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ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Jeremy Isaac Lopez appeared in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with possession with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.

Lopez, 28, will remain in temporary custody pending a detention hearing.

According to the criminal complaint, April 19, 2023, officers from the Pueblo of Pojoaque Read More

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ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Dustin Roy Rockmen and Kenzie Roy Rockmen appeared in federal court on an indictment charging them with coercion and enticement of a minor, transfer of obscene material to a minor, sexual abuse of a minor, and sexual abuse.

Dustin Roy is also charged with the distribution of obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of a child and possession of child pornography. Read More

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ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced today  that Camille Damon, Ronald Belone and Tyran Begay appeared in federal court on an indictment charging them with first degree murder and kidnapping resulting in death.

Begay, 38, of Teec No Pos, Ariz., will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled. Damon, 44, of Mexican Springs, N.M., Belone, 40, of Yahtahey, N.M., will remain in temporary custody Read More

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ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Adrian Puentes appeared in federal court on an indictment charging him with 2 counts of coercion and enticement of a minor.

Puentes, 24, of Albuquerque, will remain on conditions of release pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

According to the indictment, between June 29, 2021 and Dec. 1, 2021, Puentes coerced Jane Doe 1, a minor, to engage in sexual activity. Also, between October 19, 2021, Read More

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ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced Dec. 21 that Courtney Frank was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

Frank, of Shiprock, an enrolled member of Navajo Nation, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter Sept. 14, 2023.

According to court documents, Sept. 28, 2022, 19-year-old Frank was intoxicated when she drove a car over the center line of a country road in Shiprock and struck an oncoming car head-on. The other driver survived the initial Read More

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ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Gilberto Carreon Jr., Special Agent in Charge of Customs and Border Protection, Office of Professional Responsibility in El Paso, Texas, announced Dec. 19 that a federal jury returned two guilty verdicts against Oscar Orrantia after five hours of deliberation.

The jury convicted Orrantia on one count of deprivation of a right and one count of falsification of records. Judge Margaret I. Strickland presided.

A federal grand jury issued a Second Superseding Indictment accusing Orrantia Read More