ALAMOSA – School Superintendent Robert Alejo has been scheduled for a first appearance on felony second degree assault charges in an incident that occurred more than a year ago involving his alleged attack with a baseball bat.

According to the complaint in Alamosa County Court, Alejo “unlawfully and feloniously caused bodily injury to David Silvas, by means of a deadly weapon, namely: a baseball bat.” The incident occurred on or about July 19, 2019. The complaint was dated March 17, 2020 and was filed by Kaitlyn B. Turner, district attorney for the 11th Judicial District based in Salida. He was served with a summons on that date according to court records.

Robert Willett, district attorney for the 12th district, said the case was turned over to the 11th district due to conflicts of interest. The chief investigator for Willett’s office is Harry Alejo, Robert’s father, and Willett’s wife is a school teacher in the Alamosa district. Alejo appeared in court Tuesday via teleconference for a disposition hearing along with his attorney Melissa Esquibel of the Pueblo law firm, Koncilja and Koncilja, P.C.

She told Judge Daniel Walzl that she and Turner are close to reaching a potential disposition in the case and that she was hoping to avoid going to district court due to the possible recusals by judges there. Both Esquibel and Turner requested another status hearing and Judge Walzl set a first appearance for 1 p.m. on October 6, stating that he felt “it appropriate to bind it over” to district court. Alamosa Board of Education met for a regular meeting Monday night and requested an executive session to meet with an attorney for legal advice on Alejo’s employment.

The board had also had a closed-door session at a July 27th meeting concerning the superintendent. It was at that same meeting that then board president Elias (Eli) Heredia resigned over accusations from board member Katrina Brown and tampering charges filed by the Alamosa Police Department. Asked about the charges against Alejo in late July, current board president Michael Mumper and newly appointed vice president April Gonzales said they were not aware of the charges until a few weeks prior to requests from comments from the Valley Courier.