Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with intentional abuse of a child resulting in death.

Lalo Anthony Castrillo was charged for causing the death of Faviola Rodriguez, 2, in September 2018.

Castrillo was babysitting his girlfriends child at the time she allegedly suffered a brain injury as a result of blunt force trauma to her head.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with coercion and enticement in a minor.

A federal grand jury indicted Rico on May 12, 2021. According to court documents, beginning as early as January 2018, Rico used multiple profiles on the social media platform Snapchat to coerce female high school students, some of which he was familiar with from his job... More...    $0 (07-28-2023 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and one count of attempt to manufacture methamphetamine.

On May 22, 2021, following an argument, Russell Wheeler, age 51, from Lunas, New Mexcio, shot a man in the head, at close range, with a revolver before fleeing the scene on foot. T... More...    $0 (07-10-2023 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and failure to update his sex offender registration.

According to the plea agreement and other court records, Lionel Vallo, age 39, who previously was convicted of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country in 2003, failed to update his sex offender re... More...    $0 (05-26-2023 - NM)

Albquerque, New Mexico criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged for assaulting a federal officer.

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... More...    $0 (10-19-2022 - NM)

On April 4, task force officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Albuquerque District Office and the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) executed a search warrant on Godoy’s apartment on Pennsylvania Street in Albuquerque. During the search, investigator... More...    $0 (09-08-2022 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Boutte will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing.

Milton Boutte, age 77, of Mariarty, New Mexico, and three other men were charged by indictment with exploiting the now defunct Big Crow Program Office at Kirtland Air ... More...    $0 (06-29-2022 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country. Gomez pleaded guilty on Feb. 28, 2022.

Between May 28, 20212, and May 27, 2014, Eddie Gomez, age 30, of Albuquerque, sexually abused Jane Doe 1 in her home on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. Gomez also admitted to sexually abusing Jane Doe 2 on Nov.... More...    $0 (06-10-2022 - NM)

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with child abuse resulting in death.

Sophia Zayas, 40, was accused of the 2007 death of her infant daughter.

On Feb. 19, 2014, her husband, Peter Zayas, 37, pleaded guilty to negligent child abuse resulting in great bodily harm. In his plea agreement, Peter Zayas admitted that between August 16, 2007, ... More...    $0 (04-21-2022 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy, fraud and making false statements.

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)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Brian Tony, 50, of Gallup, New Mexico an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was arrested on June 3, 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with killing a man by stabbing him in the head and neck and hitting him with a hammer. Tony killed the victim on the Navajo Nation in McKinl... More...    $0 (03-15-2022 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Roy Thundercloud, 40, of Albuquerque, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.

On May 31, 2020, Thundercloud fired a rifle several times from a window of his apartment near Albuquerque High School. Thundercloud also tried... More...    $0 (10-19-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute five grams and more of methamphetamine, and using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.

Joe Maldonado, 43, of Albuquerque, was charged for possession with intent to distribute five grams and more of methamphetamine, and using and ca... More...    $0 (08-18-2021 - NM)

Las Curces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder, intentional child abuse resulting in death, intentional child abuse resulting in great bodily harm, intentional child abuse not resulting in great bodily harm, and aiding and abetting.

Peter Zayas, pleaded guilty to negligent child abuse resulting in great bodily harm. In his plea agr... More...    $0 (08-11-2021 - NM)

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.

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.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico environmental law lawyer represented Defendant, Southwest Organizing Project, New Mexico Voices for Children, Mimi Stewart, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Andres Romero, Lucille Cordova, Reynaluz Juarez, and Dante Smith, who sued the United States Department of the Air Force under the Resource & Recovery Act.

42 U.S.C. 6901 provides:

(a) Solid wasteThe Congress... More...    $0 (03-15-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Roy Thunbercloud, age 38, of Albuquerque fired several shots from a rifle out of his apartment window near Albuquerque High School on May 31, 2020. Thundercloud also tried to dispose of the rifle shell casings by throwing them in the apartment complex’s dumpster. Thu... More...    $0 (04-02-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - The United States of America charged Gregory Burris with making false statements.

A former civilian employee of the United States Air Force (USAF) pleaded guilty for making false statements in connection with a federal investigation into the employee’s theft of government funds.

Gregory Burris, 48, of Miesau, Germany, pleaded guilty to one count of making false ... More...    $0 (12-11-2019 - NM)

The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable seizures by law
enforcement. If an inquisitive agent approaches someone who does not want to
respond, all the person must do is say so. But if one voluntarily answers an agent’s
non-coercive questions, the conversation falls outside the scope of the Fourth
Amendment even if, as is the case here, it reveals a crime. Defendant ... More...    $0 (11-20-2019 - NM)