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Los Alamos Police Department Adds High-Tech Mobile Surveillance Tool To Crime-Fighting Arsenal

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LAPD’s high-tech mobile surveillance camera Wednesday at the Lemon Lot. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

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

The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) has added a high-tech mobile surveillance tool to its crime-fighting arsenal. This new tool is a state of the art camera with features that include a live feed directly into the Consolidated Dispatch Center, continuous recording, detectives and patrol officers can see the camera feed right from their cell phones and the camera has a night vision capability. The cost is about Read More

Scenes Of Non-Injury Plane Accident At Los Alamos Airport

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Scene of an accident at about 4:30 this afternoon in which a pilot ran off the runway during take-off and hit a tied-down local aircraft at Los Alamos County Airport. No injuries were reported. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Police and Fire departments are on the scene. The Federal Aviation Administration and New Mexico State Police have been notified to complete the investigation. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

FBI: Mescalero Man Charged With Assault In Indian Country

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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 that Joshua Davis made an initial appearance in federal court March 6 facing a charge of assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.

Davis, 40, of Mescalero, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, will remain in custody pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

According to the criminal complaint, in May of 2022, Davis allegedly assaulted a victim, identified Read More

New Mexico Department Of Transportation Worker Fatally Struck By Vehicle In Curry County

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NMSP Chief Tim Johnson

NMSP News:

CURRY COUNTY — At around 11 a.m., Thursday March 30, the New Mexico State Police (NMSP) investigated a fatal crash on N.M. 209 near milepost 6, north of Clovis.

New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) employee Gerald R. Woodard, 58, was fatally struck by a vehicle while he was providing traffic control for a crash involving a semi-tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle being investigated by the Curry County Sheriff’s Department.

The initial investigation indicates that NMDOT was providing traffic control around a crash scene using cones, NMDOT Read More

Los Alamos Police Department Welcomes Two New Officers

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Newly sworn Los Alamos Police Ofc. Arnoldo Loya with his wife Saraida Sanchez and their children Sean Loya, Juell Loya and AJ Loya following the swearing in ceremony for Ofc. Loya and Cpl. Gilbert Padilla by Los Alamos Magistrate Judge Catherine Taylor this afternoon at the Los Alamos Justice Center. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Newly sworn Los Alamos Police Cpl. Gilbert Padilla with his wife Kristy and their children Jason, 17, and Danika, 16. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com  

Los Alamos Magistrate Judge Catherine Taylor administers the Oath of Office to new Los Alamos Police Read More

State Police To Conduct Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols In Counties Across New Mexico In April 2023

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NMSP News:

New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will conduct sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of April 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.

Note: Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage Read More

New Mexico State Police Investigate Homicide In Mora

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NMSP News:

MORA — The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Investigations Bureau was contacted March 28, 2023 to investigate a homicide at a residence in Mora. 

Investigators learned that around 7:30 p.m., Mora County Sheriff’s deputies were called to 15 County Road A037 for a report of a disorderly disturbance involving a gun.

Deputies arrived at the residence to find Jacob Alcon, 20, walking out of the residence armed with a rifle. When Alcon was given commands to drop the weapon he ran back into the home and barricaded himself inside a room.

Deputies entered the home to find Alcon’s brother Jerome Alcon, Read More

FBI: Shiprock Man Pleads Guilty To Sexual Abuse And Possession 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 FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced Monday that Allan Wilson pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country and possession of child pornography.

Wilson, 64, of Shiprock, N.M., and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

According to his plea, sometime between Oct. 4 and Nov. 28, 2019, Wilson engaged in abusive sexual contact with a minor while she was spending Read More

Los Alamos School Board Unanimously Appoints Jennifer Guy As Superintendent Of Schools

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Superintendent Jennifer Guy

LAPS News:

Amid enthusiastic applause, the Los Alamos School Board unanimously approved appointing Interim Superintendent Jennifer Guy as the new superintendent of schools during Thursday night’s board meeting.

Guy’s new position is effective July 1 and contingent on the Public Education Department’s approval of a settlement agreement with former Superintendent Jose Delfin.

Additionally, the school board unanimously approved Los Alamos School  Board President Antonio Jaurigue to work with legal counsel to prepare a superintendent employment contract Read More

FBI: Arizona Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Murder Of A Federal Task Force Officer

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U.S. Attorney Alexander M.M. Uballez

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 Robert Benjamin Nelson pled guilty to attempted murder of a federal task force officer and discharging a firearm during a federal crime of violence.

Nelson, 31, of Scottsdale, Ariz., will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.


FBI SAC Raul Bujanda

According to the plea agreement, on Sept. 12, 2020, a New Mexico State Police Read More