New Mexico Armed Robbery Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Saul Gonzalez </h2> </center>
Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> on January 24, 2025, Saul Gonzalez, 36, stole several pairs of work gloves from a Lowe’s Home Improveme... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Zachary Babitz </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by committing a series of armed robberies and carjackings across New Mexico in 2024 that culminated in the fatal shooting of a victim during a carjacking in Santa Fe County. Babitz, 40, committed a series of armed robberies, carjackings, and a fatal shooting across Bernalillo, Sant... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - nm)<H2> United States of America v. Donald Thompson
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder. On January 1, 2026, Donald Thompson, 49, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, allegedly shot and killed another Laguna Pueblo member during a confrontation at a cemetery within the Pueblo of Laguna in Cubero, New Mexico. Law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting and foun... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - NM)<H2> United States of America v. Jason Pete Roper
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing a Hobbs Act robbery. 2 I. On August 14, August 15, and September 8, 2022—while he was completing a term of supervised release imposed for a previous federal conviction—Roper robbed three Ross Dress For Less stores, stealing a total of approximately $1,800. A few days later, he failed a dru... More...
$ (11-18-2025 - NM)<H2> United States of America v. Jason Pete Roper
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. 1951.<br> <br> On August 14, August 15, and September 8, 2022—while he was completing a<br> term of supervised release imposed for a previous federal conviction—Roper robbed<br> three Ross Dress For Less stores, stealing a total of approximately $1,800... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Ruben Gonzales and Uriah "Goofy" McAfee
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms.<br> <br> Ruben Gonzales and Uriah "Goofy" McAfee were accused of being heavily armed fugitives hiding inside a house in Albuquerque.... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Kamron Kallestewa, Kaden Panteah </h1></h1>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Armed Assault <br> <br> Two Zuni men were sentenced to 33 months in prison each for a violent armed assault involving four victims.<br> <br> There is no parole in the federal system.<br> <br> According to court documents, on April 8, 2023, Kamron Kallestewa, 25, and Kaden Panteah, 20, both enrolled members of t... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. James Kenney, Kevin Leacy </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged drug trafficking offenses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Unlicensed Firearms Dealing</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> A fed... More...
$0 (09-11-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Marc Candelaria
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and bank robbery.<br> <br> In searching the car, a law-enforcement officers found a handwritten note that resembled the content of a piece of paper used in a recent bank robbery. The government used the handwritten note to prosecute the defendant for bank robbery. <br> <br> The car search was based ... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Demetrius Antonnie Bailey </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Retail Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Violent Retail Robbery Spree</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> An Albuquerque man was... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Demetrius Antonnie Bailey </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery, brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Violent Retail Albuquerque Man Sen... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Demetrius Antonnie Bailey </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Violent Retail Robbery Spree</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> An Albuquerque man was sentenced to... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jerome Weaver </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violent assault that injured two people </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Shiprock Man Sentenced for Armed Assault<br> </h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A Shiprock man wa... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Armondo Paul </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a Fatal Stabbing </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> Shiprock Man Faces Federal Charges for Fatal Stabbing During Residential Break-In</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> ... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Michael Cobb
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery and using and brandishiing a firearm during and in retaliation to a crime of violence and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of such crime.... More...
$0 (06-18-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Perris Jeremiah Arthur </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and federal firearms charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Vanderwagon Man Pleads Guilty to Assault and Federal Firearms Charges Following Armed Confrontation</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Vanderwag... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Jason Henderson
Roswell, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal sexual penetration (CSP) in the second degree (armed with a deadly weapon) (Count 1), NMSA 1978, § 30-9-11(E)(6) (2009); CSP in the second degree (results in personal injury) (Count 2), § 30-9-11(E)(3); aggravated battery against a household member (strangulation<br> or suffocation) (Count 3), NMSA 1... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jack Trujillo; Alberto Gomez; Cedric Kulka; Christopher Hulsey </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Final Sentencings in Major Albuquerque Drug Trafficking Case </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An investigation revealed that the or... More...
$0 (01-30-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Dakota Briscoe </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of attempted carjacking, one count of carjacking, and the possession and use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures 25-Year Sentence for ... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Xavior Akina </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures 20-Year Sentence for Repeat Offender in Armed Robbery Spree </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Albuquerque man was sentenced in feder... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Xavior Akina </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures 20-Year Sentence for Repeat Offender in Armed Robbery Spree</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Albuquerque man was sentenced in federa... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Amber Yazzie; Gregory Yazzie </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico<br> criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery and federal firearms charges </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Guilty Plea and 15-Year Sentence for Gallup Duo in 2021 Armed Robbery Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A... More...
