New Mexico Child Sexual Abuse Law
<h2> <center> State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms, Inc. </h2> </center>
Santa Fe, New Mexico: The Officer of the Attorney General of New Mexico sued Meta Payment Platforms, Inc. for wrongfully pushing content to underage users on Instagram and Facebook in violation of New Mexico's Unfair Practices Act. “Meta built products it knew would fuel addiction, deepen a youth mental health crisis, and expose children to sexual exploitation, then lied to parents and policy... More...
$ (08-08-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> State of New Mexico v. Nicholas Schmidt, a/k/a Nicholas Andrew Schmidt </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse and failure to report1 child abuse or neglect. Defendant and his spouse were charged with child abuse and failure to report child abuse or neglect. The State filed a motion that sought a ruling from the district court about whether the spousal privilege would apply to the text messages or if t... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - NM)<h2> <center> State of New Mexico v. Meta Platforms, Inc. </h2> </center>
Santa Fe, New Mexico Attorney General's Office represented the States of New Mexico claiming that Meta failed to warn users about the dangers of its platform and protect children from sexual predators and willfully engaging in "unfair and deceptive" and "unconscionable" trade practices. New Mexico also claimed that Meta created a "breeding ground" for child predators on Facebook and Instagram. ... More...
$375000000 (03-25-2026 - NM)<H2> State of New Mexico v. Timothy Busfield
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a minor. Timothy Busfield, accused of abusing a 7 year old boy on the set of “The Cleaning Lady,” a TV series Busfield directed and acted in.... More...
$ (01-10-2026 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Christina Escobedo Arriaga
Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Two counts of Homicide by Vehicle (Driving While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Any Drug) One count of Great Bodily Harm by Vehicle (Driving While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor or Any Drug) Two counts of Intentional Abuse of a Child Resulting in Death One count ... More...
$ (12-31-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Crystal Hernandez
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse. Crystal Hernandez, age 39, is accused for letting her 4-year-old son access cocaine. When police entered Hernandez's child's teeth were rotten and his heartbeat was abnormal. Hernandez allegedly said that her child most likely tested positive for cocaine as a result go getting into her bo... More...
$ (12-27-2025 - NM)Samaritan Ministries International, et al. v. Alice T. Kane
Albuquerque, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs claiming religious discrimination.<br> <br> The Affordable Care Act ("ACAâ€) contains an insurance mandate that requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage. Samaritan Ministries International ("Samaritanâ€) is a nonprofit healthcare sharing ministry ("HCSMâ€) whose members are exempt f... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Deverne Torres, Jr. </h1></h1>
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sexual Abuse of a Minor.<br> <br> A Mescalero man is facing federal charges after allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a minor.<br> <br> According to court documents, following a report made to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in February 2021, an investigation was initiated into Devern... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Jessica Crespin
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse and neglect.<br> <br> 40-year-old Jessica Crespin was found at a bus stop on 12th St. and Candelaria Rd. with her two-year-old child. Crespin told police she did meth hours before saying she wanted to hurt her daughter.... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Caje </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mescalero Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> The Office of the United Sta... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Caje </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abusing a minor. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mescalero Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> <br> A Mescalero man was ... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Berg Companies, Inc. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Ac</font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Defense Contractor Berg Co. Agrees to Pay $3.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Bid Rigging on Defense Contracts</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </fon... More...
$0 (07-15-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Keith Joseph Medina
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Deendant charged with production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a), 2256(2)(A).<br> <br> The Defendant entered to a plea agreement with the Government.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-08-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Michael Rivera
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual-exploitation and child-pornography-production.<br> <br> On January 9, 2022, the Grant County Sheriff's Office (GCSO) received a report of a possible crime against a child involving Mr. Rivera and Jane Doe, a juvenile. The next day, GCSO Detective Jason Jordan interviewed Ms. Doe's mother, Valeri Arzaga. Ms... More...
$0 (06-16-2025 - NM)Jesus Fernandez v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., et al.
Albuquerque, New Mexico civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff claiming his rights were violated.<br> <br> Jesus Fernandez, a federal prisoner, alleged unconstitutional search and seizure on a Greyhound bus by DEA agents. ​<br> He claimed violations of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Federal Tort Claims Act, and state consumer protection laws. ​<br> The district court dismissed ... More...
$0 (06-02-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Lee Chaffins </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Assault of Minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mescalero Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Sexual Assault of Minor</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Mescalero man was sentenced to 48 months in prison ... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Darwin Yuvini Escobar-Lopez a.k.a Carlos Antonio Aguilar-Garcia </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a removed alien. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guatemalan National Sentenced to Eight Years for Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Guatemalan national with a history of serious crime... More...
$0 (04-10-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Ismael Vazquez-Garcia
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after removal.<br> <br> Mr. Vazquez-Garcia is a 42-year-old Mexican citizen. He was first removed from the United States on December 21, 2022, after being released from incarceration for a 2018 child-abuse offense. In November 2023, Border Patrol agents near Lordsburg, New Mexico located Mr. Vazq... More...
$0 (03-12-2025 - 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)United States of America v. Jesus Salas-Saucedo
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful re-entry.<br> <br> <br> In March 2024, U.S. Border Patrol agents found Mr. Salas-Saucedo hiding in<br> the desert near Santa Teresa, New Mexico. He admitted to being a Mexican citizen <br> and having no legal authorization to enter or remain in the United States. He had<br> been previously deported in 20... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jeremy Blueeyes </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully and knowingly engaged in and attempted to engage in sexual acts with a child who had not yet attained the age of 12 years. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney, FBI Announce Federal Charges Against Arizona Man fo... More...
