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Governor’s Public Health Order On Gun Violence Yielding Results … Arrests, Gun Seizures Up In New Mexico

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Pictured are firearms seized from one suspect during a recent operation. Law enforcement partners have seized 219 guns since the implementation of the public health order, with a 275% increase from September to November.

From the Office of the Governor:

SANTA FE – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced during a press conference Monday the significant results of crime-fighting efforts that have been made since declaring gun violence a public health emergency in September.

“The data tells us that the public health order is working, but we are not out of the woods yet. Until our families, businesses Read More

Update: Alamogordo Police Have Located Missing 11-Year-Old Runaway Maria Cereceres

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Update: Alamogordo Police Department just announced Maria Cereceres has been found and is safe.

NMSP News:

ALAMOGORDO — The Alamogordo Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Maria Cereceres, 11.

Cereceres is 5 feet, 2 inches tall, 90 lbs., with brown eyes and brown hair.

She was last seen at approximately 9:30 p.m. Dec. 11, 2023 at her residence in Alamogordo.

Cereceres was wearing blue jeans, a grey T-shirt, and a pink hoodie. Her direction of travel is unknown.

Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Maria Cereceres is asked to contact the Alamogordo Police Read More

NMSP Investigates Officer Involved Shooting In Gallup

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NMSP News:

GALLUP — Dec. 10, 2023, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting involving the Gallup Police Department (GPD).

Investigations Bureau agents learned that at around 9:30 p.m., a GPD officer was called to a disturbance at 200 Western Skies Road. A 21-year-old male from Gallup, was asked to leave the residence and refused to do so. As the GPD officer approached the male suspect, the male walked back to a silver Toyota Camry, opened the door to the vehicle, and a handgun fell to the ground. 

The suspect picked the gun up, took Read More

FBI: Mescalero Man Charged With Domestic Assault

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FBI News:

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 Theodore Ian Chavez, IV appeared in federal court on an indictment charging him with assault of an intimate partner by strangling and assault of an intimate partner resulting in substantial bodily injury.

Chavez, 25, of Dulce, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, will remain on conditions of release pending trial.

According to the indictment, Aug. 6, 2023, Chavez assaulted Jane Read More

FBI Tech Tuesday: Keeping Up With Your Cyber Hygiene

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Courtesy/FBI 

FBI News:

EL PASO, Texas — FBI El Paso wants you to take advantage of online shopping season to do some deep cleaning of your digital devices. By keeping up with your “cyber hygiene” – it could help protect you from bad actors, and may help your device run more efficiently.

Taking the right security measures and being alert when connected are key ways to prevent cyber intrusions and online crimes. Here are tips on how to protect your computer:

Keep your Firewall Turned On – A firewall helps protect your computer from hackers who might try to gain access to crash it, delete information, Read More

FBI: 18-Year-Old Pleads Guilty To Carjacking, Firearms

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FBI News:

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 Nov. 14, that Malachi Alan Crockett pled guilty to three counts of carjacking and aiding and abetting and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Crockett, 18, of Albuquerque, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

In his plea agreement, Crockett admitted that March 21, 2023, he and two juvenile accomplices committed three carjackings Read More

FBI: Española Trio Face Charges In Relation To String Of Armed Robberies That Led To Shooting Death

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FBI News:

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 Friday that Ricky Eddie Martinez, Jr., Adelene Urquijo and Ashley Thompson have been charged in relation to a string of robberies in 2022 that culminated with the Aug. 16 shooting death of a Blake’s Lotaburger employee.

Martinez, 32, of Española is charged with:

  • 3 counts of interference with commerce by robbery;
  • 1 count of interference with commerce by attempted robbery;
  • 2 counts of using, carrying,
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New Mexico State Police And Commercial Motor Vehicle Strike Team Conduct CMV Operation Along Interstate 10 Corridor

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NMSP News:

Dec. 7, 2023, between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., New Mexico State Police officers in Districts 4 and 12, alongside the Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Strike Team conducted an operation targeting CMV left lane usage along the Interstate 10 Corridor from the Arizona to Texas border.

During the operation, New Mexico State Police officers conducted 38 CMV inspections, issued 19 CMV left lane usage citations, 1 distracted driver citation and 13 speeding citations. Four CMV drivers were placed out of service.

The safety of motorists is a top priority of the New Mexico State Police and Read More

Heinrich: A New, Pragmatic Approach To Address Gun Violence In America And Save Lives

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From the Office of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an op-ed published by Newsweek, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) highlights his newly introduced GOSAFE Act, legislation to protect communities from gun violence, while safeguarding Americans’ constitutional right to own a firearm for legitimate self-defense, hunting, and sporting purposes.

Newsweek: A New, Pragmatic Approach To Address Gun Violence in America and Save Lives 

U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, Dec. 4, 2023 

There have been more mass shootings in the U.S. than days in 2023. Our nation continues to reel from Read More

Chief Sgambellone Looks Back Over 10 Years Leading LAPD

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Chief Dino Sgambellone at the Post recently discussing how policing has changed over the 10 years he has served as chief of the Los Alamos Police Department. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Ten years ago Dino Sgambellone arrived in town from Mansfield, Ohio to take the helm of the Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD). Chief Sgambellone recalled what struck him most about Los Alamos when he began to work here on Nov. 12, 2013.

“Los Alamos is about as far opposite as you could get from Mansfield,” he said. “This is a fiscally sound Read More