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Girl injured during Wal-Mart shootout

    A 3-year-old girl was wounded April 10 following a brief gun battle between the occupants of a gold Chrysler four-door sedan and a...

Police suspicious of limping pedestrian

    Two men allegedly caught just after they had burglarized their neighbor’s home March 10 avoided being shot after one of the pair attempted...

Walking for Holy Week

It’s Holy Week and at the Santuario de Chimayó, opinions vary as to how many visitors will attend the traditional pilgrimage and Good Friday...

Judge orders release of letter

    The prosecution in the first-degree murder case of Rhiannon Montoya must turn over to the defense attorneys, a letter from the Española Hospital,...

Man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter

    A 24-year-old Jicarilla Apache man pleaded guilty March 12 in federal district court in Albuquerque to the involuntary manslaughter of two women after...

Gas fill-up isn’t free afterall

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

Man arrested after his house catches on fire

    A fire at a North Coronado Avenue house burned a single room before it was extinguished by firefighters March 28.     One man was...

Warrant issued for dead man’s cell phone

    The man found dead on an Española porch Dec. 19, 2013 was shot in the lower right leg.     State Police responded to a...

Woman Fist-Fights While Holding Baby

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

Former teacher accused of touching girls

This is the second installment in a two-part series chronicling the allegations of sexual misconduct against former Española teacher Gary Gregor and the lawsuit...

Staying the course

The Española Police Department’s newest deputy chief almost retired three months before he was promoted to the number two position in the Department.     Richard...

Repeat drunk driver arrested eight times

    On March 27, 1990, Dominic Velasquez crashed, head-on, into the car Sandra Suazo was driving. Velasquez survived the crash. Suazo did not and...

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