New Mexico Bank Robbery Law
<H2> <center> United States of America v. Jason Pete Roper </h2> </center>
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> <center> United States of America v. Jason Pete Roper </h2> </center>
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)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. James Kenney, Kevin Leacy </h1></center></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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h2> </center>
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)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Demetrius Antonnie Bailey </h1></center></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)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Demetrius Antonnie Bailey </h1></center></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)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Demetrius Antonnie Bailey </h1></center></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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Cobb </h2> </center>
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><center> United States of America v. Stacy Underwood, David Wellington, Jerry Shrock </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Multi-Million Dollar Tax Evasion Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Final Sentencing of Trio Which Orchestrated a Multi-Million Dollar Tax Evasion Scheme</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - NM)<h1><center> United States of America v. Xavior Akina </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Xavior Akina </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Amber Yazzie; Gregory Yazzie </h1></center>
<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)<h1><center> United States of America v. Stephanie Pratt </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Almost $500,000 from her Employer </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Keene Woman Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Almost $500,000 from her Employer</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A former Keene woma... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - NM)<h1><center> United States of America v. Procopio Montoya Atkinson </h1></center>
<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)<h2> <center> Autovest, L.L.C. v. Debra M. Agosto and Debbie M. Agosto </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Las Cruces, New Mexico consumer credit lawyer represented the Defendants sued for breach of contract on an auto purchase agreement.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> {¶2} The financial journeys of Debra and Debbie Agosto, and Maria Estrada (collectively, Respondents) share a beginning familiar to many New Mexicans, the purchase of a car.[1] A buyer trades in their old car and signs a six-year fi... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - NM)<h1><center> United States of America v. Mathis Laau </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Marc Candelaria </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Dawayne Yates </h1></center>
<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)<h1><center> United States of America v. Arturo Archuleta </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Archuleta was also ordered to pay approximately $90,000 in restitution </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Arturo Archuleta, 50, of Albuquerque, paid approximately $140,000 in ... More...
$0 (03-25-2024 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Daniel Trujeque </h2></center>
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)<h2><center> United States of America v. Marylynn Harry </h2></center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Social Security Fraud.<br> <br> Marylynn Harry’s father, Alfred Becenti, passed away in October of 1996. At the time of his death, Becenti was receiving Retirement Insurance Benefits payments from SSA. Following her father’s death, Harry made herself the co-owner of the bank account the payments were ... More...
$0 (06-09-2023 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Arturo Archuleta </h2></center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion.<br> <br> From 2014 to 2018, Arturo Archuleta worked as an office manager at ABQ Injury Clinic, a chiropractic medicine practice in Albuquerque. During that time, Archuleta derived approximately $200,000 from his role at ABQ Injury Clinic. In the same period, Archuleta also took checks made out to ABQ In... More...
$0 (05-16-2023 - NM)<h2> <center> Stephanie Epstein v. BOKF, N.A. </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of fiduciary duty theory claiming more than $75,000 as a direct result of Defendant's wrongful banking practices.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AlbuquerqueFed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New M... More...
$1 (02-10-2023 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Debra Campbell </h2> </center>
Denver, Colorado criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and subscribing to a false tax return.<br> <br> From 2009 through April 2018, Debra Campbell, age 66, from Grand Junction, Colorado, owned and operated a company called A Better Alternative Management (ABAM), which was hired by homeowners’ associations (HOAs) to manage their finances. Campbell had access to, ... More...
$0 (11-08-2022 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Lante Porcha </h2> </center>
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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Patrick Tafoya </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault with intent to commit murder.<br> <br> On Sept. 8, 2020, Tafoya drove the victim, identified in court records as Jane Doe, to a bank where he withdrew funds from an ATM to repay money he owed her. Tafoya and Jane Doe began to argue, and he told her to get out of his truck. Tafoya then struck the victim with his truc... More...
