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State Police Investigate Homicide In Taos County

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Gregg Steele charged with murder in the 2nd degree. Courtesy/NMSP
 
NMSP News:
 
TAOS COUNTY ― The New Mexico State Police Investigation Bureau was called to investigate a homicide Aug. 28 in Taos.
 
During investigation, State Police agents learned that in the early morning hours Aug. 27, Patrick Larkin left his residence to tend to his livestock on his property when he was shot and killed.
 
Agents identified Gregg Steele as a person of interest in the homicide. Steele was tracked down and arrested by the Taos County Sheriff’s Office and later released on unrelated
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Second Person Admits To Defrauding Dr. Pepper

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FBI News:
 
HOUSTON, Texas ― A 53-year-old Houston man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud for his participation in a scheme to defraud Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPSG), U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick announced.
 
Joseph A. Isaac admitted to participating in the scheme from 2010 through Feb. 17, 2015 with Anna Maria Sites, 42, of Friendswood, Texas by not paying rebates to those who had requested them.
 
Isaac was the majority shareholder of FulFill Plus Inc., which administered the DPSG rebate campaigns. The rebates included returned bottle caps or for switching
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New Mexico Honored For Providing Free Online Public Access To Legal Materials

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NEW MEXICO COURTS News:

 

SANTA FE – New Mexico has earned national recognition for offering free online public access to legal materials, including state laws, court procedural rules and appellate court decisions.

 

The Harvard Law School’s Caselaw Access Project recently recommended New Mexico and its legal information website, NMOneSource.com, as a leading example of how courts can successfully expand access to the law through a publicly available website and shift from print-based legal publishing to “digital-first publishing.”

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Los Alamos Police Blotter: Aug. 29 To Sept. 9, 2019

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LAPD News:

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

JUSTIN DALTON

Aug. 29 at 10:18 p.m. / Police arrested Justin Dalton, 18, of Los Alamos at Central Avenue and Oppenheimer and charged him with failure to stop or yield at an intersection and DUI.

 

 

 

JOHNATHAN JOSEPH ABEYTA

Sept. 6 at 5:42 p.m. / Police arrested Johnathan Joseph Abeyta, 35, of Espanola at 2500 Trinity Dr., and charged him with driving on a suspended or Read More

AG Balderas Announces Phase 1 Results Of Statewide Violent Fugitive Round Up ‘Operation Steel Net’

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Mugshots of individuals arrested during phase 1 of phase I of Operation Steel Net. Courtesy/NMAG

From the Office of the Attorney General:

  • Ongoing Operation Targets Dangerous Criminals Accused of Violent Crimes and Sex Offenses in Rural & Urban Communities

ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas, in coordination with Seventh Judicial District Attorney Clint Wellborn, Ninth Judicial District Attorney Andrea Reeb, New Mexico State Police, Curry County Sheriff’s Office, Roosevelt County Sheriff’s Office, Socorro County Sheriff’s Office, Region V Drug Task Force, Region Read More

Rep. Antonio ‘Moe’ Maestas Speaks At National Conference On Importance Of Expungement Laws

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Rep. Antonio ‘Moe’ Maestas

New Mexico House Democrats News:

SANTA FE – Rep. Antonio “Moe” Maestas (D-Albuquerque) presented at a policy roundtable on New Mexico’s passage of the Criminal Record Expungement Act at the Criminal Justice Legislative Convening Thursday Nashville, Tenn.

The convening was hosted by the Coalition for Public Safety, a bipartisan coalition of American advocacy groups that works to address some of the nation’s most pressing criminal justice reform issues. Rep. Maestas was invited to speak as a national stakeholder because of his ongoing commitment to criminal Read More

Supreme Court Abolishes Prohibition Against Court Testimony About Private Conversations Between A Husband And Wife

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SUPREME COURT News:

SANTA FE – The state Supreme Court has abolished a prohibition against spouses testifying in court cases about what their husband or wife told them in private conversations during their marriage.

The Court issued the ruling Friday in upholding the first-degree murder conviction of a Clovis man, David Gutierrez II, for a 2002 killing. During his trial, Gutierrez unsuccessfully tried to block the testimony of his ex-wife, with whom he was married at the time of the murder, and a second wife.

A divided Court abolished the spousal communication privilege in future criminal Read More

Governor Issues Statement On Passing Of former New Mexico Chief Justice Charles Daniels

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From the Office of the Governor:

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued the following statement Sunday on the death of former New Mexico Chief Justice Charles Daniels:

“I am truly saddened by the loss of an undisputed leader in the New Mexico legal community. Justice Daniels was an honest and committed jurist, a man of stellar wit and devotion to fairness and equity.

“As chief justice, he led New Mexico’s highest court with clarity and conviction, leaving a legacy rivaled by few. Not only was he professionally talented, he was incredibly kind, with a warm personality that drew so many people Read More

New Mexico Chief Justice Judith Nakamura On Passing Of Retired Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Daniels

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Justice Charles W. Daniels

Supreme Court of New Mexico News:

Chief Justice Judith K. Nakamura issued the following statement today on behalf of the New Mexico Supreme Court:

Members of the New Mexico Supreme Court and the entire Judiciary are saddened to learn of the passing of our colleague, Justice Charles W. Daniels. Our state has lost a titan of the law. From humble roots as the son of sharecroppers, Justice Daniels grew into a towering figure as an attorney and jurist who for a half century tenaciously defended our constitutional rights and advanced equal justice under the law. His brilliant Read More