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FBI: Santo Domingo Woman Pleads Guilty To Assault On Federal Officer, Faces Up To 20 Years In Prison

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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 Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Henryetta John pled guilty to assault on a federal officer.

John, 30, of Santo Domingo, New Mexico, and a member of the Pueblo of Santo Domingo, will remain in custody until she can be released for substance-abuse treatment.

According to court documents, Oct. 20, 2021, John was stopped on suspicion of DWI by a federal officer from the Bureau of Indian Affairs. When the Read More

Former Los Lunas High School Coach Gets 23 Years For Coercion And Enticement, Production Of Child Pornography

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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 Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Johnathon Bindues was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

A federal jury convicted Bindues, 32, of Los Lunas, on May 4, 2023 of coercion and enticement of a minor and production of child pornography.

According to the evidence at trial and other publicly available court records, Bindues used his former position at Los Lunas High School as the coach for the girls’ basketball Read More

FBI: Navajo Man Charged With Murder In Shiprock

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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 today that Kirtie Cohoe made an initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with murder.

Cohoe, 46, of Shiprock, will remain in custody pending a preliminary and detention hearing scheduled for Aug. 4, 2023.

According to the criminal complaint, Cohoe was staying at the home of a relative in Shiprock, New Mexico. The victim, John Doe, arrived at the home on the morning of July Read More

FBI: Dulce Woman Gets 5 Years For Voluntary Manslaughter

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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 today that Laurice Montoya was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Montoya, 38, of Dulce, and a registered member of Jicarilla Apache Indian Tribe, pled guilty on May 4, 2023, to voluntary manslaughter.

According to court documents, on Jan. 19, 2022, Montoya and the victim, John Doe, got into an argument in her home on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. During the argument, Montoya hit Doe on the head two times Read More

Phase 2 Underway For NMSP Recruiting Website

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NMSP News:

The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) has a new way to explore employment opportunities as it launches phase 2 of its recruiting website.

The website, www.joinnmsp.com allows those who are interested in becoming a New Mexico State Police officer to see what the state’s elite law enforcement agency has to offer.

The newly improved website offers an interface that provides prospective candidates with comprehensive information about the various roles, responsibilities and benefits of the agency. The New Mexico State Police takes pride in being more than a typical law enforcement body. Read More

New Mexico State Police Begins 102nd Recruit Academy

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New Mexico State Police on Sunday welcomed 31 recruits into the 102nd New Mexico State Police Recruit Academy. Courtesy/NMSP

NMSP News:

SANTA FE — Sunday, Aug. 6, the New Mexico State Police welcomed 31 recruits into the 102nd New Mexico State Police Recruit Academy. After a rigorous selection process, the recruits were chosen out of hundreds of applicants.

The recruits will endure 18 weeks of training with an intensive curriculum that covers a wide range of topics, including defensive tactics, firearms proficiency, emergency response procedures, community policing, domestic violence, Read More

Los Alamos Police Caution Drivers As School Year Begins

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LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Public Schools are starting their 2023 – 2024 school year this coming Wednesday Aug. 9. This means school buses and numerous juvenile pedestrians and bicyclists will be out on sidewalks and roadways before and after school.

Please be extra cautious in school zones and around crosswalks. Remember to obey traffic laws regarding school buses and speed regulations when school zone signs are flashing. Do not pass school buses with flashing lights and stop arms extended out.

The Los Alamos Police Department will be out in full force monitoring school bus routes Read More

Heinrich, Luján, Leger Fernández: Over $1.5M Funding To Fight Opioid Epidemic, Substance Abuse In New Mexico

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

SANTA FE – U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) announced $1,524,625 in federal funding for the Santa Fe Recovery Center, Inc. from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to combat the opioid epidemic and substance abuse in communities across New Mexico.

The funding will go toward recovery addiction treatment, recovery services, and overdose prevention. It will also expand the Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Access program, which the delegation passed Read More

LAPD: West Nile Virus Has Been Confirmed In Dead Bird In Los Alamos County

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LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department’s (LAPD) Animal Control Unit has responded to multiple calls for service related to dead ravens and crows. 

Approximately seven reports have been made to the Los Alamos Consolidated Dispatch Center (CDC) of dead birds in the downtown and western area of Los Alamos over the past week.   

As a precaution Los Alamos County Animal Control sent one of the deceased birds to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture Veterinary Diagnostic Services on July 31 to test for the presence of West Nile Virus. The results of the test were received on Aug. 3 and confirmed Read More

FBI: Carlsbad Woman Gets 30 Years For Making Child Porn

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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 Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Rachel Michelle Crutcher was sentenced to 30 years in prison. Crutcher, 38, of Carlsbad, pled guilty Feb. 21 to production of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

According to court documents, on Nov. 8, 2022, a Task Force Officer (TFO) working for the Child Exploitation and Human trafficking Task Force was monitoring a fetish Read More