Man arrested after drug transaction goes awry

A man suspected of stabbing another man who he owed money to from a previous drug deal was arrested Wednesday, according to a criminal complaint.

Tatoka Skenandore, 22, is charged with aggravated battery with great bodily harm and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Police were called out to a home on Sierra NE regarding a man who had been stabbed.

The man told police that he had gone to Skenandore's home to sell him drugs and collect money that was owed to him from a previous drug sale, according to the complaint. The man said Skenandore did not have the money and got into the man's car.

Skenandore refused to get out of the car and the man pulled him out of the back seat. A fight ensued and the man was stabbed.

He sustained stab wounds to his head, stomach, and hand.

A witness said he saw Skenandore had a knife and tried to pull him off the man he was fighting with. Skenandore swung the knife at the witness, according to the complaint.

Skenandore gave police different accounts of what happened.

He said the witness originally had the knife and that he took it from him. Skenandore later said he had the knife because the man, who he fought with, usually carries a gun, according to the complaint.

Skenandore then declined to answer further questions and requested an attorney.

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Man arrested after allegedly making woman bow to him then threatening to kill her

An Albuquerque man who allegedly proclaimed to be God and threatened a woman with a sword was arrested Friday, according to a criminal complaint.

Walter Arguello, 55, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies were called to a home on Elena SW on Friday regarding a possible battery. Deputies spoke with a woman who said Arguello physically assaulted her and her brother.

She said Arguello told her that he was God and made her bow to him. The woman's brother and Arguello then got into a verbal altercation, according to the complaint.

The woman intervened.

Arguello struck her in the arm causing her to fall down. Arguello then hit the woman's brother in the face repeatedly.

The man was able to leave the home and call 911 from a neighbor's house.

At that time, Arguello grabbed a sword and told the woman that he was going to kill her, according to the complaint.

Arguello told the deputies that he was sick and almost killed the man he allegedly attacked. Arguello said that he wrapped a belt around his hand and hit the man in the face repeatedly.

Arguello also said that he made the woman "do bad things," according to the complaint.

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Man wanted in a Michigan sexual assault case is arrested in Albuquerque on unrelated drug charge

A wanted sex offender was arrested Monday after a police dog detected drugs in the man's luggage at an Albuquerque bus station, according to a criminal complaint.

Curtis Wayne Lutz, 35, of Seattle is charged with possession of a controlled substance with an intent to distribute marijuana.

An Albuquerque police narcotics dog alerted his handler to a backpack on a bus headed from Los Angeles to North Carolina. The bag's name tag said Curtis Dunham.

Police asked passengers boarding the bus if they were Dunham and one man said he was. Police later found that his real last name was Lutz, according to the complaint.

After police told him about the dog detecting possible drugs in the backpack, Lutz said he had about 2½ pounds of marijuana inside the bag. Police found the marijuana and detained Lutz.

A police check of Lutz showed that he had an active warrant out of Michigan on a sexual assault charge. He also had a warrant out of California, according to the complaint.

Inside the backpack, police found documents showing that a Curtis Wayne O'Callahan had been arrested in California for transporting more than 1,500 grams of marijuana, according to the complaint.

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Just One More Victim Remains Unidentified

Authorities today released the names of two more victims of the West Mesa serial killer.

Virginia Ann Cloven and Evelyn Jesusmaria Salazar both were reported missing in 2004. Their names were on a list of missing women investigators had been compiling since around 2002.

Forensic experts at the University of North Texas made the identifications late Monday.

Ten of the 11 victims have now been identified.

Pick up a copy of tomorrow's Journal for more on this story.

salazar                             cloven

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