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Footprints Lead Cops Straight to Burglar

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    Serendipity as well as tracking and keen observation helped a Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputy catch an alleged burglar.     Deputy Manuel Romero was...

Two Women Plead Guilty to Murder

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    Two women pleaded guilty Feb. 7 to murdering Rudy Montoya, of Chimayó, in October 2012, after they went to his house to burglarize...

Man Sentenced For Stealing Mail Van

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    A federal judge sentenced a 22-year-old Albuquerque man Monday to two years and three months in federal prison for stealing a postal van...

Judge Lends a Hand At Scene of Accident

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    A 25-year-old man was flown to a hospital in Santa Fe after the truck he was in rolled near Echo Canyon in Abiquiú,...

House Raid Nets Stolen Property

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    Televisions and chainsaws, air compressors and power tools were just a few of the allegedly stolen items recently collected following a Dec. 27...

Drug Bust Case Turned Over to Federal Agents

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    An Española man will face federal trafficking charges after the Drug Enforcement Agency took over a Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office case.     Faustino...

Case of Stolen Gravel Still Unclear

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    What a Rio Arriba County commissioner and a city councilman were doing in the evening hours of  Dec. 17 in Chimayó, in relation...

Jail Guard Fired After Indictment

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    Two months after hiring a temporary jail guard, City Manager Kelly Duran and Police Chief Richard Gallegos fired him because he was indicted...

Drug Raid Suit Settled

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    Rather than cough up a confidential informant to a federal magistrate judge or answer why the informant’s files were destroyed, city of Española...

Dominos Robbed of $8; BIA Heads Investigation

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    The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an...

Hungry Dogs Dine on Car Bumpers

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    The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an...

Drug-Dealing Granny Busted

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    State Police agents seized seven pounds of cocaine and eight pounds of heroin, following a series of raids and busts throughout Rio Arriba...
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