Española Police Department News:
The Española Police Department has canceled the missing and endangered person alert on Kimberly Ortiz, 13, of Española.
Española Police report this morning that Ortiz has been found and is safe.
She had been missing since June 28, 2023. Find the original alert information here. Read More
NMSP News:
SANTA FE — The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) has teamed up with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) and the New Mexico Trucking Association (NMTA) to make drivers aware of required lane travel for tractor-trailers.
Beginning Saturday, July 1, 2023, as per New Mexico Senate Bill 102, Section 1. 66-7-376 NMSA 1978, a truck tractor shall not be driven in the left lane of a roadway except under provisions as outlined by the bill.
Failure to obey could result in a penalty assessment of $250 for the first and second offenses and $500 for the third offense.
The New Mexico Trucking Read More
NMSP News:
State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during July 2023.
They are 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 decision Read More
FBI News:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has doubled the reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Mona Renee Vallo.
A reward of up to $10,000 is now available.
March 9, 2022, passers-by discovered the body of Vallo on U.S. Route 66, New Mexico Highway 124, mile marker 20, in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico.
Her injuries were consistent with a hit-and-run crash. She may have been struck at approximately 7 p.m. on the date her body was found.
“The deaths of too many Native American men and women remain unsolved,” Read More
LAPD News:
The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) is informing the public of several public safety initiatives and policy statements so everyone can celebrate a happy and safe 4th of July event Tuesday at Overlook Park in White Rock.
LAPD will have an information booth set up in the southwest corner of the Paul Spirio soccer fields. The information booth will have giveaways and be issuing wristbands to children this Tuesday at Overlook Park for the 4th of July festivities as a part of the TAG YOUR TOTS initiative.
The LAPD tent will be illuminated with blue lights to easily locate when the field Read More
NMSP is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying who murdered Stephen Timmons while he rode this turquoise bicycle Monday on Dragon Fly Trail near Silver City – call 575.382.2500, option 1. Courtesy/NMSP
NMSP News:
SILVER CITY – The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Investigations Bureau is investigating the homicide of Stephen Timmons. Investigators believe Timmons was killed between 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Monday, June 26, 2023.
Timmons was riding his bicycle in the Dragon Fly Trail System off Arenas Valley Road near Silver City when he was shot and killed. At the time of his murder, Read More
Justice Department News:
The Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Programs is calling for nominations for the 2022-2023 Medal of Valor—the Nation’s highest award for valor by a public safety officer.
Use the frequently asked questions page to aid in preparing a compelling nomination.
Who’s eligible to be nominated?
Haneen Kigar is sworn in as Los Alamos County’s newest police officer by the Honorable Magistrate Judge Catherine Taylor during a special ceremony Friday afternoon at the Justice Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Newly sworn Los Alamos Police Ofc. Haneen Kigar signs paperwork making her new position official. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Jasper Kigar pins a police officer badge on his wife’s uniform Friday following her swearing in ceremony at the Justice Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Newly sworn Los Alamos Police Ofc. Haneen Kigar poses with her Read More
Murder suspect Melecio Baca is on the lam
NMSP News:
CHAPELLE — The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Investigations Bureau was called Tuesday, June 20, to investigate an apparent homicide at 437 County Road B27 in Chapelle, N.M.
NMSP Investigations Bureau agents learned that at around 10:30 p.m., June 20, a NMSP officer conducting a traffic stop on Interstate 25 near mile marker 330 was approached by a male subject. The male subject told the officer he believed that his son had just shot someone.
With this information, officers responded to 437 County Road B27 and located a male victim deceased with Read More
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 Brian Tony was sentenced to 17 years and 6 months in prison.
A federal jury convicted Tony, 51, of Gallup, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, of voluntary manslaughter March 10, 2022.
According to court records, May 8, 2016, Tony, accompanied by his brother and his girlfriend, drove to a residence in Gallup and picked up the victim and the victim’s friend. While at the residence, Tony Read More