Albuquerque, New Mexico defendant was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

Smith met Cari Talton, age 26, and Leslie McDonnell, age 18, on August 8 at a party at Smith’s house.

On August 12, 1977, the bodies of Talton and McDonnell were found in a corral near Mountainair in Torrance County, New Mexico. Both women had been shot to death with a shotgun. Autopsies in... More...    $0 (03-05-1978 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false declarations in court (perjury).... More...    $0 (07-18-2023 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendants on a New Mexico Tort Claims Act theory.


This case arises out of the alleged rape, assault, battery, false imprisonment, and false arrest of A.L. by Defendant Leon Martin. Doc. 1, Ex. 2 (“Complaintâ€�). Defendant Martin was employed by the Isleta Pueblo Police and was a licensed peace officer co... More...    $0 (05-22-2023 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico defendant charged with child sex abuse.

On May 2, 2002, police were called to an apartment building in Albuquerque, New Mexico because the manager of the complex reported that one of her tenants claimed that her boyfriend, 40-year-old MacArthur Campbell, had sexually molested her five-year-old son, I.J.

The boy was taken to a hospital for an examination, w... More...    $0 (05-13-2002 - NM)

Denver, Colorado criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and subscribing to a false tax return.

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, and s... More...    $0 (11-08-2022 - NM)

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.

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)

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

Jeremiah Lopez charged with first degree murder, felony murder, false imprisonment and three counts of criminal sexual penetration.

A criminal complaint was filed on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 which stated that the defendant Jeremiah Lopez called the Albuquerque Police Depart... More...    $0 (06-15-2022 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico pro se Plaintiff, without a lawyer, sued Defendants on discrimination, wrongful termination and retaliation theories.


This case arises from the alleged discrimination, wrongful termination, and retaliation against Plaintiff Amanda Morales by her employer, Defendant Supreme Maintenance Inc. Plaintiff was employed as a janitorial worker by Supreme Maintenance fr... More...    $0 (06-24-2022 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud.

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)

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 lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and other financial crimes committed in connection with the operation of Ayudando Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation that previously provided guardianship, conservatorship and financial management to hundreds of people with special needs.

Susan Harris was se... More...    $0 (07-19-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, New Mexico kidnapping conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jose Torrez, 48, of Albuquerque, who was charged with conspiracy to kidnap.

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 where... More...    $0 (06-16-2021 - 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)

Albuquerque, NM - East Mountain Family Practice Doctor Pays $300,000 to Resolve Alleged False Claims to Federal Healthcare Programs for Services Rendered While Out of Country

Settlement also Resolves Alleged Violations of Controlled Substances Act Relating to Signed, but Otherwise Blank, Prescriptions Available for Use While Out of the Country

Orrin K. McLeod, D.O., a family prac... More...    $300000 (09-08-2018 - NM)

This is the second appeal in this litigation to come before this court. The first
appeal involved claims by the estate of Vera Cummings (the Estate) against Community
Health Systems, Inc. (CHSI) under state law, against the United States under the Federal
Tort Claims Act (FTCA), and against Mountain View Regional Medical Center
(Mountain View) under state law. We disposed of the ap... More...    $0 (01-30-2018 - NM)

Defendant Dennis Miera met Margarita Burciaga (Margarita) in 2000. The two
18 began dating, and eventually moved in together. When the relationship ended in the
19 spring of 2003, the couple split amicably, and Defendant continued to babysit
2
1 Margarita’s children. In the summer of 2006, Defendant had agreed to watch G.M.,
2 Margarita’s eight-year-old daughter. Before the vis... More...    $0 (11-29-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Paul Donisthorpe Pleads Guilty to Federal Wire Fraud and Money Laundering Charges Arising Out of Scheme to Embezzle $4.8 Million from Client Trust Accounts - Plea Agreement Recommends Eight-to-Twelve-Year Prison Sentence and Requires Restitution in Amount of $4,812,857

Paul Donisthorpe, 62, pleaded guilty on November 27, 2017 in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to wir... More...    $0 (11-29-2017 - NM)

{1} This case concerns the inventory search exception to the warrant requirement.
4 The Court of Appeals concluded that the inventory search that occurred in this case
5 was invalid because Defendant Wesley Davis did not possess the backpack searched
6 at the time of arrest as the backpack was not “on his person or in his physical
7 possession . . . .” State v. Davis, 2016-NMCA-073... More...    $0 (11-09-2017 - NM)

The facts are taken from the testimony at the suppression hearing held on June
18 11, 2015, unless otherwise noted. New Mexico State Police Sergeant James R.
19 Foreman responded to a call from dispatch on February 2, 2015 around 3:30 p.m.
2
1 concerning a man “slumped over the steering wheel” of his vehicle in the parking lot
2 of Dino’s Mini-Mart in Farmington, New Mexico. Th... More...    $0 (11-08-2017 - NM)

Las Cruces, NM - Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Identity Theft and Passport Fraud Charges -
Charges Arise Out of Defendant’s Use of a Stolen Identity for 30 Years

Juan Manuel Almanza-Martinez, 58, a Mexican national illegally residing in the United States, pled guilty yesterday in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to making false statements on a passport application and... More...    $0 (10-16-2017 - NM)

Las Cruces, NM - Oklahoma Man Sentenced for Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction in New Mexico

Jason Gene Lay, 35, of Park Hill, Okla., was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to 60 months in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Lay will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.

Lay was arrested on ... More...    $0 (09-30-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Prior Felon from Albuquerque Sentenced to Eight and a Half Years for Violating Federal Firearms Laws

Lucas James Maldonado, 35, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced August 2, 2017 in federal court to 102 months in prison for violating federal firearms laws. Maldonado will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.

Maldonado was... More...    $0 (08-03-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Two More Sentenced and Four More Plead Guilty to Charges Arising Out of ATF-Led Operation Targeting Drug Trafficking and Firearms Crime in Bernalillo County - Defendants Part of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative

In Aug. 2016, a multi-agency investigation led... More...    $0 (07-16-2017 - NM)

This dispute comes before the Court in relation to a malicious abuse of process
4 claim made by Taos school board member Arsenio Cordova (Cordova) against
5 eighteen members of an unincorporated citizens� association (collectively,
6 Petitioners) following their efforts to remove Cordova from office under the Local
7 School Board Member Recall Act (Recall Act), NMSA 1978, �� ... More...    $0 (05-26-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Two Albuquerque Men Plead Guilty and Two Others Sentenced for Violating Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Laws

Defendants Four of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative

Two Albuquerque men pled guilty and two others were sentenced today in federal co... More...    $0 (04-16-2017 - NM)

On January 9, 2014, R.S. disclosed to her school counselor that she had been
sexually assaulted by Daffin, at the end of the previous summer, while she was 12-13
years old. Later that day, at Emma’s House, a Children’s Advocacy Center in Hamilton,
R.S. participated in a forensic interview with Valerie Widmer (Widmer), a licensed
clinical social workerwith specialized training ... More...    $0 (04-05-2017 - NM)