Cops Courts

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...

Man shot in thigh

    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...

Tax preparer pleads guilty to fraud

SUN Staff Report     An Española tax preparer is out of the tax business after he pleaded no contest to two counts of fraud following...

Drug dealing daughter tries to attack mother

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

Accused 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...

Police make drug bust at Valdez Park

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

Drunk-driving women take children along for ride

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

It wasn’t La Llorona in that Jeep

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

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