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Shirtless, Gun-Toting Man Greets Wal-Mart Shoppers

Wheeler Cowperthwaite SUN Staff Writer     The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It...

Dulce woman tries to stab boyfriend

SUN Staff Report     Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 38-year-old Dulce woman on allegations she attacked her boyfriend, the father of her two...

Criminals get no sympathy from Ellington

    At the peak of his drug use, Brandon Abeyta was using $1,000 worth of narcotics daily, he told District Judge T. Glenn Ellington...

Car gets crayon makeover

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

Stolen goods found at pawn shop

    Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s deputies retrieved property stolen from a home in February, from a pawn shop in Española.     Deputies alleged the victim’s...

Residents plead guilty

    The following people pleaded guilty in District Court in Tierra Amarilla on Feb. 25 and were subsequently sentenced by District Judge Sheri Raphaelson. Batterer...

Life on the beat

Note: This is the third installment in a four-part series on volunteers in the justice system.     The Española Police Department Cadets, ranging in ages...

Chili’s computer screen gets the worst of employee’s anger

Wheeler Cowperthwaite SUN Staff Writer     The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It...

House guest accused of molesting girl

SUN Staff Report     A 54-year-old Nebraska man, staying with a family in Chamita, has been charged by State Police agents with criminal sexual contact...

Man’s uncle demands ransom for purse

SUN Staff Report     Española Police Department officers arrested an alleged purse snatcher Feb. 17.     Christopher Lueras, 19, was arrested on a warrant charging robbery,...

Meet the Smiths

Note: This is the second installment of a four-part series on volunteers in the criminal justice system.     They have the same power and responsibilities...

18 months probation for county employee

    A Rio Arriba County DWI prevention program employee, accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, was sentenced to 18 months of probation...

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