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By Scott Sandlin
Written by: Scott Sandlin
...A man already jailed on federal charges of murdering his grandmother at Cochiti Pueblo in June has now been indicted on state  charges that he killed an Albuquerque man hours earlier.Brian Joseph Cha...
Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009, 13:53 MST
Word count: 95
Written by: Scott Sandlin
...Marc Goodman-Nevarrez, the final defendant of five charged with the beating death of car lot security guard Susan Schmidt -- and, prosecutors said, the most culpable -- pleaded guilty Friday to charge...
Friday, Sep 11, 2009, 11:48 MST
Word count: 154
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...Former Albuquerque Police Department officer Benjamin Kirby pleaded no contest Monday to a misdemeanor charge of interfering with a public official in connection with the DWI stop of developer Jason D...
Monday, Aug 24, 2009, 10:53 MST
Word count: 164
Written by: Scott Sandlin
...Former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, Democratic Party consultant Armando Gutierrez and lobbyists Elizabeth and Joseph Carl Kupfer were indicted Wednesday on 50 counts each of conspiracy, fra...
Thursday, Aug 20, 2009, 00:00 MST
Word count: 216
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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...Former Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron, Democratic Party consultant Armando Gutierrez and lobbyists Elizabeth and Joseph Carl Kupfer were indicted Wednesday on 50 counts each of conspiracy, fra...
Wednesday, Aug 19, 2009, 16:21 MST
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...Josephine Romero's alleged persistence in calling in a fake bomb scare to Metro Court on June 29 has landed her in 2nd Judicial District Court, where a grand jury Tuesday indicted her and a companion....
Tuesday, Aug 04, 2009, 19:12 MST
Word count: 68
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...Marc Schiff, a former partner in the architectural firm Design Collaborative Southwest who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud in 2007, was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for ...
Wednesday, Jul 08, 2009, 12:55 MST
Word count: 200
Written by: Scott Sandlin
...Backed up by two rows of supporters, Pojoaque Pueblo Lt. Gov. Linda Diaz appeared in federal court Thursday to formally answer federal charges of leaving the scene of a fatal accident and state charge...
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009, 14:44 MST
Word count: 146
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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... Brian Joseph Chavez, 36, suspected in two homicides in Albuquerque and Cochiti four hours apart early Friday morning, waived a detention and preliminary hearing when he appeared in federal court...
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2009, 14:06 MST
Word count: 159
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... Two men who admitted torching an Albuquerque abortion clinic in December 2007 with gasoline and a lighter were sentenced Wednesday to over three years each in federal prison. Senior U.S. Di...
Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009, 12:10 MST
Word count: 120
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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...The lieutenant governor of Pojoaque Pueblo has been indicted for felony fleeing the scene of an accident, U.S. Attorney Greg Fouratt announced Wednesday. A federal grand jury indictment charges Linda ...
Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009, 11:55 MST
Word count: 68
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...Dana Madsen, 34, pleaded guilty Monday in state district court to the second degree murder in January 2008 of Patrick “Patricia” Murphy, a popular Albuquerque female impersonator.Judge Charles Bro...
Monday, Jun 08, 2009, 12:14 MST
Word count: 138
Written by: Scott Sandlin
...Former airman Danielle Best was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 500 hours of community service once she's released for her February 2007 wrong-way drunk driving conviction that severely injured M...
Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009, 12:22 MST
Word count: 131
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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... Former airman Danielle Best was sentenced to 18 months in prison and 500 hours of community service once she's released for her February 2007 wrong-way drunk driving conviction that severely injured ...
Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009, 11:36 MST
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...Deputy was targeted for revenge A member of the Aryan Brotherhood convicted at trial of conspiracy to murder a sheriff's deputy and conspiracy to sell methamphetamine was sentenced today to 11 ye...
Thursday, May 28, 2009, 16:04 MST
Word count: 141
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#...Former substitute teacher Robert Ashley videotaped up the skirt of one of his female Atrisco Elementary students in September 2007.School officials later found a videotape, which depicted those images...
Thursday, May 07, 2009, 16:13 MST
Word count: 156
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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...A state District Court jury returns a guilty verdict against Dennis Chavez on charges of voluntary manslaughter and criminal damage to property in connection with the death of Guadaulpe Garcia, 49, wh...
Thursday, Apr 09, 2009, 16:15 MST
Word count: 78
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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#...U.S. District Judge William P. Chip Johnson has sentenced former Metropolitan Court administrator Toby Martinez to 67 months in prison. Former Metro Court administrator Toby Martinez late this afterno...
Tuesday, Apr 07, 2009, 16:27 MST
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... "I was nervous before the verdict, but I knew I was innocent so I was sure I was going to be (found) not guilty," Brandon Craig told the Journal in an interview today. A jury that heard two weeks of ...
Thursday, Apr 02, 2009, 12:33 MST
Word count: 122
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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#...Brandon Craig was accused of killing three teenagers in the East Mountains in 1999. A jury just came back and found him not guilty on all charges. Full coverage of East Mountain Triple Slayings as rep...
Wednesday, Apr 01, 2009, 17:03 MST
Word count: 454
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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...The jury asked a pair of questions mid-morning before working though the lunch hour in case of Brandon Craig, accused in the 1999 East Mountain shooting deaths of three teenagers. One question asked i...
Tuesday, Mar 31, 2009, 16:49 MST
Word count: 158
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...Jeff Moore said he was in the back seat of an extended cab pickup driven by Brandon Craig one night in 1999 when he felt the truck go off the road and stop.Moore said he heard "There they are" and saw...
Thursday, Mar 26, 2009, 13:13 MST
Word count: 231
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...In the decade between the East Mountains triple homicides of Kevin Shirley, Matthew Hunt and Luis Garcia, the Albuquerque Police Department lost track of a series of photos by firearms expert Steve Gu...
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009, 12:59 MST
Word count: 278
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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...Assistant District Jonathan Ibarra wasted no time getting to the point when the state's star witness took the witness stand Monday in the trial of a man accused of a 1999 Memorial Day weekend triple h...
Monday, Mar 23, 2009, 13:16 MST
Word count: 266
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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...Kevin Shirley, Matthew Hunt and Luis Garcia were killed by Brandon Craig because one of the boys owed Craig's girlfriend money for drugs, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.Jonathan Ibarra, an assista...
Wednesday, Mar 18, 2009, 15:55 MST
Word count: 309
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#...Former state Sen. Manny Aragon could pay up to $1.19 million in restitution to the state of New Mexico for his role in a scheme that skimmed $4.3 million from contracts in the construction of Albuquer...
Tuesday, Mar 17, 2009, 14:16 MST
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#...Former state employee William Scott faces up to 18 years in prison.Scott is one of three state employees who embezzled about $75,000 from the New Mexico Income Support Division. He recently pleaded gu...
Thursday, Jan 29, 2009, 17:17 MST
Word count: 161
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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...Richard Hermann also receives three years supervised release with fairly strict terms for threatening Judge Nan Nash.Nash presided over Hermann's divorce. Not only did he send e-mails to her, he went ...
Thursday, Jan 29, 2009, 17:02 MST
Word count: 117
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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#...Alicia Gonzales, convicted of killing a 7-year-old boy in a DWI wreck two years ago, will be able to get out of prison while her case is appealed. Gonzales, 27, is appealing her conviction on a c...
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2009, 16:07 MST
Word count: 170
Written by: Scott Sandlin
...GALLUP  -- The alleged victim in a domestic violence incident involving former state District Judge John Brennan has recanted statements she made against Brennan, according to documents made publ...
Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008, 07:51 MST
Word count: 122
Written by: Scott Sandlin
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...A federal jury handed a resounding victory to Albuquerque Police officers this afternoon, finding they did not violate the constitutional rights of 12-year-old murder defendant Jade Gonzales.Jade neve...
Wednesday, Jul 30, 2008, 11:28 MST
Word count: 250
...Former deputy state insurance superintendent Joe Ruiz was convicted today in federal court of 30 counts of public corruption after two weeks of trial.  Ruiz, 66, broke down in tears as the verdic...
Monday, Jan 28, 2008, 09:28 MST
Word count: 157
Written by: Scott Sandlin
...A mistrial was declared Tuesday when a jury was unable to agree on whether former Albuquerque Police Department officer Timothy Chavez is guilty of raping a 14-year-old girl in 2005.After briefly spea...
Tuesday, Aug 14, 2007, 08:59 MST
Word count: 133
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Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories

1. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Ex-Cop Describes the 'Blue Wall'

Saturday, November 21, 2009 Ex-Cop Describes the 'Blue Wall' By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer           SANTA FE — As a sworn Albuquerque Police Department officer for two decades, Sam Costales said he saw dozens of instances of police misconduct but never saw anyone reported for ...
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2. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Group Challenges Mt. Taylor Listing

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Group Challenges Mt. Taylor Listing By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer        A group of landowners and energy companies with leases in the Mount Taylor area has gone to court to challenge the state listing of more than 700 square miles of the mountaintop on the New Mexico ...
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3. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Ex-Cop: I Broke 'Blue Wall of Silence'

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Ex-Cop: I Broke 'Blue Wall of Silence' By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer        What happened to former Albuquerque police officer Sam Costales after he testified against sheriff's deputies in a high-profile 2006 case provided plenty of fodder Wednesday for questioning ...
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4. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Search in Child Porn Case 'Unlawful'

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Search in Child Porn Case 'Unlawful' By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer        A federal judge found that sheriff's deputies conducted an unconstitutional search of the home of a suspected child pornographer and rapist, but he stopped short of suppressing evidence taken ...
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5. ABQJOURNAL NORTH: Santo Domingo Man Held in Slaying

Saturday, November 14, 2009 Santo Domingo Man Held in Slaying By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer           A 20-year-old man from Santo Domingo Pueblo is in federal custody in the killing of a man on a remote part of the pueblo during a drunken disagreement that ended with a machete in the face ...
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6. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: City Will Appeal $720K Verdict

Thursday, November 12, 2009 City Will Appeal $720K Verdict By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer        An illegally drawn blood sample was enough for a jury to award $720,000 to a mentally disabled man who served two days in jail after he was arrested for suspicion of drunken driving.     But the ...
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7. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Damages Sought in Man's Rape

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 Damages Sought in Man's Rape By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer        Attorneys for a profoundly disabled man who was raped as a resident at a Roswell group home turned to an Albuquerque jury Tuesday seeking damages.     Carl Bettinger, representing Larry Selk, now ...
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8. ABQJOURNAL OBITS/PROFILES: 'Larger Than Life' Franchini Lived for Law

Friday, November 06, 2009 'Larger Than Life' Franchini Lived for Law By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer       Gene Franchini caught more fish, told bigger stories and probably participated in more mock trial rounds than any judge in the United States.        Ask anybody who knew Gene Edward ...
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9. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Retired Judge Dies at Lecture

Thursday, November 05, 2009 Retired Judge Dies at Lecture By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer        Retired New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Gene Franchini died Wednesday doing what he loved best - talking about the confluence of law and ethics.     Franchini Franchini, 74, collapsed while ...
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10. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: 911 Search Key To Child Porn Case

Saturday, October 31, 2009 911 Search Key To Child Porn Case Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer           A federal judge is wrestling with a legal question in a child pornography case where defense lawyers want the court to throw out videos, photos and tapes ...
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