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Girl raped, teens arrested

    Two boys, ages 15 and 16, have been arrested by State Police following the alleged April 27 brutal rape of an 18-year-old girl...

Men accused of embezzlement

    Federal prosecutors allege two Rio Arribans defrauded the unemployment insurance agencies of New Mexico, Colorado and Texas out of a combined $1,356,461 in...

Accused killer deported to Mexico

    The Española man who allegedly killed his grandson while driving drunk in 2012 may never face justice in the United States, after he...

Woman sentenced to three years for dealing drugs

    A Chimayó woman will spend three years in federal prison on a single charge of possession of more than 100 grams of heroin,...

Former State Police officer now with city of Española

After four-and-a-half years working for the State Police in Española, Chris Blea tenured his resignation on Feb. 2 and went on the hunt for...

Jeep with screaming woman drives by skate park

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

Killer back in jail for probation violation

    The La Puebla man who shot and killed his niece in January 2013, was back in jail one month and five days after...

Trial postponed

    The woman accused of masterminding her uncle’s murder will still have her day in court but that day won’t come for at least...

Women offer services in exchange for money

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

Home burns for second time in 16 years

    A fire, its cause and origins not yet known, burned the living room of a house on Calle Armada April 17, along with...

Police recover stolen guns

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies recovered 16 rifles, pistols and shotguns March 26 from a home on the Jicarilla Apache reservation, stolen from...

Wal-Mart shooting suspects arrested

    Police arrested two people in connection with a late-night shooting April 10 in the Wal-Mart parking lot that left a 3-year-old girl with...

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