Police: Woman Killed in Edgewood Crash After Driver Fell Asleep in Other Car
November 13, 2019
An Albuquerque woman is facing vehicular homicide charges after police say she fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed into another vehicle near Edgewood, killing a woman.
Santa Fe Man Charged with Child Abuse After Infant Son Found Chewing on Xanax
November 12, 2019
A Santa Fe man has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse after his 9-month-old baby was found with a Xanax pill in his mouth early Saturday morning, police said.
Judge Rules Brothers Will Have Separate Trials in Dixon Homicides
October 30, 2019
A state district judge has decided two brothers accused of fatally shooting three people in May 2018 at a home near Dixon will have separate trials in January.
Elias Arellano had his community behind him when he was sentenced Tuesday to a six-year prison term for causing a fatal crash in 2017 that killed an Albuquerque woman.
Nicholas Ortiz Gets 25 Years in 2011 Slayings of El Rancho Family
October 28, 2019
State District Judge Francis J. Mathew sentenced Nicholas Ortiz to 25 years in prison Monday for murdering three members of an El Rancho family with a five-pound mattock on Father’s Day 2011.
75-Year Sentence Sought in Northern New Mexico Triple Murder
October 25, 2019
State prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Nicholas Ortiz to 75 years in prison for slaying three members of Northern New Mexico family with a pickax on Father’s Day in 2011 when he was 16.
New Mexico Inmate Gets Additional 20 Years in Guard Attack
October 23, 2019
A state District Court judge has sentenced the second of two prison inmates to an additional 20 years for attempting to kill a corrections officer at the penitentiary south of Santa Fe.
