Courts

MUNICIPAL Court News:

Gustavo Salaiz, 19, of Los Alamos pleaded guilty July 31 in Los Alamos Municipal Court to a charge of indecent exposure and received a 90-day jail sentence with 80 of those days suspended. He was placed on supervised probation for six months.

The charge stemmed from a June 28 incident at Mesa Public Library during which Salaiz exposed himself to a female patron. The patron reported to Los Alamos Police officers that Salaiz walked up to her while she was sitting at a desk and exposed his penis to her. As Salaiz left the scene, he glanced over his shoulder and the patron took a photo Read More

Fidel J. Naranjo

Santa Fe Magistrate Court Judge George Anaya, Jr., has dismissed without prejudice four charges against Fidel J. Naranjo, 52, of Los Alamos in connection to a May 31 incident in Santa Fe County where Naranjo allegedly shot another man, Michael Gonzales, in the leg.

Court documents dated Aug. 1 indicate that the charges of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of negligent use of a firearm were dismissed because of “failure of the proecutor to proceed within Read More

COURT News:

A 25-year-old Albuquerque man is slated to appear in Los Alamos Magistrate Court Friday on charges of receiving stolen property, forgery and fraud in connection with a check he cashed for $650 on the Los Alamos bank account of an elderly woman after forging her signature.

Christian Kreisher was arrested June 27 on a warrant requested by Los Alamos Police Det. Matt Lyon and released July 10 by Judge Pat Casados on a $2,000 surety bond pending trial.

The victim’s son spoke with LAPD Cpl. James Keane and reported that the check indicated it had been written to Kreisher for “moving” Read More

MAGISTRATE Court  Briefs:

A bench warrant is in effect for Jayston Ray Platero, 35, of Los Alamos for failure to appear July 20 in Los Alamos Magistrate Court.

Platero was charged June 12 with two counts of child abuse in addition to charges of driving under the influence and driving on a revoked or suspended license.

Los Alamos Police officers were dispatched to the customer service desk at Smith’s Marketplace in response to an intoxicated male accompanied by two children. Platero was eventually arrested at the Smith’s gas station where he allegedly told police he had consumed four miniature Read More

STAFF Report

Santa Fe Magistrate Court has filed documents indicating that a May 11 warrant for the arrest of Michael Burt of Los Alamos was issued in error by the Court.

According to the documents, the Court’s admitted error resulted in Burt being arrested by the Los Alamos Police Department and notice of that arrest being released to local newspapers as part of the weekly police blotter.

The Los Alamos Daily Post has verified through Court records that Burt was originally charged with speeding (21-25 mph over) but had paid his fines to Santa Fe Magistrate Court as required therefore the Read More