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Accused Teen Rapists Could Be Tried as Adults

    The two boys accused of brutally raping an 18-year-old woman at a house on South McCurdy Road may be tried as adults.     Deputy...

Governor Appoints New Magistrate Judge

    Gov. Susana Martinez appointed a new Rio Arriba County Magistrate Court judge, who will sit on the bench until at least the end...

Judge Accepts Guilty Pleas From Three

    Three Rio Arribans pleaded guilty to charges and were subsequently sentenced March 24 in Santa Fe District Court.     Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer accepted...

Car Crash Leaves Teen in Coma

    A 14-year-old girl is in a coma following a May 19 crash on Fairview Lane.     Reina Garcia, 14, is on life support at...

Six Arrested on Drug, Child Abuse Charges

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies arrested six people in connection with a drug bust in Cordova May 9, on charges ranging from trafficking...

Man Shot in Thigh, Shooter Arrested

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 51-year-old Holman man May 10 after he allegedly shot a 33-year-old man in the thigh with...

Valdez Park Drug Bust Nets Heroin, Suboxone

    Española police arrested two men April 15 after the pair allegedly admitted to selling drugs out of a car at Valdez Park.     Officer...

Women Arrested for Driving Drunk With Children in Cars

    The Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office arrested two women, on April 6 and April 18, after they both allegedly drove drunk with infants...

County Jail Passes Routine Inspection

    Following an October 2013 inspection of the Tierra Amarilla Detention Center, everything that elected inspectors saw was hunky-dory.     The jail inspection, a part...

Judge Will Allow Testimony

    A jailhouse witness, who shared a cell with Rhiannon Montoya, will be allowed to testify at her trial, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled...

No Decision on Magistrate Judge Appointment

    Two-and-a-half months after the position was vacated, the Rio Arriba County Magistrate Court is still bereft one judge while the process to fill...

Woman Files Suit Against Ex-Officer, Department, City

    A former Española police officer, the city of Española and the Española Police Department are being sued by an Española woman who alleges...

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