Bill Rodgers

Dairy Queen Robbed

    A masked man didn’t show a gun, but he held up the Española Dairy Queen for about $300 nevertheless.     Española Police Det. Bryan...

Judge Rules for Rodella in Discipline Dispute

    A judge’s ruling in a politically tinged disciplinary matter involving a Rio Arriba County sheriff’s deputy and his boss reprised the result of...

Feds Investigate Armed Robbery on Tribal Land

    The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs is investigating the fifth armed robbery of an Española Valley business in the past four weeks.     Bureau...

Espanola Man Charged in Daytime Rape on North Prince Drive

    An Española man was arrested last week after his ex-girlfriend alleged he broke into her home in broad daylight and raped her.     Mario...

Drinking Leads to Family Feud, Gunfire, Resisting Arrest

    A little mid-week drinking and fighting between family and neighbors led to police from two different agencies jumping a fence and tackling an...

Ex-Sheriff Candidate Sues County

    A former lieutenant under ex-Rio Arriba County sheriff Joe Mascareñas is suing his former employer over a two-year-old allegation that the lieutenant tipped...

Cops Ask: What’s worth Stealing in Your House?

    Española Public Safety Chief Leo Montoya is planning ahead for the burglars that might hit your house.     But his plan could have some...

Pair Arrested in Casino After Armed Robbery

    Española police found two suspects in an armed robbery still hanging around the place where they allegedly threatened a 36-year-old woman with a...

Cordova Vehicular Homicide Case Months Later, Past Pressures Judge Off Case

    Judge T. Glenn Ellington recused himself from a contentious vehicular homicide case Tuesday after defense attorneys disclosed that the judge represented their client...

T.A. Judge Will Stay on Double-Homicide Case

    The attorney for a man accused of murdering two people and burning their bodies at a highway rest stop north of Española has...

Man Stabbed At Front Door

    An Española man was inside his Avenida Cañada home Jan. 22 when he was attacked by a masked man wielding a knife.     Ernest...

Chief: Taser ‘Probably Would Have Been Good’ in Okay Owingeh Shooting

    Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police Chief Donovan Trujillo said a Taser probably could have spared a knife-wielding woman from getting shot Jan. 22.     “In...

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