Cops Courts

Councilor-elect badmouths cops

    Española City Councilman elect Phillip Chacon has been in the spotlight recently for more than just the campaign he’s running.     Chacon yelled expletives...

Neighbor doesn’t take rejection lightly

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

Dairy Queen robber sought

SUN Staff Report     Española police are asking for the public’s help in finding a robber who ran away with $600 from Dairy Queen on...

Kids tag along with mom during drug deal

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

Burglar posts stolen items online

SUN Staff Report     Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 23-year-old Santa Cruz woman Jan. 29 in connection with a burglary committed earlier in the month.     Deputies...

Shelter animals’ food stolen

    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

    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

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

    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

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

    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

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...

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