Courts

Judge Detains Espinoza Due To Safety Concerns

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

Los Alamos Magistrate Judge Pat Casados opted Monday in court to keep Victoria Espinoza in jail on a cash only secured bond for $3,000 unless she can be admitted to an inpatient drug treatment facility.

“I truly feel from the information here today and from the statement of probable cause and arrest warrant that you cannot stop at this point in time,” Casados said.

Espinoza was arrested Friday afternoon on a warrant and charged with possession of methamphetamine; possession of heroin; selling, disposing, possessing dangerous Read More

Animal Protection Of New Mexico: Federal Court Ruling Allows Challenge To Cougar Trapping To Proceed

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Cougar with cub. Courtesy/kimcampion.com

 

APNM News:

 

ALBUQUERQUE — A federal judge has rejected New Mexico’s second request to dismiss a lawsuit that asserts the state Department of Game and Fish’s 2016 decision to open a cougar trapping season on public lands—for the first time in almost 50 years—violates the Endangered Species Act.

 

The ruling came just one day after the start of the 2017-2018 cougar trapping season.

 

Judge William P. Johnson issued a ruling in favor of local wildlife advocates, The Humane Society of the United States and Animal Protection of New Read More

Warrants Issued For Bayless and Schwenk

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Court News:

Two of three women arrested Aug. 29 by Los Alamos Police Sgt. Andrew Goldie on drug-related charges now have warrants from Los Alamos Magistrate Court for their arrest following their failure to appear for hearings before Judge Pat Casados.

Esperanza Bayless, 28, of Grants failed to appear Friday morning on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, driving on a suspended or revoked license and failure to use a turn signal.

A warrant was issued for Haley Schwenk, 18, also of Grants, who failed to appear Sept. 27 on charges of concealing her identity, use of drug paraphernalia and Read More

LAPD Makes Drug Arrest Friday

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Victoria Espinoza arrested Friday. Courtesy/LAPD

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Victoria Espinoza of White Rock was arrested Friday afternoon on an arrest warrant issued by Los Alamos Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados.

Espinoza was charged with possession of methamphetamine; possession of heroin; selling, disposing, possessing dangerous drugs; possession of marijuana; and two counts of drug paraphernalia for possessing 53 hypodermic needles and a broken glass methamphetamine pipe.

According to the request for issuance of an arrest filed Read More

Driver In Fatal Pojoaque Crash Charged

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

Elias Arellano, 18, of Espanola has been charged with homicide by vehicle (reckless driving), great bodily harm by vehicle, great bodily injury by vehicle and abuse of a child resulting in great bodily harm (intentional or recklessly) in Santa Fe Magistrate Court.

Arellano was the driver of a Chrysler Sebring that allegedly caused a three-vehicle accident Oct. 13 on U.S. 84/285 near Buffalo Thunder Resort and Casino that resulted in the death of Lucy Fresques, 71, who was transported to St. Vincent’s Regional Hospital where Read More

Scenes From District Judge Greg Shaffer Swearing In

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First Judicial District Chief Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer swears in newly-appointed Judge Greg. S. Shaffer Thursday morning in Santa Fe. Former chief legal counsel for the New Mexico Department of Finance and Administration, Judge Shaffer was appointed by Gov. Susanna Martinez following the August retirement of Judge Sarah M. Singleton. Also present for the ceremony were, from right, Judge Francis J. Mathew, Judge Raymond Z. Ortiz, Judge David K. Thomson and Judge Sylvia LaMar, as well as Judge Shaffer’s wife and children. The First Judicial District Court serves Los Alamos, Rio Arriba Read More

Judge Sentences David Rael To Nine Years In Prison

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​David Rael, right, and his attorney Marc Edwards listen today in court in Los Alamos as Assistant Attorney General Celedonia Muniz asks First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to sentence Rael to 15 years in prison. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

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

 

David Rael, 40, of Los Alamos was sentenced today in First Judicial District Court to nine years for each of three counts of sexual exploitation of children – manufacture, three years for one count of sexual exploitation of children Read More

Judge Accepts Bingham Plea: Orders Evaluation

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Dustin Bingham awaits his plea agreement hearing this morning in Fifth Judicial District Court in Los Alamos. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
 

First Judicial District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer accepted a plea agreement this morning from Dustin Bingham, 37, of Los Alamos in a case involving five charges of criminal sexual contact with minors.

Judge Marlowe Sommer ordered Bingham transported to the Mexico Corrections Department Diagnostic Center in Los Lunas prior to sentencing.

A criminal complaint

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FBI: Roswell Woman Gets 63 Months For Methamphetamine Trafficking And Firearms Conviction

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Renee Rodriguez, 33, of Roswell was sentenced today in federal court in Las Cruces to 63 months in prison for her conviction on methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges. Rodriguez will be on supervised release for three years after completing her prison sentence.

 

Rodriguez and co-defendant Joseph Vallejos, 25, also of Roswell, were charged in a criminal complaint filed in September 2015, with conspiracy, distribution of methamphetamine, and firearms offenses in Chaves County. According to the criminal complaint, Rodriguez and Vallejos sold an

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Los Alamos Police Blotter: Oct. 27 To Oct. 31, 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.

PEDRO SANCHEZ

Oct. 27 at 11:21 a.m. / Police arrested Pedro Sanchez, 54, of Cordova at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding District Court warrant.

 

 

 

MICHAEL ANTHONY CARRILLO

Oct. 30 at 3:03 p.m. / Police arrested Michael Anthony Carrillo, 5448, of Albuquerque at the Adult Probation Office on an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction.

 

CASANDRA ROSE RUYBAL Read More