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Police Resuscitate Stahl Following Heroin Overdose

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Aleah Stahl

 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com
 

Aleah Stahl, 36, of Los Alamos is back in custody at the Los Alamos Detention Center two days after Los Alamos police officers and Fire Department EMTs responded to her home and found she had reportedly overdosed on heroin. She will remain in custody until she goes to trial.

LAPD Sgt. Tim Lonz arrived on the scene to find Stahl not breathing and without a pulse, according to reports, and performed CPR until she began to breath. When LAFD arrived, they eventually took over CPR from Lonz who reportedly remained Read More

Charges Filed In District Court Against Dustin Bingham

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Dustin Bingham

Staff Report

Deputy District Attorney Michael Nunez has filed a five-count criminal information against Dustin Bingham in First Judicial District Court, and as a result, is expected to dismiss the 11 counts pending against him in Los Alamos Magistrate Court.

Bingham is a former Los Alamos Police Department Detention Officer who worked for LAPD from 2012 to 2015 and went on to serve as a Santa Fe sheriff’s deputy until last February when he resigned. The alleged crimes occurred between November 2015 and 2017, several months after his employment at LAPD ended.

The charges in the Read More

Krista Wilhelm Charged With Possession Of Drug Paraphernalia Including 50 Hypodermic Needles

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Krista Wilhelm

Staff Report

Charges have been filed against Krista Wilhelm in Los Alamos Magistrate Court after Los Alamos Police Department removed some 50 hypodermic needles Aug. 1 from her home.

LAPD officers responded to an address on Orange Street for a criminal trespass complaint involving Kevin Herring and reportedly observed “methamphetamine related drug paraphernalia throughout the home”, including multiple needles, methamphetamine cooking spoons, two “loaded needles” and multiple suboxone on the floor.

The statement of probable cause filed by Det. Ryan Wolking said Cpl. Read More

Standoff With Man In Jemez Ends Peacefully

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Sandoval County sheriff’s deputies arrest man following standoff Tuesday in the Jemez. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Several law enforcement agencies responded to the scene of a man wanted for a probation violation, who barricaded himself inside a Sierra de Los Pinos subdivision home Tuesday in the Jemez Mountains.

After an hours-long standoff, Sterling Bucholz, 35, who reportedly accosted a neighbor both Monday and Tuesday, ran from the house into the forest and was finally caught by a K-9 unit. Bucholz reportedly sustained minor injuries and was taken into custody around 10 p.m., Read More

FBI Agents, Task Force Officers Involved In Albuquerque Shooting

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FBI News:
 
FBI special agents and Task Force Officers were involved in a shooting with a suspect during a law enforcement operation in southwest Albuquerque on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017.
 
The suspect was taken to University of New Mexico Hospital. No law enforcement officers were injured.
 
The shooting occurred at approximately 3 p.m. in the area of 59th Street SW and Lucca Avenue SW.
 
Because the incident is under investigation, no further details can be released at this time.
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United Way of Northern New Mexico Hosts Mental Health First Aid Training For Public Safety

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UWNNM News:

​As a part of the United Way of Northern New Mexico’s Behavioral Health(y) Community Initiative, United Way of Northern New Mexico hosted a training, facilitated New Mexico State Police Sergeant​ Kiersten Harzewski for local law enforcement and public safety officials.

“United Way continues to look for ways to help our communities by providing services and resources pertaining to mental and behavioral health,” said Kristy Ortega, Executive Director of United Way of Northern New Mexico. “Our hope is to do 1-2 of these training’s per year for Read More

No Injuries In West Jemez Road Accident

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Traffic is delayed Monday afternoon on West Jemez Road as a man and his grandson are rescued from their vehicle after it left the road and ended up in a ravine some 50 feet below. Los Alamos Police Officers Tim Lonz, Jay Eakins and Cmdr. Preston Ballew responded to the scene following a 911 call and rescued the two people from the vehicle. There were no injuries and no citation was issued. At first it proved difficult to locate the vehicle but it was eventually spotted by Eakins. Los Alamos Fire Department also responded. Photo by Josh Smith Read More

Global Plea Agreement For Ashley Garcia

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Ashley Garcia and Assistant District Attorney Kent Wahlquist following Garcia’s global plea hearing in First Judicial District Court Monday in Santa Fe. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

A Hernandez woman involved in a March 9 shoplifting incident, which ended with a local man being struck by a vehicle outside Bealls Department Store in the Mari-Mac Shopping Center has entered into a global plea agreement in the First Judicial District Court for charges in Los Alamos, Santa Fe and Rio Arriba Counties.

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FBI: Navajo Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Conviction On Involuntary Manslaughter

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Tracey Beaver, 38, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Pinehill, was sentenced in Federal Court in Santa Fe, to 60 months of imprisonment on each of two counts of involuntary manslaughter to run consecutively for a total of 120 months of imprisonment.
 
Beaver will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
 
Beaver was arrested on Sept. 24, 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with involuntary manslaughter. According to the complaint, Beaver killed two victims when he crashed
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Chapman: Quick Notes On The Sheriff/Police Question

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By Ralph E. Chapman
Bon Vivant Paleontologist

Things have become amazingly convoluted in the letters to The Daily Post with all the odd twists and turns related to the question of what the Sheriff’s duties should be, if anything. I will not wade heavily into this area but have some observations.

For a time when I lived back East, a nearby County had both professional and volunteer fire departments whose coverage would, at times, apparently overlap. What a surprise that they often did not get along and, sometimes, would both show up at a fire scene. In the confusion, they would argue vehemently over Read More