The man contended sexual encounter was consensual
An Alamogordo man has been convicted of raping a woman he worked with at a local restaurant, the Alamogordo Daily News reported.
Valente A. Hernandez Jr., 21, was found guilty Thursday of two counts of third-degree felony criminal sexual penetration of the 20-year-old woman, the newspaper said. Hernandez, who will be sentenced at a later date, f
A man police say was driving drunk and slammed into a family of five in Northeast Albuquerque has been arrested
KOAT-TV reports that the accident happened near Sandia Casino on Tramway. Police say Ismael Cardenas crossed into the wrong lane and slammed into a van driven by Vanessa Muller. Four young children were in the car.
The family was hospitalized and treated for minor injuries.
Officials w
21-year-old San Miguel resident arrested after alleged attack on Tuesday.
Nicholas Valles, 21, of San Miguel, was arrested after allegedly attacking the mother of his 6-month-old child Tuesday night, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.
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 w
Alleged paint-huffer accused of kneeing and trying to bite the officer after he had been arrested and taken to the police station
A man who according to court documents admitted to huffing spray paint is charged with felony battery on a peace officer for allegedly kneeing and trying to bite a Las Cruces police officer at the police station after he had been arrested, the Las Cruces Sun-News rep
Bryon Shane Carpenter gets nine years, two suspended, in 2006 Edgewood death.
A Capitan man who faked his own death to avoid a vehicular homicide conviction was sentenced Monday in Albuquerque to nine years in prison, with two years suspended, for a 2006 crash in Edgewood that killed a woman and severely injured an elderly family member, the Ruidoso News reported.
Byron Shane Carpenter, 30, was
Man arrested for allegedly going 80 mph in 55-mph zone with three kids in car.
Enrique Porras Jr., 25, was arrested and charged with drunken driving after allegedly speeding at 80 mph in a 55-mph zone with three young children in the back seat of his car, none of whom was wearing a seatbelt, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.
Porras was charged with driving while intoxicated -- his third DWI
Police say suspect used aluminum baseball bat in attack on another man that stemmed from a "money-related issue"
Authorities say an Alamogordo man is charged with battery with a deadly weapon, burglary and criminal damage for allegedly assaulting a man with an aluminum baseball bat at the man's home, the Alamogordo Daily News reported.
Sgt. David Hunter of the Alamogordo Department of Public Sa
