The man killed by a motorist near Thoreau on Dec. 14 has been identified as Kenneth Benally, 65, of Crownpoint. According to a police report, Benally was hit by Megan Heintz of Cypress, Texas, at about 7 pm, near mile marker 53 near Thoreau.
According to report, Heintz told Deputy Shane Bennett of the McKinley County...
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WANTED
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of John W. Paradise, please call McKinley County Sheriff’s Office, Investigations Division. Phone: (505) 863-1410 or crimestoppers at 1-877-722-6161. John is wanted for questioning in a homicide case.
AG fights to keep serial murderer Bloomfield in Prison
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 withdraw his guilty plea.
The Office of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division argued to the court that Bloomfield’s petition for writ of habeas corpus should be dismissed on the pleadings, without an evidentiary hearing, because the Petitioner’s claims are refuted by the record, including the transcripts of the plea and sentencing hearings.
“Keeping a...
Albuquerque man accused of child exploitation involving young girls
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
Sonya Angeles2nd 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...
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