$0 (12-12-2024 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Matthew Rogers
Farming, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary.<br> <br> <br> Defendant was charged with aggravated burglary (armed after entering), see NMSA 1978, § 30-16-4(B) (1963), and criminal damage to property, see NMSA 1978, § 30-15-1 (1963). Under the Mental Illness and Competency Code (the Code), NMSA 1978, §§ 31-9-1 to -2 (1967, as amended throug... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Procopio Montoya Atkinson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a series of armed robberies and assaults across New Mexico, culminating in the carjacking and shooting of a 62-year-old veteran </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Sentencing of Albuquerque Man for Violent... More...
$0 (10-08-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Rumaldo Peshlakai </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearms Violation After Domestic Violence Incident </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Sentencing of Mentmore Man for Federal Firearms Violation After Domestic Violence Incident</h2></center></b... More...
$0 (10-01-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Mathis Laau </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Robberies Targeting Local Businesses </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Announces Sentencing of Man for Armed Robberies Targeting Local Businesses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On the mornin... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Brandon Sanchez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Series of Armed Robberies </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Announces Sentencing of Albuquerque Man for Series of Armed Robberies</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In 2020, Brandon Sanchez, 30, was cha... More...
$0 (08-07-2024 - NM)Angel Salcido v. City of Las Vegas, et al.
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico civil rights law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> On Sunday, November 8, 2020, sometime before 3:00 p.m., San Miguel County Sheriffs Office (SMCSO) Deputy Jayme Vigil was on patrol, traveling on Collins Drive in Las Vegas. (Doc. 87) at 4 (citing (Doc. 87-1)). Two ind... More...
$0 (07-31-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Secures 26 Year Prison Sentence for Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On September 14, 2021, Marc Candelari... More...
$0 (07-18-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Secures 26 Year Prison Sentence for Gambling-Fueled Crime Spree</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On September 14, 2021, Marc Candelaria,... More...
$0 (07-18-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Castulo Amaya </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Immigrant Smuggling Scheme </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Secures 78-Month Sentence for Armed Felon in Immigrant Smuggling Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Tularosa man was sentenced to 78... More...
$0 (07-11-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Nathaniel Begay </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney Secures 87 Month Prison Sentence for Violent Attack on Family Home</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On April 28, 2022, Nathaniel Begay, 31, an enrolled member of the... More...
$0 (07-11-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Caleb Elledge </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Felon Who Shot New Mexico State Police Officer Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Los Lunas man ... More...
$0 (07-09-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Dawayne Yates </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearm Offenses </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Federal Firearm Offenses</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Albuquerque man sentenced to 66 months in prison after pleading guilty to... More...
$0 (06-10-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, Hujrah Wahhaj, Subhanah Wahhaj, and Lucas Morton
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, providing material support to terrorists and conspiracy to murder an officer or employee of the United States. <br> <br> In December 2017, Siraj Wahhaj unlawfully abducted his three-year-old son from his wife in Alabama. Leveille, and the defendants had ... More...
$0 (10-20-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Daniel Trujeque
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> On January 11, 2022, a Letter Carrier delivering mail and parcels to a Neighborhood Box Unit noticed a car drive by Daniel Trujeque before turning around and parking along the curb near the Neighborhood Box Unit. A Trujeque exited the back passenger side of the vehicle and watched the Letter... More...
$0 (08-08-2023 - NM)United States of America v. Derick Martin Garcia Pacheco
Albquerque, New Mexico criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged for assaulting a federal officer.<br> <br> On December 11, 2020, FBI Agents and task force officers arrived at Derick Martin Garcia Pacheco's residence in Albuquerque to perform a search pursuant to a federal warrant. Agents in tactical gear with clear law enforcement markings knocked at the door and announced themselves as f... More...
$0 (10-19-2022 - NM)United States of America v. Lante Porcha
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with Carjacking, bank robbery and firearms violations.<br> <br> On Feb. 3, 2019, in the parking lot of Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, Porcha approached a victim who was seated in his vehicle and asked the victim for a cigarette or a lighter. Porcha then pointed a handgun at the victim and threatened to shoot him if he did... More...
$0 (09-13-2022 - NM)United States of America v. Jacquan Abe
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with one count each of robbery, using, carrying and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and possession of a stolen firearm.<br> <br> On Aug. 6, 2019, Jacquan Abe, age 24, from Albuquerque, confronted an employee of an automobile repair shop on Eubank Boulevard, which is directly behind th... More...
$0 (07-08-2022 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Morgan Eugene Quarles
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> <br> {¶2} On February 3, 2016, Victim[1] was walking on Colombia Drive near the University of New Mexico (UNM) when someone pulled on his shoulder and robbed him at gunpoint. The robber took Victim's cell phone and blue Nike backpack. After robbing Victim, the robber got into the passenger ... More...
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