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Man Accused of ‘Throwing Fingers’ Files Suit

    A 47-year-old disabled Española man is suing the city and two officers after he was allegedly illegally arrested and roughed up for “throwing...

Officer Investigated For Police Brutality

    An Española Police officer has been put on administrative leave with pay, pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation conducted by a...

Man Asks for Modified Release Conditions

    The man accused of brutalizing his girlfriend at a Taos campground and holding her hostage in Española before she succumbed to her injuries,...

Poj. Officer Involved in Accidental Shooting ID’d

    The Pojoaque officer who said he accidentally shot his gun while trying to handcuff a burglary suspect has been identified.     Pojoaque Officer William...

TA Man Killed After Dispute

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies charged a Cebolla man with first-degree murder, after he allegedly shot a man in the stomach Monday evening...

Two Found Dead Inside Burned Car

    State Police are investigating the deaths of two people found in a burning car Sunday, near Coyote.     The bodies, burned far beyond recognition,...

City Officials Settle Lawsuit

    After three years of protracted litigation, Española paid $95,000 to the former Española Valley High School student whom police officers illegally arrested in...

Alleged Robber Found in Attic

    Española police arrested a 23-year-old Chimayó man, May 20, after he allegedly fired a shot during an armed robbery at the Shell gas...

Hernandez Man Commits Suicide

    A 25-year-old Hernandez man is believed to have fatally shot himself in the head Sunday May 31, following an argument with his parents.    ...

Former County Inmate Files Suit

    Rhiannon Montoya filed a lawsuit against Rio Arriba County and the Tierra Amarilla Detention Center March 5, alleging she was repeatedly raped by...

Victims in Burned Car Identified

    State Police investigators identified the two bodies burned in a car near Gallina, as two Coyote men.     Sgt. Elizabeth Armijo wrote in a...

Armed Robber Facing 28 Years

    For his part in the armed robbery of a former city councilor’s daughter at Allsup’s in 2013, an Española man is facing 28...

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