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Gov. Susana Martinez Appoints Daniel Gallegos Jr. To Second Judicial District Court

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Gov. Susana Martinez
 
STATE News:
 
SANTA FE ― Gov. Susana Martinez has appointed Daniel Gallegos Jr. of Albuquerque to the Second Judicial District Court, Criminal Division.
 
Gallegos fills the vacancy created by Judge Alan Malott, who retired in October.
 
Gallegos has served as a judge on the New Mexico Court of Appeals, the state’s second highest court, since January. Gallegos is also a U.S. Navy Reserve Lt. Commander, serving as a reserve international law attorney for Naval Forces in Europe and Africa.
 
Gallegos holds a Juris Doctorate from Notre Dame Law
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Kenneth Starr To Lecture At UNM School Of Law

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Kenneth Starr

UNM News:

Kenneth Winston Starr, J.D., will present, “Investigating the President, Now and Then: Living in a Constitutional Quagmire” at The University of New Mexico School of Law on Wednesday, Jan. 23. 

Starr will present his lecture as a Distinguished John Field Simms, Sr. Memorial Lecturer. 

The event — which was postponed in October and now rescheduled — includes a book signing beginning at 4:45 p.m., followed at 5:30 p.m. by the lecture. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required and can be completed on the UNM Read More

RSF: First Anniversary Of Blogger Wu Gan Conviction

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Chinese blogger Wu Gan sentenced to eight years in prison for criticizing corruption within the Communist Party’s ranks. Courtesy photo
 
RSF News:
 
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the international community not to forget Wu Gan, a Chinese blogger who was sentenced to eight years in prison exactly a year ago for criticizing corruption within the Communist Party’s ranks.
 
Wu received the eight-year jail sentence on a charge of “subverting state power” from a court in the northern city of Tianjin Dec. 26, 2017, after 952 days in preventive detention. Banned from receiving
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Los Alamos Police Blotter: Dec. 19 To Dec. 22, 2018

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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.

NICOLE BORREGO

Dec. 19 at 11:14 pm. / Police arrested Nicole Borrego, 28, of Albuquerque in Santa Fe District Court on an outstanding Magistrate Court warrant.

 

 

KYLE D. NEWELL

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Dec. 22, at 10:03 p.m. / Police arrested Kyle D. Newell, 19, of Las Cruces on Trinity Drive and charged him with possession of marijuana. Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Dec. 12 To Dec. 17, 2018

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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.

BRANDEN R. GARCIA

Dec. 12 at 1:18 p.m. / Police arrested Branden R. Garcia, 26, of Fairview at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding Municipal Court warrant.

 

 

JESUS ANTONIO VELAZCO

Dec. 13 at 12:11 p.m. / Police arrested Jesus Antonio Velazco, 46, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., and charged him with assault and disorderly conduct.

 

FERNANDO JOSE RODRIGUEZ

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Two Chinese Hackers Associated With The Ministry Of State Security Charged With Global Computer Intrusion

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DOJ News:
 
The unsealing of an indictment charging Zhu Hua (朱华), aka Afwar, aka CVNX, aka Alayos, aka Godkiller; and Zhang Shilong (张士龙), aka Baobeilong, aka Zhang Jianguo, aka Atreexp, both nationals of the People’s Republic of China (China), with conspiracy to commit computer intrusions, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft was announced Thursday.
 
The announcement was made by Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman for the Southern District of New York, Director Christopher A. Wray of the FBI, Director Dermot
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FBI: Mescalero Apache Man Gets Three Years Probation For Assaulting Federal Officer

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Gerald Castillo, Jr., 30, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Nation who resides in Ruidoso, has been sentenced in Federal Court in Las Cruces to three years probation and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine for assaulting a federal officer.
 
Castillo pled guilty Aug. 3 to a misdemeanor information charging him with assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal officer. Castillo admitted that Feb. 24, 2018, he assaulted a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer by hitting the officer’s chest. According to court documents, Castillo assaulted the officer while attempting
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Balderas Secures Conviction Of Ex-Teacher Who Abused Multiple Students In Rio Arriba County

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Attorney General Hector Balderas
 
AG News:
 
SANTA FE ― Attorney General Hector Balderas successfully secured the conviction of Gary Gregor, former teacher in the Española School District, for his sexual assault of multiple 4th grade students during the 2007-2008 school year at Fairview Elementary School.
 
A jury of Gregor’s peers found him guilty of 3 counts of 1st-Degree Felony Criminal Sexual Penetration, 5 counts of 1st-Degree Kidnapping, and 4 counts of 1st-Degree Criminal Sexual Contact.
 
“Survivors of sexual abuse should always have a voice,” Balderas said.
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Balderas Keeps Alleged Human Trafficker Behind Bars

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Mario Morales
 
AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Attorney General Hector Balderas has secured the preventative detention of Mario Morales, a man accused of human trafficking, kidnapping, criminal sexual penetration, false imprisonment and more.
 
The New Mexico Office of the Attorney General successfully extradited Morales, following his arrest in Arizona last month. Following the NMOAG’s preventative detention motion in November, Morales was indicted on more 15 charges, 14 of them felonies.
 
“Serial offenders who harm New Mexicans need to be behind bars, if they pose
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