Cops Courts

Bank robber gets prison time

    The man who robbed the Community Bank in September 2013 will spend three-and-a-half years behind bars, after he was sentenced June 11 in...

Who let the dogs out?

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

Interim public safety director named

    The Española Police Department has a new interim police chief after the departure of former chief Eric Garcia.     The leadership of the Española...

FBI raids sheriff’s house morning after Election Day

    An early morning raid on Sheriff Tommy Rodella’s house, hours after his election loss to James Lujan, was related to a traffic stop...

Shirtless man jumps from orange house

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

Española man files lawsuit against police officer

    An Española man filed a lawsuit against the city of Española and an Española police officer May 23, following a March 19, 2013...

Instant karma takes care of recliner

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

Woman puts scissors to husband’s neck

SUN Staff Report     Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 52-year-old El Rito woman after she allegedly put scissors to her soon-to-be ex-husband’s neck...

Man cites flat tire as reason for taking car

SUN Staff Report     Española police arrested a 19-year-old Española man May 27 after he allegedly stole his sister’s car and his brother’s television and...

Accused wife-, child-beater released

    A serial drunk driving offender who killed a woman in 1990 while driving drunk, racked up his seventh arrest for DWI on Feb....

Attorney hoping for rehab, not jail

    The man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after he shot his niece in the abdomen and was later arrested on a probation...

Wife goes to Chili’s with another man, gets husband heated

Just saying hello May 15     8:52 a.m. A State Road 76 caller said she wanted to report a burglary that happened two months prior. She...

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