$0 (09-14-2022 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rick Benavidez </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with leading and organizing two auto loan fraud schemes involving a total intended loss of more than $1.5 million. <br> <br> Rick Benavidez, age 47, from Albuquerque, New Mexico pleaded guilty on April 29 to two counts of bank fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of making fraudulent returns, state... More...
$0 (08-24-2022 - NM)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jacquan Abe </h2> </center>
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)<h2><center> State of New Mexico v. Morgan Eugene Quarles </h2></center>
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 passenge... More...
$0 (06-30-2022 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Bruce Beckner </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud.<br> <br> Bruce Beckner, atge 59, was indicted on June 24, 2015, along with co-defendant Arthur Herlihy, 73, of Santa Fe, New Mexico. In 2007, Beckner recruited Herlihy to join him in developing a business plan and securing financing to renovate a truck stop in Deming, ... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Nick L. Medeiros and Bobby D. Greaves </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy, fraud and making false statements.<br> <br> A federal grand jury indicted Nick L. Medeiros, age 49, and Bobby D. Greaves, age 62, Greaves on June 13, 2018, charging the two men with conspiracy, major fraud against the United States, and two counts of false statements. The indictment also included forfe... More...
$0 (03-29-2022 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Jacquan Abe </h2></center>
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> <br> The evidence at trial showed Jacquan Abe, age 24, from Albuquerque, lived in a house directly behind an automobile repair shop on Eubank Boulevard. On ... More...
$0 (02-26-2022 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Julian Silversmith and Aurelius Eddie </h2></center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Julian Silversmith, 44, of Jones Ranch, New Mexico, was indicted on one count of interference with interstate commerce by robbery and violence and one count of using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in Indian Country. Co-defendant Aurelius E... More...
$0 (01-31-2022 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Joseph A. Matney </h2></center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with armed robbery of a pharmacy and theft of medical products and possession with intent to distribute Oxycodone and Alprazolam.<br> <br> Joseph Matney, age 41 entered and robbed an Albuquerque pharmacy on Jan. 31, 2018. Matney and a juvenile accomplice held the employees at gunpoint and demanded opioid painkillers, ... More...
$0 (11-18-2021 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Zayra Olivia Alvarado </h2></center>
Albuquerque, NM: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with five counts of theft of public money.<br> <br> Zayra Olivia Alvarado, 38, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, was indicted on five counts of theft of public money from the United States and one count of aiding and abetting the theft of public money from the United States. <br> <br> In 2014 and 2015, Alvarado obtained U.S. Treasury ta... More...
$0 (09-19-2021 - nm)<h2> <center> United States of America v. William Monte Hosetosavit </h2> </center>
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.<br> <br> William Monte Hosetosavit, age 27, assaulted Jane Doe in Otero County, New Mexico, on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Hosetosavit hit the victim in the face with his elbow causing prolonged disfigurement to her eye socket.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-30-2021 - NM)<h2><center> United States of America v. Jose Torrez </h2></center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico kidnapping conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jose Torrez, 48, of Albuquerque, who was charged with conspiracy to kidnap. <br> <br> Torrez, Chase Smothermon, 32, and Mariah Ferry, 22, along with other co-conspirators took part in a scheme to retaliate against two victims who they believed stole marijuana and money from Smothermon’s home ... More...
$0 (06-16-2021 - NM)<center> <h2> State of New Mexico v. Johnathan Lujan-Sierra </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Albuquerque, NM - Criminal defense attorney represented Johnathon Lujan-Sierra with a child solicitation by electronic communication device (child solicitation), and appearing for a meeting with a child under thirteen years of age charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> 13 {2} Given that the parties are familiar with the facts and details of this case, this <... More...
$0 (05-23-2021 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Joe Pacheco-Romero </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, NM - armed robbery criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Joe Pacheco-Romero, 33, of Albuquerque who was with attempted carjacking, interference with commerce by threats or violence, and using a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.<br> <br> According to his plea agreement, Romero admitted to robbing an Albuquerque business on Oct. 17, 2018. Soo... More...
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