Courts

Global Plea Agreement For Ashley Garcia

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Ashley Garcia and Assistant District Attorney Kent Wahlquist following Garcia’s global plea hearing in First Judicial District Court Monday in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

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

A Hernandez woman involved in a March 9 shoplifting incident, which ended with a local man being struck by a vehicle outside Bealls Department Store in the Mari-Mac Shopping Center has entered into a global plea agreement in the First Judicial District Court for charges in Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Rio Arriba Counties.

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Johnathan Gonzales Sentenced For DWI

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Johnathan D. Gonzales

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

Johnathan D. Gonzales, 29, of Los Alamos was found guilty of driving under the influence and open container Thursday in Los Alamos Municipal Court in connection with his March 8 arrest.

Additional charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia were dismissed under a plea agreement and the original charge of aggravated DWI was changed to DWI first offense.

Judge Alan Kirk gave Gonzales a 90-day suspended sentence and five days in jail or on electronic monitoring, a $750 fine Read More

Katcher Jury Trial Slated For Wednesday

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Garrett Thayne Katcher

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

 

A jury trial for Garrett Thayne Katcher, 33, of Los Alamos is slated to begin Wednesday morning in Los Alamos Magistrate Court on a charge of aggravated battery against a household member. Assistant District Attorney Kent Wahlquist is the prosecutor in the case and Katcher is represented by Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies in the first Magistrate Court jury trial of 2017.

Katcher was arrested Jan. 30 after former Los Alamos Police Ofc. David Bradshaw responded to the report of a fight and Read More

Woman Arrested After Arriving Intoxicated To Court

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Monique Badonie

 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

An Albuquerque woman slated for trial Thursday afternoon before Los Alamos Municipal Court Judge Alan Kirk on a charge of driving under the influence appeared intoxicated and smelled so strongly of alcohol that Probation Officer Linda Pena conducted a sobriety test in the courtroom, which indicated that her blood alcohol level was .237.

Monique Badonie, 22, was scheduled to appear at 1 p.m. but did not arrive until 2 p.m. She was asked if she had driven from Albuquerque and said her boyfriend, Trevor Read More

Federal Charges Filed Against Joseph Gonzales In 2016 Los Alamos Marijuana Wax Lab Explosion Case

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The bathroom where an explosion from a marijuana wax process occurred in May 2016 at the Caballo Peak Apartments on Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
marire@ladailypost.com
 

Joseph Gonzales, accused of causing an explosion at an apartment at 3301 Canyon Road in Los Alamos in May 2016 has been indicted on three counts in U. S. District Court and is slated for a jury trial Oct. 2 in Albuquerque.

Gonzales is charged with endangering human life while illegally manufacturing a controlled substance, manufacturing a controlled Read More

Former LAHS Drama Teacher Sues LAPS

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David Daniel

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

Former Los Alamos High School drama instructor David Daniel has filed a lawsuit against Los Alamos Public Schools Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus, former Los Alamos High School Principal Brad Parker, and the school district alleging sexual orientation discrimination.

Filed July 25 in First Judicial District Court, the suit states that Daniel filed a discrimination charge with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions Human Rights Bureau in January and that he received a non-determination Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: July 27 To Aug.1, 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.

CYNTHIA S. CAMPOS

July 27 at 5:23 p.m. / Police arrested Cynthia S. Campos, 24, of Santa Fe at the Tierra Amarillo District Court on an order of commitment.

 

 

 

ESLI DOMINGUEZ

July 29 at 1:28 p.m. / Police arrested Esli Dominguez, 31, of Espanola on Trinity Drive on an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction, and charged him with possession of drug paraphernalia and Read More

Elijah Meason Placed On Probation

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Elijah Meason

 

Staff Report

Elijah Meason, 27, of Los Alamos pleaded guilty to one count of unauthorized use or theft of the card of another and two counts of forgery July 17 in First Judicial District Court before Judge T. Glenn Ellington.

Meason was granted a conditional discharge, placed on three years of supervised probation and ordered to pay restitution of $839.58 to the victim. He is allowed no contact with the victim and is required to complete the Drug Court program.

The sentence is the result of a global plea agreement reached with Assistant District Attorney Kent Wahlquist. Judge Read More

Los Alamos Man Faces Assault And Battery Charges

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Lloyd Trujillo

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

Lloyd Trujillo, 48, of Los Alamos was arrested July 21 and charged with battery upon a police officer, assault against a household member, operation of a vehicle on approach of an emergency vehicle and two counts of resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.

Los Alamos Police Sgt. Brent Hudspeth was dispatched to the LAPD lobby to meet with a woman who was having a dispute with Trujillo, her ex-husband. The woman told Hudspeth she was dancing with a male friend at a concert at Ashley Pond Park when Read More

Armed Robbery Suspect Lane M. Reed Faces Additional Charges Following Multiple Jurisdiction Crime Spree

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NMSP News:
 
SANDOVAL COUNTY ― Tuesday, July 25, New Mexico State Police arrested Lane M. Reed, 23, of Killeen, Texas for multiple charges after he led officers on an approximate 25 mile pursuit, during which Lane fired gunshots at officers at least three separate times.
 
The incident began around 8:30 a.m. when New Mexico State Police officers were dispatched to an armed robbery call at the Pecos River Station, a gas station and convenience store located on Interstate 25 at mile marker 319 in San Miguel County.
 
Officers received information that a male subject
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