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Shelter animals’ food stolen

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    Thieves took 400 pounds of food from the muzzles of hungry puppies on Feb. 19 when they broke into the Española Valley Humane...

Neighbor angry over dogs’ pillow fight

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

‘Sickness’ compels woman to disobey police

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SUN Staff Report     Orders from a state police officer were not enough to part an Española woman from the syringe of heroin she was...

Esparza named new night shift sergeant

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    After two rounds of failed testing, the Española Police Department has pinned a new night-shift sergeant.     Sgt. Greg Esparza went from being an...

Alleged burglar caught in the act

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SUN Staff Report     An observant and suspicious Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant caught a burglar allegedly in the act of stealing a television...

Man allegedly beats wife, son

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    An Española man arrested Jan. 12 stands accused of subjecting his wife and son to a catalog of violent abuse between July 2013...

Burglary victim helps police catch suspects

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SUN Staff Report     A victim-turned sleuth helped a State Police officer catch the two Española women who allegedly burglarized his home after they offered...

Burglars footprints help police track him

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SUN Staff Report     Footprints imprinted with a man’s favorite shoe brand allegedly left at the scene of a burglary led a deputy and the...

Man who stole mail van sentenced

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    A federal judge sentenced a 22-year-old Albuquerque man Monday to two years and three months in federal prison for stealing a postal van...

Promise of a new car and millions in cash too tempting to pass up

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

Man Threatens Girlfriend With Gun

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SUN Staff Report     Jealousy allegedly fueled a whirlwind of rage-induced violence Dec. 22, that led an Española man to allegedly break his girlfriend’s bedroom...

Man picks church as place to start a fight

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    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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