$0 (01-02-2025 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Fernando Yatsatie, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney, FBI Announce Federal Charges Against Arizona Man for Sexual Abuse</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The indictment alleged that between August 1, 2021, an... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Vincente Villela
Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the conditions of supervised release.<br> <br> In 2023, Defendant-Appellant Vicente Villela was serving two concurrent<br> terms of supervised release. He violated his conditions of supervision on four<br> separate occasions. After the fourth violation, the district court revoked both of<br> Mr. Villela's su... More...
$0 (12-23-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Jordian Pacheco </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Announces Sentencing of Online Predator for Sexual Assault</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Santo Domingo man has been sentence... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Aris Francis Rios-Flores
<h2><br> Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a removed alien in in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326(a) and (b).<br> </h2><br> Defendant pled guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in prison, which was above the sentencing guidelines.<br> <br> The parties are familiar with the facts, and we need not restate all of them<br> here. Briefly, Mr. Rio... More...
$0 (12-12-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Aris Fransis Rios-Flores
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien.<br> </h2><br> <br> Aris Fransis Rios-Flores, was convicted of reentry of a<br> removed alien, 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) & (b), upon a guilty plea and was sentenced to 60<br> months' imprisonment. On appeal, Mr. Rios-Flores argues that the district court (1)<br> procedural... More...
$0 (12-10-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. James Aubuchont </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Manchester Man and Sex Offender Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison for the Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Ammunition</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Fabian Gonzalez a/k/a Favian Elias Gonzalez
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse.<br> <br> <br> Defendant Fabian Gonzales was convicted for reckless child abuse resulting in death of a child under age twelve, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-6-1(F) (2009); as well his multiple counts of tampering with evidence (Counts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 8), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-22-5 (... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - NM)Leticia Lopez v. Joshua Conze
Santa Fe, New Mexico family law lawyers represented parties in a divorce action.<br> <br> <br> This was a fifteen-year-old divorce and child custody proceeding. In April 2020, the district court entered an order pursuant to Rule 1-127 NMRA partially granting Petitioner's motion for attorney fees incurred from 2009 through 2017 (First Order) in the amount of $125,000 for attorney fees and $30,000 i... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Tommie Joe Valverde
Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex crimes.<br> <br> <br> Defendant Tommie Joe Valverde was convicted by a jury of committing the following sex crimes against his now ex-wife's granddaughter, I.A. (Victim): one count of criminal sexual penetration of a minor (CSPM), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-9-11(D)(1) (2009); and four counts of crimina... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Maury Montel Elliot a/k/a Maury Montel Elliott
Santa Fe, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wwith contributing to the delinquency of a minor.<br> <br> Defendant Maury Montel Elliott appeals his convictions for contributing to the delinquency of a minor (CDM), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-6-3 (1990); and criminal sexual penetration in the commission of a felony (CSP II-felony), contrary to NMSA 1978, Secti... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - NM)Richard Vanhorn, Sr. v. Carlsbad Municipal School District, et al.
<h2><br> Carlsbad, New Mexico personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Richard Vanhorn Sr., as next friend of his minor child Richard Jr., sued the Carlsbad Municipal School District and Carlsbad Municipal School Board falls under the waiver of immunity (the building waiver) found in the New Mexico Tort Claims Act (TCA), NMSA 1978, §§ 41-4-1 to -27 (1976, amended ... More...
$0 (01-22-2024 - NM)United States of America v. Donald Walter Flower
<h2><br> Las Cruces, New Mexico interstate threats charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2> <br> <br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 875 is a federal law that prohibits the transmission of interstate or foreign communications that contain threats:<br> <br> Threatening to kidnap or injure someone<br> Threatening to injure someone's property or reputation<br> Threatening ... More...
$0 (10-09-2024 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Omar Adan Baltazar
<h2><br> Las Cruces, New Mexico third degree criminal sexual penetration lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> <h2><br> <br> A jury convicted Defendant of eight counts of third degree criminal sexual penetration (CSP III), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-9-11(F) (2009); one count of first degree kidnapping, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-4-1 (2003); and one count of aggravated battery against... More...
$0 (09-12-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Eric Watson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentencing in Tohatchi Assault Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On the morning of December 9, 2022, Eric Watson, 23, an enrolled me... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Amadius Archuleta </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Albuquerque, New Mexicocriminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentence for Dulce Man Convicted of Sexual Abuse</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On July 2, 2022, Amadius Archuleta, then 21-years-... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - NM)Yvonne Gott v. Robert Edward Gott
<h2><br> Santa Fe, New Mexico divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution action involving child custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> {¶4} "Due process claims are not exempt from the fundamental requirement of preservation." Moody v. Stribling, 1999-NMCA-094, ¶ 45, 127 N.M. 630, 985 P.2d 1210. Mother acknowledges that she failed to preserve this issue in the district co... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - NM)Maile Soon v. Jeannine Kamman
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution action involving child custody.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> We are reminded yet again that the touchstone of a custody adjudication in New Mexico is not genetics, gender, or family composition, but the best interest of the child. This case requires us to determine whether a person's admission to not bein... More...
$0 (07-25-2024 - NM)United States of America, ex rel. and the Stae of New Mexico, et al. v. HCSC Insurance Services, et al.
<h2><br> Albuquerque, New Mexico False Claims Act qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiffs.<br> </h2><br> <br> Medicaid managed care is an "alternative to traditional fee-for-service arrangements and is believed to manage care costs, quality of care, and utilization more effectively.†Complaint ¶ 38, at 14. MCOs contract with State Medicaid organizations, which pay MCOs a monthly, flatra... More...
$0 (08-30-2024 - NM)<h1> United States of America v. Joel Ruiz </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> Child Predator </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Sentence for Convicted Child Predator </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> During the trial, Jane Doe 1 testified that Joel Rui... More...
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