FBI: Zuni Woman Pleads Guilty To Involuntary Manslaughter
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Zuni woman pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after her 2-month-old daughter died from asphyxiation.
According to court documents, on the night of Jan. 25, 2025, Miranda Cachini, 27, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, consumed alcoholic beverages and fell asleep while breastfeeding her 2-month-old daughter in bed. During the night, Cachini rolled over on top of the baby, causing her to pass away by asphyxiation.
Cachini pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and faces up to eight years in prison at sentencing.
First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Read More
Community Day And Water Safety Fair Launches At Storrie Lake State Park
Storrie Lake State Park, north of Las Vegas, NM, photographed facing northwest in 2023. Courtesy photo
NMSP News:
LAS VEGAS — Families are invited to Storrie Lake State Park May 17 for the first-ever Community Day and Water Safety Fair featuring hands-on safety activities, demonstrations and outdoor fun for all ages.
The event helps promote National Safe Boating Week, May 16-22, the official launch of the 2026 Safe Boating Campaign. This yearlong campaign promotes the value of voluntary, consistent life jacket wear by recreational boaters.
Highlights include fire and police truck Read More
OSI Underscores Importance Of Home Hardening, IBHS Standards During Wildfire Awareness Month
NMOSI News:
SANTA FE — As part of its Wildfire Awareness Month news release series throughout the month of May, the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance (OSI) is reminding New Mexico residents that the Wildfire Prepared Home program is an important resource to not only protect homes and businesses against wildfire, but also provides an avenue to lower insurance rates.
The program, developed by the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), gives residents the opportunity to receive a certificate for taking steps to mitigate their home and property against wildfire. Read More
FBI: Shiprock Man Sentenced For Unprovoked Assault
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Shiprock man who stabbed an individual three times in the back without provocation was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court documents, April 19, 2025, Matthew David Charley, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, approached John Doe and his friends near a roadside area in Shiprock and introduced himself. After John Doe’s friends briefly left the area, Charley remained with John Doe, who had no prior interaction with him and did not provoke him.
As John Doe began walking away to meet his returning friends, Read More
New Mexico Supreme Court Resolves Dispute Over Utility’s Purchase Of Power From Nuclear Plant
COURT News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court today affirmed regulatory decisions that allowed a utility company to charge customers in southern New Mexico for electricity it obtained from a nuclear power plant during a severe winter storm in 2021.
In a unanimous opinion, the Court rejected a challenge by the city of Las Cruces to New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) orders permitting about $5.7 million in costs to be passed along to customers of El Paso Electric Company (EPE).
“The Commission’s final orders established the requisite ‘rational connection between the facts found Read More
