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New Mexico Court Of Appeals Upholds Need For Public Hearing For LANL Discharge Permit

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New Mexico Environmental Law Center News:
 
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Court of Appeals sent a rebuke to the Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) regarding its decision to uphold the NMED’s denial of a public hearing requested by Communities for Clean Water (CCW) as part of a groundwater discharge permit process for the Department of Energy/Los Alamos National Security (DOE/LANS).
 
Communities for Clean Water, represented by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, is a coalition of six organizations:
Concerned Citizens for
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2017 Cops And Courts Year In Review

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At its annual banquet earlier this month, the Los Alamos Public Safety Association honored LAPD Det. Ryan Wolking in recognition of his execution of Operation Spring Cleaning, a successful drug sting that followed months of investigation. From left, LAPSA Vice Chairman and Los Alamos Police Cmdr. Oliver Morris, Treasurer Lisa Tafoya, Santa Clara Pueblo Fire Chief Mel Tafoya, pilot Amy Ross, Wolking, FBI agent Chris Mamula and LAPSA Secretary Donna Martinez. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

As the end of Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Dec. 20 – Dec. 26, 2017

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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.

NICHOLE BORREGO

Dec. 20 at 11:02 a.m. / Police arrested Nichole Borrego, 27, of Chimayo at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding Magistrate Court warrant.

 

 

 

RALEIGH C. WHITT

Dec. 20 at 6: 36 p.m. / Police arrested Raleigh G. Whitt, 30, of Los Alamos at 156 Tunyo on an outstanding District Court warrant.

 

 

 

JOSHUA J. MONTOYA

Dec. 22 at 11:23 a.m. / Police arrested Read More

Marcos Romero Slated For First Appearance In Concealing Identity Case

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COURT News:

Marcos Romero, 37, of Chimayo is slated for a first appearance Jan. 11, 2018 before Los Alamos Magistrate Judge Pat Casados on three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one charge of concealing his identity.

The charges stem from a Dec. 15 visit to a Hacienda Street address by Los Alamos Police Cpl. Jaime Gonzales and Cpl. Ben Irving in response to a reported domestic dispute. Although not involved in the dispute, Romero claimed to be someone other than himself because he knew he had an outstanding warrant.

The police incident report states that during a search of Romero’s Read More

Ray Martinez Faces Preliminary Hearing Jan. 12

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

A preliminary hearing has been set for Jan. 12, for Ray D. Martinez, 29, of El Rito on charges of possession of a controlled substance, failure to display registration and driving while license is suspended or revoked.

Los Alamos Police Sgt. Monica Salazar-Casias was driving through a parking lot on Central Avenue Dec. 18, when she noticed a vehicle drive out of a parking spot that it had just pulled into. She followed the vehicle but had a very difficult time reading the license plate as it had a plate cover over it. Salazar-Casias eventually Read More

Karyne Archuleta First Appearance Set For Jan. 18

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COURT News:

Two Magistrate Court Judges, Judge Pat Casados and Judge Alexandra Naranjo, have recused themselves from a Los Alamos embezzlement case. Karyne Archuleta of Los Alamos is now scheduled for a first appearance Jan.18 before Judge Matthew S. Page.

A criminal summons was filed Dec. 5 charging Archuleta with embezzlement of more than $17,500 from her former employer, Annette Weyrauch, owner of Physical Therapy Plus in Los Alamos. Court documents indicate that during the length of Archuleta’s employment $37,544.80 worth of cash was logged into the system for Physical Therapy Plus Read More

Drugs And Paraphernalia Found On Local Inmate

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

A 30-year-old Fairview woman was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and two counts of possession or use of drug paraphernalia after she was arrested Dec. 19 in the Los Alamos County Detention Center.

Following a search at the Detention Center, Melody Lopez was found to have in her bra two orange needle caps and the barrel and plunger part of a needle, both of which had been cut to be smaller in size than normal.

Two strips consistent with Suboxone and 14 round white pills identified as Clonazepan also were Read More

Plea Agreement Underway For Tabatha Jones

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Tabatha Jones of White Rock waived her preliminary hearing Friday in Los Alamos Magistrate Court on a charge of embezzling more than $2,500 and less than $20,000 from the non-profit Los Alamos Youth Football and Cheerleading League (LAYFCL).

The charge is a third-degree felony, which carries a possible penalty of three years in prison and/or a $5,000 fine.

In return for a plea agreement, Deputy District Attorney Kent Wahlquist and Jones’ attorney David Gower told the court that an arraignment and plea hearing would take Read More

Judge Unexpectedly Continues Houle Sentencing

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Allan Houle, center, awaits his sentencing hearing along with his attorney Sam Roule, right, and Deputy District Attorney Kent Wahlquist. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

A sentencing hearing for Allan Houle was commenced and continued Wednesday morning by First Judicial District Chief Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer at the Los Alamos Justice Center. Under the terms of a plea agreement, Houle had pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking of a controlled substance and five counts of use or possession of drug Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Dec. 15 – Dec. 19, 2017

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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.

MELODY LOPEZ

Dec. 15 at 11:07 a.m. / Police arrested Melody Lopez, 33, of San Juan Pueblo at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding District Court warrant.

 

 

CHRISTOPHER PORTER

Dec. 15 at 1:43 p.m. / Police arrested Christopher Porter, 36, of Jemez Springs, at 31 Sherwood Blvd., and charged him with DWI and driving on a suspended or revoked license and arrested him on an outstanding Read More