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AG fights to keep serial murderer Bloomfield in Prison

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ALBUQUERQUE – The Office of Attorney General Hector Balderas appeared before Judge Benjamin Chavez Dec. 20 to argue to keep five-time convicted murderer Clifton Bloomfield in prison for the rest of his life.

Bloomfield, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to murdering five people in New Mexico, filed a writ of habeas corpus to...

Albuquerque man accused of child exploitation involving young girls

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ALBUQUERQUE – Attorney General Hector Balderas announced Dec. 20 that Jeffrey Morrill of Albuquerque was convicted of two counts of child exploitation by distribution and one count of child exploitation by possession.

Graphic, sexual images of young girls ranging in age from six to ten were in Morrill’s possession at the time of his arrest. The defendant waived a jury trial and Second Judicial District Judge Zamora found Morrill guilty on the above mentioned counts.

“We have no higher priority than protecting our innocent children from sexual violence and exploitation,” Balderas said. “Predators need to know that if they exploit and victimize children in New Mexico, the...

WEEKLY DWI REPORT

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Sonya Angeles

2nd DWI

Dec. 18, 5:53 pm

Gallup Police Department Officer John Gonzales was called to the scene of a single vehicle accident at Third Street and Hwy 66 when he encountered Angeles, 27, and noticed the open container of an “alcoholic beverage on the floorboard.”

Gonzales noted that the driver was also slurring her speech and had the smell of alcohol on her breath. Because of unspecified injuries, Angeles unable to engage in field sobriety tests and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. While there, she refused to take a breath test to determine her level of intoxication.

After she was discharged from hospital, Angeles was also charged with...

Weekly Crime Blotter

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STRONG-ARMED ROBBER

12/16, GALLUP

An 18-year-old man possibly came within inches of losing his life when Isiah Torrez, 17, wrapped his left arm around his neck and used his right hand to hold a knife to his throat, demanding him to hand over all of his valuables.

According to Gallup Police Department Officer Douglas Hoffman’s report, the victim, who was walking down the street, was ambushed in the area of Stagecoach and Camino Del Sol, by Torrez, the police report states.

The victim said that Torrez told him “to give him everything he had or he was going to cut him and kill him,” the report states.

He handed Torrez his cellphone and wallet. Torrez gave him back the cell...

Sheriff’s looking for information on Wagon Wheel Café burglary

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Restaurant also vandalized

McKinley County Sheriff’s Department Inv. Joey Guillen said investigators are seeking information about the burglary and vandalizing of the Wagon Wheel Café in Thoreau.

Guillen said sometime between Nov. 23-30, a burglar broke into the business. He didn’t disclose whether any items or money was taken. Also that same week, in a separate incident, the café was vandalized.

Anybody with information on possible suspects are asked to call the Sheriff’s Office and ask for the investigations Division. Phone number is (505) 722-8514.

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