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Three New Los Alamos Police Officers Sworn In

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The Los Alamos Police Department’s three new officers, from left, Ofc. Samantha Terrazas, Ofc. Curtis Salazar and Ofc. Dominic Perez, were sworn in Friday morning by Los Alamos Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados at a ceremony attended by family, friends and LAPD personnel. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Ofc. Curtis Salazar is pinned by his niece Ashlynne Salazar as his father John Salazar looks on. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

Newly sworn Los Alamos Police Ofc. Samantha Terrazas is surrounded Friday morning by family members, from left, Read More

Supreme Court Denies White’s Request To Have Governor Appoint Los Alamos County Councilor

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Greg White
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

The New Mexico Supreme Court has thwarted an effort by Los Alamos resident Greg White to prevent the Los Alamos County Council from appointing a councilor to replace James Chrobocinski who resigned June 1 due to health issues.

White filed a brief Wednesday against Gov. Susana Martinez and the Los Alamos County Council. Supreme Court Justices Petra Jimenez, Charles W. Daniels and Gary L. Clingman denied White’s request that the Court mandate the governor to “do her constitutionally-mandated duty and fill the vacant Read More

Fidel J. Naranjo Of Los Alamos Arrested Following Shooting Incident In Santa Fe County

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Fidel J. Naranjo
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
 

Fidel J. Naranjo, 52, of Los Alamos has been charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon following a May 31 incident in Santa Fe County in which he shot another man, Michael Gonzales in the leg.

Naranjo also is charged with two counts of aggravated assault against Andrew Gonzales and Monica Tarango and carrying a firearm while under the influence of an intoxicant or narcotic.

According to documents filed in Santa Fe Magistrate Court, Santa Fe County patrol deputies responded at around 10:30 Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: June 1 to June 5, 2018

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LAPD News:

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

SEAN CONNER MCCOY

June 1 at 9:21 p.m. / Police arrested Sean Conner McCoy, 29, of Los Alamos on Diamond Drive and charged him with DWI.

 

 

WILLIAM CARL SHIVER

June 5 at 5:16 p.m. / Police arrested William Carl Shiver, 57, of Espanola at 535 Central Ave., on an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction. Read More

FBI: Silver City Felon Charged With Unlawfully Possessing Firearms

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE – Michael Scott Freeman, 42, of Silver City made his initial appearance Tuesday in federal court in Las Cruces on a criminal complaint charging him with violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing firearms. 

The firearms at issue allegedly were stolen during a home burglary in Aug. 2017.  Freeman remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a detention hearing both of which have yet to be scheduled.

According to the criminal complaint, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) responded to a home burglary in August 2017, during which

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Second Bench Warrant In Two Weeks Issued For Nichole Borrego On Firearms, Camera Theft Charges

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Nichole Borrego. Courtesy/LAPD

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

For the second time since May 26, an arrest warrant is in effect for Nichole Lynn Borrego, 28, of Chimayo.

Borrego is charged with the theft of a Ruger 45, a 38 Special Colt revolver, a .38 Smith & Wesson BNP model revolver and a Colt .380 as well as a camera valued at $800 between April 13 and May 3 from a home she was being paid to clean in Los Alamos.

Court records indicate that Borrego admitted to taking the items during a May 22 interview with Los Alamos Police Det. Ryan Wolking. She claimed she took them Read More

LAPD Issues Arrest Warrant For Damien Marquez In Beating Of Los Alamos Man

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Damien Marquez. Courtesy/Facebook
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

An arrest warrant is in effect for Damien Marquez, 24, for the alleged beating of a local man May 18 outside the Veterans of Foreign War Post on Deacon Street, which left the victim with serious facial injuries requiring surgery at an Albuquerque hospital.

Los Alamos Magistrate Court Judge Pat Casados signed the warrant requested May 24 by Los Alamos Police Det. Ryan Wolking for the arrest of Marquez on a charge of aggravated battery.

LAPD officers responded at 2:22 a.m. May 18 to Los Read More

Judge Continues Geisik Probation Violation Hearing

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Stephen Geisik leaves the courtroom after his hearing on alleged probation violations was continued for 60 days. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post
maire@ladailypost.com

Former Los Alamos resident Stephen Geisik, 27, will remain in the Los Alamos Detention Center for another 60 days to allow the Office of the Public Defender to find an attorney to contract with for his defense for a probation violation hearing in First Judicial District Court.

Judge Jason C. Lidyard ordered the continuance following a May 30 discussion with Geisik’s Read More

FBI: Navajo Man Gets 15 Years For Child Abuse

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FBI News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― Brian Lee, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Breadsprings, was sentenced May 24 in Federal Court in Albuquerque to 15 years in prison for his conviction on child sexual abuse charges.
 
Lee will be on supervised release for ten years after completing his prison sentence. He also will be required to register as a sex offender.
 
Lee was arrested July 13, 2017, on a two-count indictment charging him with sexually abusing a child under the age of 12 on two separate occasions between July 2012 and July 2016, on the Navajo Indian Reservation
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Los Alamos Police Blotter: May 10 To May 26, 2018

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LAPD News:

The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.

Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.

SAMUEL HERRERA

May 10 at 9:25 a.m. / Police arrested Samuel Herrera, 31, of Santa Fe in Espanola on an outstanding Magistrate Court warrant.

 

 

JOHNNY D. LOWANCE

May 10 at 10:32 a.m. / Police arrested Johnny D. Lowance, 46, of Ohkay Owingeh at 2500 Trinity Dr., on an outstanding District Court warrant.

 

 

JESSE DANIEL CURRIE

May 10 at 7:52 p.m. / Police arrested Read More

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