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Taos County Sheriff’s Office: Brittany Alert On Marcos Duran

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Taos County Sheriff’s Office News:

TAOS – The following information is for the distribution of a Brittany Alert from the Taos County Sheriff’s Office.

The Taos County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Marcos Duran, 25, who is 5 feet 4 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and has hazel eyes and black hair. He was last seen wearing a white t shirt, and black shorts.

He was last seen at approximately 7 p.m. July 27, 2023, at his residence on Vista Del Valle Road in Talpa. His direction of travel is unknown.

Anyone with any information on the whereabouts of Marcos Duran is asked Read More

FBI: Mescalero Man Charged With Assault With Dangerous Weapon To Remain In Custody Pending Trial

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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 Monday that Lestat Cree Valdez made an initial appearance in Federal Court on a criminal complaint charging him with assault with a dangerous weapon. Valdez, 20, of Mescalero, will remain in custody pending trial.

According to the criminal complaint, the victim was sleeping on the couch in a residence located on the Mescalero Apache reservation when she awoke to being stabbed in the head and chest. A witness Read More

FBI: Shiprock Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Drug And Firearms Offenses

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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 July 26, 2023 that Jason E. Begay was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Begay, 42, of Shiprock, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pleaded guilty Jan. 24 to possession with intent to distribute 50 grams of methamphetamine, felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession with intent to distribute 500 grams and more of a mixture and substance containing methamphetamine, Read More

New Mexico State Police Investigate Shooting Involving Las Vegas PD … Colorado Murder Suspect Taken Into Custody

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NMSP News:

LAS VEGAS, N.M. — July 30, 2023, the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Investigations Bureau was requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting in Las Vegas involving the Las Vegas Police Department. 

State Police Investigations Bureau agents learned that at around 1:50 a.m., July 30, officers with the Las Vegas Police Department were conducting a DWI investigation traffic stop at 200 South Grand Ave.

During the traffic stop, a black Nissan truck pulled up beside the officers. The driver, later identified as Robert James Rudichar, 43, of Colorado asked officers if he was in Read More

FBI: Española Man Gets 9 Years In Jail For Carjacking

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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 Martin Lopez was sentenced to 9 years in prison.

A federal jury convicted Lopez, 38, of Española, New Mexico, Oct. 14, 2022, of one count each of carjacking and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

A federal grand jury indicted Lopez March 12, 2021. According to court records, Oct. 31, 2020, the victim, identified as Jane Doe 1, who had been Read More

FBI: Former High School Coach From Pecos Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison For Sextortion Scheme

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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 Joshua Rico was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Rico, 27, of Pecos, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Dec. 22, 2022, to five counts of coercion and enticement of minors.

A federal grand jury indicted Rico on May 12, 2021. According to court documents, beginning as early as January 2018, Rico used multiple profiles on the social media platform Snapchat to coerce female high Read More

Los Alamos Police Ask Citizens To Help Protect Cultural Sites And Report Vandalism Following Recent Incidents

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Parks and Open Space officials report two incidents of vandalism to federally protected cultural sites within the Los Alamos area over the past couple of months. 

San Ildefonso Governor Christopher A. Moquino stated, “The Pueblo is deeply saddened and concerned to hear of the desecration of our cultural resources and cultural sites by thoughtless acts of vandalism. The Pajarito plateau is the aboriginal land base for the Tewa people of Po-Woh-Geh Owingeh the Pueblo de San Ildefonso and has significant meaning to us and our ancestors. We ask that all please respect Read More

FBI: Los Lunas Man Gets 2.4 Years For Federal Gun Charge

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FBI News:

ALBUQERQUE – 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 Diego Fernandez was sentenced to 28 months in prison.

Fernandez, 24, of Los Lunas, pled guilty in federal court on March 7, 2022, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Fernandez was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 15, 2021. According to the plea agreement and other court records, on April 7, 2021, when the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) attempted to execute a traffic Read More

State Police To Hold Checkpoints & Saturation Patrols In Counties Across New Mexico During August

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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 the month of August 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 Read More

FBI: New Mexico State Police Officer Arrested For Possession, Transportation Of Child Pornography – Faces Up To 20 Years

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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 Sammy Allen Clouthier, 44, of Carlsbad, made an initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging him with possession of child pornography and transportation of child pornography.

According to the criminal complaint, on April 18, 2023, the FBI was made aware of a tip provided to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) on Dec. 29, 2022, by cloud service Read More