Courts

County Council Files Motion In Email Suit

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

Los Alamos County Council has filed a motion asking the First Judicial District Court to conduct an in camera in chambers review of Council Vice Chair Susan O’Leary’s emails held on her personal account from May 15 to determine if they are “public record” and subject to review under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act (IPRA).

Los Alamos resident Lisa Brenner and her son, Patrick Brenner, filed a complaint for declaratory judgment ordering production of copies of emails sent or received May 15 by Council members. Read More

Balderas: Bernalillo Murderer Stays In Prison

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Mark Romero

AG News:

BERNALILLO – Attorney General Hector Balderas announced Thursday that Mark Romero, who brutally murdered Francisco Landovazo in July 2011, will remain in prison after the New Mexico Supreme Court agreed with the Office of the Attorney General’s Criminal Appeals Division.

Using a gun, Romero and another man forced him into the trunk of a car, drove him to El Llanito, beat him with a baseball bat, hogtied him and choked him until he died.

“We are working to keep New Mexico’s most violent, dangerous criminals out of our communities and behind bars,” Attorney General Hector Balderas Read More

County Council Litigation Subcommittee Nixed

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Los Alamos County Council, from left, Chair David Izraelevitz, Chris Chandler, James Chrobocinski, Rick Reiss, Pete Sheehey, Vice Chair Susan O’Leary and Antonio Maggiore. Photo by Leslie Bucklin/LAC

 

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

An announcement by Los Alamos County Council Chair David Israelevitz at the end of the Sept. 26 Council meeting prompted a lengthy discussion with his fellow councilors and has ultimately been nixed.

Under the Council Chair’s Report item on the agenda, Israelevitz announced that a subcommittee was being started Read More

Man Charged In Alleged Incident At Camp May

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Police arrest Sachin Pandey, 31, of Los Alamos Tuesday morning near LANB and charged him with aggravated battery, false imprisonment and attempt to commit a felony – sexual assault stemming from an incident Sept. 24 at Camp May. Courtesy photo
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

Sachin Pandey, 31, of Los Alamos was taken into custody Tuesday by the Los Alamos Police Department and charged with aggravated battery, false imprisonment and attempt to commit a felony – sexual assault.

An arrest warrant was issued by Los Alamos Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Sept. 29 – Oct. 3, 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 filed against them.​

 

MORRIS JEREMIAH
Sept. 29 at 10:09 a.m. / Police arrested Jeremiah Morris, 26, of Los Alamos at Mesa Verde on an outstanding Municipal Court warrant.
 
 
 
 
 
 
TRUJILLO, RUSSELL
Sept. 29 at 1:19 p.m. / Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office arrested Russell Trujillo, 42, of Espanola on an outstanding Municipal Court warrant.
 
 
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Jones Also Investigated For Embezzlement In 2005

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

The Los Alamos Daily Post has obtained police records indicating that Tabatha Jones of White Rock was investigated in 2005 for allegedly stealing money from a former employer. The case was submitted to the First Judicial District Attorney at that time, but no charges were filed.

Jones was arrested Sept. 21 and charged with embezzling thousands of dollars from the non-profit Los Alamos Youth Football and Cheerleading League. She was taken into custody following an interview with Los Alamos Police Det. Ryan Wolking during which Read More

Desiree Nitz Faces Probation Violation Hearing

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Desiree Nitz, 27, of Los Alamos is facing a probation violation hearing Thursday in First Judicial District Court.

Nitz was on probation as part of a plea agreement reached in January on a case from September 2016 in which she was charged with driving under the influence, possession of heroin, two counts of child abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Los Alamos Police Dispatch was notified Sept. 21 of a domestic battery in progress at a residence on Seminole Street. While in route, Cpl. David Bradshaw was notified that Nitz had Read More

Judge Frees Joel Martin Pending Preliminary Hearing

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Joel Martin arrives Thursday in First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Police Det. Matthew Lyon testifies during a pretrial detention hearing for Joel Martin Thursday in the First Judicial District Court in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Joel Martin, 30, of Albuquerque, who is charged with the Aug. 25 aggravated assault on Los Alamos Police Cpl. Robert Larsen, was set free on conditions of release Thursday by First Judicial District Read More

New Mexico District Attorneys Express Concern About Pre-Trial Detention Rules

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

First Judicial District Attorney Marco Serna joined District Attorneys from New Mexico’s 13 Judicial Districts Sept. 26 in expressing concern regarding the implementation of the recently adopted pretrial detention rule, 5-409 NMRA in a letter to Chief Justice Judith K. Nakamura.

The District Attorneys collectively asked her to amend the rule to better protect the public, comport with established federal precedent and align with the intent of the recently adopted amendment to the state Constitution.

The letter to Justice Read More

Convicted Lab Copper Thief Joshua J. Montoya Faces Probation Violation Arraignment

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Staff Report

 

Joshua J. Montoya, 23, of Espanola, convicted in May of larceny of more than $2,500 in copper from Los Alamos National Laboratory, faces arraignment in First Judicial Court Oct. 16 for a probation violation.

A warrant was issued July 13 for Montoya by Judge T. Glenn Ellington after probation officials in Espanola indicated he failed to report to them following his conditional discharge May 24. He pleaded no contest to the third degree felony charge under the terms of a plea agreement and was sentenced to three years of supervised probation and to pay restitution of $3,474 within Read More