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FBI: Former Defense Contractor Convicted Of Unlawfully Retaining Classified Information

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FBI News:
 
HOUSTON, Texas ― A 43-year-old man residing in the Sherman area has entered a plea of guilty to one count of unlawfully retaining national defense information, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers.
 
From the early 2000s, Weldon Marshall unlawfully retained classified items while he served in the U.S. Navy and while working for a military contractor.
 
Marshall served in the U.S. Navy from approximately January 1999 to January 2004, during which time he had access to highly sensitive
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Los Alamos County Settles Sherman Dog Case

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos County has reached a settlement agreement with Leslie Sherman in connection with an incident in March 2017 where a small dog was killed by Sherman’s dogs at an Acoma Lane residence in White Rock.

A petition to adjudicate the two dogs as dangerous was filed in September in First Judicial Court by Los Alamos County Attorney Alvin Leaphart.

Sherman was charged in Los Alamos Magistrate Court in April with two counts of keeping an animal known to be vicious and likely to attack human beings. The dogs were seized and kept at the Los Read More

Attorney Elizabeth Allen Running For Municipal Judge

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Elizabeth Allen at the Los Alamos Daily Post Wednesday speaking about her decision to run for Municipal Court judge. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Los Alamos attorney Elizabeth K. Allen stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post Wednesday to discuss her decision to run for Los Alamos Municipal Court Judge.

“I started thinking about elective office in 2017 … it was a hard year in our country and at the same time a lot of inspiring things began to happen especially with the women’s movement,” Allen said. “I read a quote by

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Woman Who Backed Into Unattended Vehicle Charged With Aggravated DWI

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COURT News:

A hearing has been set for April 27 in Los Alamos Magistrate Court for Rebecca Eaton, 66, of Los Alamos on charges of aggravated driving under the influence, failure to stop upon striking an unattended vehicle and driving with an open container of alcohol.

Feb. 28, Los Alamos Police Cpl. Eric Wilhoit observed two vehicles stopped in the slow lane of west bound traffic on Trinity Drive. His incident report says he initiated his emergency equipment and blocked the lane behind them. The driver of the lead vehicle approached Wilhoit and told him he had seen the driver of the second vehicle Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Feb. 28 To March 6, 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 against them.

 

REBECCA EATON

Feb. 28 at 8:59 p.m. / Police arrested Rebecca Eaton, 66, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., and charged her with Aggravated: DWI, driving with an open container of alcohol and causing an accident.

 

 

CHAD SPENCER

March 2, 2018 / Police arrested Chad Spencer, 44, of Albuquerque at Smith’s and charged him with shoplifting $200 worth of items.

 

 

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FBI: Navajo Man From Gallup Sentenced To Prison For Making False Statements To FBI

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Bronson Tony, 45, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Gallup, was sentenced Feb. 22 in Santa Fe, Federal Court to a six-month term of imprisonment followed by one year of supervised release for making false statements to the FBI.
 
Bronson Tony was charged in a felony information filed Aug. 14, 2017, with making a false statement to the FBI May 14, 2016 and June 2, 2016. The information alleged that Bronson Tony falsely represented to the FBI that he and others did not accompany Brian Tony, 46,of Gallup, and a male victim
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State Supreme Court Upholds Convictions Of Albuquerque Man In Death OF Infant Daughter

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SUPREME COURT News:
 
SANTA FE ― The state Supreme Court on Monday upheld the convictions of an Albuquerque man for the death and sexual assault of his 28-day-old daughter in 2011, and the child abuse of a teenage daughter.
 
The Court’s unanimous ruling affirmed Juan Galindo’s convictions for child abuse resulting in the death of a child and two counts of aggravated sexual penetration of the infant daughter, and a conviction of child abuse for endangering the emotional health of a daughter who was 13 years old at the time.
 
A Bernalillo County jury convicted
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Brenner Attorney Alleges Abuse, Slander, First Amendment Issues In IPRA Case

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Attorney Blair Dunn, who is representing former Los Alamos resident Patrick Brenner in a suit against Los Alamos County Council and the County Custodian of Records is alleging behaviors ‘antithetical to Liberty’ in a response to a brief filed by Councilor Susan O’Leary in the case. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL

Los Alamos Daily Post

maire@ladailypost.com

 

Patrick Brenner’s attorney, A. Blair Dunn, has responded to a brief filed Feb. 23 by Los Alamos County Councilor Susan O’Leary’s personal attorney, Kate Ferlic, First Read More

State Supreme Court Provides Guidance For Enforcing Public Access To Judicial Records

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SUPREME COURT News:
 
SANTA FE ― The New Mexico Supreme Court issued a precedential opinion on Monday providing guidance for enforcing provisions of New Mexico’s Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA) in cases involving access to district court records.
 
Clarification had been sought by the Attorney General’s Office in a case in which counsel for Valley Meat Company had sought judicial records relating to a separate lawsuit in the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe brought by the Attorney General to stop the Roswell company from commercially
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Jesse Denver Hanes Sentenced To Life Imprisonment For Conviction On Federal Firearms And Carjacking Charges Arising Out Of Shooting Of Hatch Police Officer

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson, Special Agent in Charge Terry Wade of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division and Chief James Gimler of the Hatch Police Department announced that Jesse Denver Hanes, who shot and killed Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez Aug. 12, 2016, was sentenced today to a lifetime of imprisonment for his conviction on federal firearms and carjacking charges arising out of his efforts to evade arrest following the shooting.  
 
Hanes was also ordered to pay a total of $38,553.02 in restitution to the victims of his crimes. Hanes,
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