Judge denies motion to split trials in Sheryl Williams Stapleton case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A federal judge has denied a motion to sever the trial between two defendants, accused of swindling millions of taxpayer dollars from Albuquerque Public Schools. Sheryl Williams Stapleton and Joseph Johnson are accused of allocating more than $2.5 million of federal funds intended for APS programs to a company called Robotics Management Learning Systems between 2013 and 2021 while Stapleton served as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives.F