COURT News:
The state Supreme Court affirmed the first-degree murder conviction of Timothy Lopez for the shooting death of a man on Thanksgiving Day in 2020 at a gasoline station in Alcalde, a community in Rio Arriba County.
Click here to read the Court’s nonprecedential decision in State v. Lopez, S-1-SC-40306. Read More
COURT News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court today affirmed regulatory decisions that allowed a utility company to charge customers in southern New Mexico for electricity it obtained from a nuclear power plant during a severe winter storm in 2021.
In a unanimous opinion, the Court rejected a challenge by the city of Las Cruces to New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) orders permitting about $5.7 million in costs to be passed along to customers of El Paso Electric Company (EPE).
“The Commission’s final orders established the requisite ‘rational connection between the facts found Read More
Students from the University of New Mexico School of Law will serve as rural justice externs in state courts this summer. From left to right, with the judicial district where they will be based: Bradley “Liam” William Burnside, 7th Judicial District; Loren Vigil, 11th Judicial District; Andres Grano, 4th Judicial District; Darren Malanik, 8th Judicial District; A. Rafael Romero-Salas, 6th Judicial District; Andrew Kessel, 11th Judicial District; Alyssa Cruz, 9th Judicial District; Jasmine Jaramillo, 4th Judicial District; Glenna Leffler, 7th Judicial District; Stephanie Read More
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Media, U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) wrote to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr urging it to rescind last week’s order requiring Disney to file early license renewals for its eight ABC broadcast stations.
The FCC order, at Chairman Carr’s directive, came just one day after President Donald Trump publicly demanded Read More
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Pueblo Pintado man was sentenced to seven years in prison for fatally shooting another man after a night of heavy drinking and a physical altercation.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court records, on March 17, 2025, Thurman Curley, 36, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, shot and killed John Doe following a physical altercation after a night of heavy drinking.
Curley pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. Upon his release from prison, Curley will Read More
U.S. SENATE News:
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) joined U.S. Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and nine Senate Democrats in requesting answers from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) regarding Israel’s practice of unilaterally declared mass evacuation orders in Lebanon and Iran, which likely contravene international law, in light of assertions from Israeli officials that American and Israeli forces are coordinating on military targeting actions in the current conflict in the Middle East.
The letter comes ahead of congressional testimony by CENTCOM Commander Read More
COURT News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to a decades-old legal test for determining whether a defendant serving a sentence in one case should receive a presentence confinement credit in another related case.
In a unanimous opinion written by Chief Justice Julie J. Vargas, the Court concluded that Hezekiah Eaker was entitled to a one-day credit against his sentence for a child sex crime rather than 881 days as he argued he should have received.
Parole officers found child sexual abuse material on Eakers phone in March 2019. He was taken into custody for parole Read More
CWA News:
ALBUQUERQUE — Long misclassified as “temporary” workers at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) will be allowed to join CWA Local 7076, with the same benefits and legal protections as other State employees.
Last year, after being denied sick leave and paid time off, workers at the NHCC unionized with Local 7076. Tuesday, May 5, the Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB) ruled unanimously that the State must recognize their Union rights.
“The NHCC runs on the backs of these workers and the State has been illegally denying them benefits like healthcare, retirement, Read More
LAPD News:
On May 4, 2026, the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office re-filed an Amended Criminal Complaint in Los Alamos Magistrate Court against Nehemiah Hillhouse and Gunner Stacy following a multi-agency investigation into numerous burglaries and breaking-and-entering cases.
During the investigation, Det. Cindy Garcia executed three search warrants involving a vehicle and two residences. As a result, investigators recovered more than $50,000 worth of stolen and suspected stolen property connected to cases that led to over 70 charges total in Los Alamos County, Sandoval Read More
Tim Pacheco
LAPD News:
On Thursday, May 7, 2026, detectives with the Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) Criminal Investigation Division arrested and charged Tim Pacheco, 63, of Los Alamos with 28 counts of Criminal Sexual Penetration in the First Degree.
Following a lengthy and detailed investigation, Det. Ladislas Szabo filed charges related to incidents alleged to have occurred between 1986 and 1995 involving two juvenile male victims. Due to the sensitive nature of this case and to protect the privacy of the victims, additional identifying details will not be released.
This investigation Read More