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Wal-Mart Is City’s Top Crime Magnet

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    Española’s largest store is also the city’s most common crime scene.     In the past year, Española-based 911 dispatchers have received 1,470 calls related...

5 Years for Murder

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    Shedding tears for his dead girlfriend did not save an Española man from a jail sentence for fatally shooting her in the neck.    ...

Sheriff Candidates To Be Put on Leave

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3/25/10     Three Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Department employees who are running for sheriff will have plenty of free time to spend on their campaigns.    ...

United Front: City Council Unanimously Approves Mayor’s Appointees

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    The Española City Council ratified Mayor Alice Lucero’s choices for a new city manager and public safety chief and her replacement on the...

Parents of Baby Who Died of Overdose Get Probation

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    A Velarde couple whose toddler died of a cocaine overdose were sentenced to three years of probation after accepting a plea deal from...

Prosecutor Questions Logic of Diaz Appeal Motion

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3/25/10     An excessive-force lawsuit against a witness who testified in Pojoaque Pueblo Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz’s hit-and-run trial should not be grounds to throw...

DNA Found on Victim Probed

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3/18/10     A Chama man serving a life sentence for murdering his ex-girlfriend insists DNA evidence found under the victim’s fingernails may prove him innocent...

Former Firefighter Charged in Fender-Bender Incident

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3/18/10     A former Española firefighter has been charged with a felony in connection with an incident in which he allegedly held two men at...

Copy Costs Exceed State Law’s Allowance

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3/18/10     Public agencies throughout Rio Arriba County may be stretching the law when it comes to the fees they charge for copies of public...

Officer Rodella’s Firing Upheld by Hearing Officer

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3/18/10     An independent hearing officer has upheld the Española Police Department’s firing of former officer Eugene Rodella.     The Department had fired Rodella, 41, of...

Lawyers Blame Cops for Plea Deal

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3/11/10     Early one Sunday morning one year ago, Eloy Cisneros reportedly beat his girlfriend unconscious in a jealous rage in Española, then held her...

Mayor Lucero Chooses New City Manager, Police Chief

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    Española Mayor Alice Lucero has offered two of the city’s top jobs to employees of the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.     Lucero confirmed...
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