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Finances Keep Woman Behind Bars

    The mother of a newborn did not get to spend any extra time with her infant because she was not able to pay...

Deputies Clean House

    Cash, guns, televisions, chainsaws, computers, video game consoles, power tools and a little bit of everything else — that’s what the Rio Arriba...

Arguments in Rodella Case to be Heard

    A federal district judge will hear arguments Thursday (11/13) in Albuquerque to decide if former sheriff Tommy Rodella should get a new trial.    ...

Judge Won’t Accept Councilor’s Plea, Reschedules Trial for Dec.

    Española City Councilor Eric Radosevich was set to plead no contest to a single felony charge of shooting at a motor vehicle Monday...

Attorney Not Losing Hope for New Trial

    Former Rio Arriba County sheriff Tommy Rodella’s bid for a new trial took one step forward and two steps back Nov. 13, during...

Man Busted for Heroin Trafficking

    Long before the winter sun rose Nov. 19 over Española, police officers began to assemble and plan the arrest of an alleged drug...

Alleged Shooter Will Stand Trial

    Eric Rodriguez’s murder trial will start Dec. 3, nearly two years after he allegedly shot Marco Bequett, 20, at the Black Mesa Golf...

Judge Won’t Accept Man’s Guilty Plea

    Neil Martinez was ready to plead guilty, on Oct. 31, to killing his friend, Fabian Mata, in a car crash on June 3,...

Cash Bond Lowered For Accused Rapist

    One of the three teenagers accused of brutally raping a Pojoaque teenager had the amount of money he must post to be released...

Judge Denies Motion

    The woman found guilty of aggravated burglary and tampering with evidence after she egged on her two friends to rob her uncle in...

Repeat DWI Offender Gets Two Years

    After one death, multiple accidents and eight drunk driving convictions, Dominic Velasquez will spend the next two years behind prison bars — the...

Guilty Plea Nets Man 21 Years

    Eric Rodriguez will spend the next 21 years in prison after he pleaded guilty Nov. 21 to murdering Marco Bequett in 2012 at...

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