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Daniel released from custody; could serve time in Bernalillo County

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A known druggie was released from the McKinley County Adult Detention Center, only to face felony and misdemeanor charges in Bernalillo County, records show.

Corey Daniel, 23, was released from custody on Dec. 26 by 11th Judicial District Court Judge Lyndy Bennett after an admission of a violation of probation.

That case...

Desiderio released on own recognizance

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Darrell Desiderio of Twin lakes was released on his own recognizance Jan. 11 after being arrested on a variety of warrant charges, including theft of a motor vehicle, possession of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident, reckless driving and resisting arrest.

Desiderio, 39, was arrested Dec. 27 after a three-month search, according to jail records. He was housed at the McKinley-County Adult Detention Center on a $12,000 cash bond.

Gabrielle Puhuyesva, an investigator with the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, had been looking for Desiderio in connection to a stolen car incident dating back to September 2015.

At one juncture, the vehicle was seen near the Fire Rock Navajo...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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The legal limit is .08

Edman H. Touchin

Jan. 1, 11:51 am

4th DWI, Aggravated

Touchin was arrested for his fourth DWI when he pulled in front another vehicle, crashing into it, on U.S. 491 as he left Tohlakai Road and attempted to make a straight shot to the Shell gas station across the highway.

According to McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Salina Brown’s report, the vehicle that he hit sustained heavy damage and a tow truck had to be called to the scene. The driver and two passengers didn’t appear to be injured.

Touchin, 44, had alcohol on his breath, and bloodshot, watery eyes. He failed the field sobriety tests, and blew a .228 at the scene, and .18...

Suspect arrested for shooting at Mossman home

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A vendetta over some stolen weed and property reportedly led to a Sunday evening shooting at 702 Julie Ct., in the Mossman neighborhood.

Whatever ax Julian Richard Giron had to grind with the man that supposedly made off with his pot and things, was taken out on the home of man not involved with the situation.

Giron, 18, fired at least two times at the home of Frank Diaz with a 12-gauge shotgun sometime after 9 pm on Jan. 8.

He was taken into custody Monday evening and booked for shooting at an inhabited building, shooting from a motor vehicle, criminal damage to property and three counts of aggravated assault.

And this wasn’t Giron’s first stop at the residence.

Diaz told...

Volkswagen to pay total of $4.3 billion to resolve criminal, civil actions

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WASHINGTON – Volkswagen has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and to pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty as a result of the company’s long-running scheme to sell thousands of diesel vehicles in the U.S. by using a defeat device to cheat on mandated emissions tests.

In addition, the company has agreed to pay $1.5 billion in civil penalties to resolve a variety of environmental, customs, and financial claims.

The announcement was made Jan. 11 in Washington, D.C. at a press conference with U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, Detroit FBI Special Agent in Charge David Gelios, and a number of other federal government...

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