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Convicted Trafficker Nicholas Conner Sentenced To Four Years In Prison

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Nicholas Conner awaits sentencing Tuesday in the First Judicial District Court. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

By Maire O’Neill
Los Alamos Daily Post
 
Nicholas Conner, 35, of Los Alamos will serve four years in prison following sentencing handed down Tuesday by First Judicial District Judge T. Glenn Ellington. He is convicted of five counts of trafficking of methamphetamine.

Conner is one of seven people arrested and charged following Operation Spring Cleaning, a drug sting conducted last March by the Los Alamos Police Department.

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Criminal Summons Filed For Karyne Archuleta In Los Alamos Embezzlement Case

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

A criminal summons has been filed in Los Alamos Magistrate Court for Karyne Archuleta of Espanola charging her with embezzlement of more than $17,500 from her former employer, Annette Weyrauch, owner of Physical Therapy Plus in Los Alamos.

Court documents indicate that Los Alamos Police Sgt. Tim Lonz met April 9 with Weyrauch who told him that Archuleta, then her office manager, had possibly embezzled the money from her over a two-year period.

Lonz’s report states that Weyrauch suspected Archuleta because she was the only Read More

Preliminary Hearing Continued For Stephen Montano

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A preliminary hearing for Stephen Montano, 22, of Grants was again continued Friday in Los Alamos Magistrate Court and reset for Jan. 12, 2018.

Montano’s attorney Tyr Loranger had advised him to ask for the continuance to allow Loranger to review a video of an Aug. 25 shoplifting incident at Smith’s Marketplace, which resulted in charges of resisting or obstructing an officer, shoplifting and conspiracy for the purpose of committing shoplifting. Montano at first agreed but only minutes after witnesses for the preliminary hearing were dismissed, he decided he wanted the Read More

Judge Orders Competency Hearing For Andrea Rivera

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Attorneys in the Los Alamos Magistrate Court case involving Andrea Rivera, 30, of Los Alamos, have asked for a competence hearing for her. Rivera has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and one count of tampering with evidence.

The charges relate to a Nov. 3 incident in which Rivera is accused of stabbing Cory Kerschner multiple times and also injuring her sister, Sarah Cooper, with a knife during the same incident. River allegedly left the scene and disposed of her clothing resulting in the tampering with evidence charge.

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Three Preliminary Hearings For Krista Wilhelm Friday

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

Three preliminary hearings have been set for Dec. 8 in Los Alamos Magistrate Court for Krista Wilhelm, 32, of Los Alamos on a variety of charges.

In the first case, charges of abuse of a child and battery against a household member were filed after Los Alamos Police Department responded to a domestic disturbance at her residence. One of the victim’s reported that Wilhelm had been partying for several days away from the home and that when he called her to come home, she arrived and proceeded to hit and pushing him while he was holding Read More

Craven Faces New Charge In District Court

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John Craven, 35, of Los Alamos, has charged with a new offense in Santa Fe District Court just days after he  dodged a Nov. 28 evidentiary hearing on a probation violation before First Judicial District Chief Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer.

The District Attorney’s office failed to have Craven transported for the hearing and Judge Marlowe Sommer dropped the probation violation charge related to seven charges racked up during an Oct. 2 visit to 10,000 Waves Spa.

The probation in question was under a 2014 case where Craven was found guilty of residential burglary and larceny Read More

Grand Jury Indicts Former Espanola Teacher

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

A former teacher with Espanola School District, Gary F. Gregor, 61, was indicted by a Rio Arriba County grand jury Thursday on a charge of sexual offense against a child after allegedly causing a boy 12 years of age or younger to touch his genitals. The offense allegedly occurred between August 2006 and May 2007. The maximum penalty for this charge is six years and a fine of not more than $5,000.

Gregor has been incarcerated since May at Rio Arriba County Detention Center on a $75,000 cash only bond and is already facing a trial early next Read More

Los Alamos Police Blotter: Nov. 16–28, 2017

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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 against them.

WAYNE CARL MOSLEY

Nov. 16 at 2:49 p.m. / Police arrested Wayne Carl Mosely, 66, of Los Alamos at 2500 Trinity Dr., and charged him with criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13 years of age, criminal sexual contact of a minor under 13 years f age and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

 

 

HAZEL BUCHOLZ

Nov. 17 at 3:38 a.m. / Police arrested Hazel Bucholz, 19, of Jemez in Read More

County Employee Sues Under Fair Pay For Women Act

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By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

An employee working in the Los Alamos County Procurement Department has filed suit against the County under the Fair Pay for Women Act claiming that she is paid almost $12,000 less per year based on her gender than her male counterpart.

Lillie Martinez, a buyer/planner, claims she has been paid less than employees of the opposite sex for equal work the performance of which requires equal skill, effort and responsibility under similar working conditions. Martinez’s suit states that she had and has skills specific to the New Read More

LAPS Files Response To David Daniel Suit

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Former LAHS drama instructor David Daniel
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos Public Schools, Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus and former Los Alamos High School Principal Brad Parker have filed a response to a lawsuit filed in July by former LAHS drama instructor David Daniel alleging sexual orientation discrimination.

The response denies almost all the allegations made by Daniel and claims he failed to exhaust his administrative remedies under the School Personnel Act and/or the collective bargaining agreement, which covered his employment Read More

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