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New Mexico State Police To Hold Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols In Counties Across State In November

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NMSP News:

New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during November 2023.

NMSP is bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.

These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right Read More

FBI: Federal Jury Convicts 4 Taos County Compound Defendants In Connection With Kidnapping & Terrorism Plot

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FBI News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, his sisters Hujrah Wahhaj and Subhanah Wahhaj, and Subhanah’s husband, Lucas Morton, following a three week jury trial.

The jury convicted Siraj Wahhaj and Lucas Morton of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder an officer or employee of the United States.

Hujrah Wahhaj, Subhanah Wahhaj and Lucas Morton were additionally convicted of conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death.

In a plea agreement which Read More

New Mexico State Police Coordinate Gun Buy Back Events

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NMSP Chief Troy Weisler

NMSP News:

New Mexico State Police (NMSP) is coordinating a Gun Buyback Event Saturday, Nov. 4 in Española, Albuquerque and Las Cruces.

Gun Buyback Events are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at these locations:

          • Española – Robert “Gordy” Vigil Regional Sportsplex, 2000 Industrial Park Road;
          • Albuquerque – Expo New Mexico, 300 San Pedro Gate 6 (south of Lomas); and 
          • Las Cruces – New Mexico Game & Fish at 2715 E. Northrise Dr.

People may anonymously hand in unwanted guns and firearms and receive Visa and/or American Express gift cards in return. No questions will be asked about who owns Read More

FBI: Robert Benjamin Nelson Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Attempted Murder Of Federal Task Force Officer

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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 Oct. 11, that Robert Benjamin Nelson was sentenced to 30 years in prison. 

Nelson, 31, of Scottsdale, Ariz., pled guilty to attempted murder of a federal task force officer and discharging a firearm during a federal crime of violence March 22, 2023, following a mistrial Jan. 17, 2023.

According to court documents, Sept. 12, 2020, a New Mexico State Police Officer, serving as a Task Force Officer with U.S. Read More

New Mexico State Police Make 22 DWI Arrests In Four Days

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NMSP Chief Troy Weisler

NMSP News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Over four days the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) DWI Unit and officers took 22 suspected impaired drivers off the streets of Albuquerque.

From Oct. 19 through Oct. 22, officers patrolled the streets and highways in Albuquerque, actively looking for signs of impaired driving. Their vigilant efforts paid off as they successfully apprehended multiple individuals who posed a risk to themselves and others on the road.

“These arrests highlight the dedication of our DWI Unit and officers in keeping New Mexico safe,” NMSP Chief Troy Weisler said. Read More

New Mexico State Police Partner With First Judicial DA’s Office, Corrections Department To Capture 9 Absconders

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NMSP News:

Oct. 18, 2023, the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Uniform and Investigations Bureau in Española teamed up with the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office to assist the New Mexico Department of Corrections Adult Probation and Parole (APPO), and Security Threat Intelligence Unit (STIU) locate wanted absconders.

Three teams consisting of personnel from each agency were created and deployed to the communities of Abiquiu, Alcalde, Arroyo Seco, Chamita, Chimayo, Dixon, El Rito, Española, Hernandez, Medanales and Santa Cruz.

The overall goal was a collaboration effort by law Read More

DEA Announces National Drug Take Back Day Oct. 28

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DEA News:

EL PASO, Texas — 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday Oct. 28, the Drug Enforcement Administration and various local agencies will host DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day at locations across the country. DEA and its partners will collect tablets, capsules, patches, and other solid forms of prescription drugs.

For more than a decade, the event has helped Americans easily rid their homes of unneeded medications—those that are old, unwanted, or expired—that too often become a gateway to addiction.

Take Back Day offers free and anonymous disposal of unneeded medications at more than Read More

FBI: Xavier Zamora Gets 22 Years For Murdering Letter Carrier

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico and Dominique Giroux, Acting Inspector in Charge of the Phoenix Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced Wednesday that Xavier Zamora was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the murder of U.S. Postal Service Letter Carrier José Hernandez in 2019.

Zamora, 21, of Albuquerque, pled guilty June 8, 2022, to second degree murder of an employee of the United States and using Read More

FBI: Newcomb, New Mexico Man Charged With Assaulting Two Federal Officers Seriously Injuring One

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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 Kenneth Lee Begay appeared in federal court on an indictment charging him with two counts of assault upon a federal officer inflicting bodily injury and one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Begay, 59, of Newcomb, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain in custody pending a detention hearing set for Monday, Oct. 16, 2023.

According to the indictment, Read More

New Mexico State Police And 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office Operation Results In 10 Arrests, Including Another Violent Felon

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NMSP News:

ALBUQUERQUE — As part of its proactive operations, the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Crime Suppression Unit (CSU), the NMSP tactical team, and the 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s office executed a successful joint operation resulting in a significant number of arrests.

NMSP tactical team was contacted Sept. 27, 2023, by the 2nd Judicial Attorney’s office in reference to an offender who was considered armed and dangerous.

Damion Martinez, 26, from Albuquerque had an outstanding warrant for aggravated assault that was extraditable within the Continental United States.

Following Read More