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Landlord’s Guest Threatens Tenant with Knife

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

Deputies Discover, Bust Pot Farm

    A bevy of Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies spent their afternoon, Aug. 19, pulling up marijuana plants from an alleged grow at a...

Bank Robber Sentenced

    A U.S. District Judge followed a plea agreement, Aug. 16, and sentenced a 27-year-old White Rock man to three years and three months...

Police Seek Female Suspect in Robbery

    Española police are looking for a 27-year-old Chimayó woman alleged to have robbed Dairy Queen on Aug. 9.     Ashley Lopez is wanted on...

Horses Die from Fall Down Hill, Head Trauma

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

Woman Survives Dog Attack

    Naked and bleeding, Melissa Martinez staggered down State Road 68, desperately trying to flag down help, helplessly watching as car after car refused...

Man Who Threatened Couple Gets Probation

    The second judge was the charm for a Hernandez man, after he received three years of supervised probation for threatening a couple stranded...

Homicidal/Suicidal Woman Confesses to Bank Teller

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

Auditor Addresses Rape Kit Backlog

    The Española Police Department has cleared its small backlog of untested rape kits following an audit and visit from the State Auditor’s Office.    ...

Woman Sues County Jail

    A Rio Arriba woman is threatening to sue the County over alleged horrific conditions in the Rio Arriba County Detention Center.     Karleen Campos...

Couple Refuses to Get a Room, Uses Truck Instead

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

E911 Center Calls For Help As Aging System Slowly Fails

    Española and Rio Arriba County leaders are trying to reach a compromise on how to pay for the $30,000 down payment required for...

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