their car as a weapon i can certainly understand the fear of the victim in this case" NOW MARTINEZ IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE AND ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A FELONY. REPORTING IN THE NEWSROOM, CRIS ORNELAS EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR.