New Mexico Forfeiture Law
<center><h1><center> United States of America v. John Lopez </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $24 Million Ponzi Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Arizona Man Sentenced to 30 Years Imprisonment for $24 Million Ponzi Scheme</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> An... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - NM)<h1><center> United States of America v. Chad Edward Keith </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing 11 Firearms as a Prohibited Person.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Chad Edward Keith, age 42, was sentenced to 27 months in... More...
$0 (02-07-2024 - 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. Pueblo of Santa Aana; Pueblo of Jemez; Pueblo of Zia, et al. </h2> </center>
Santa Fe, New Mexico Indian water law attorneys<br> <br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Santa_Fe_Fed.gif"><br> </center><br> <br> The Pueblos of Jemez, Santa Ana, and Zia have resided along the Jemez River<br> in northern New Mexico since time immemorial; they resided there as their lands<br> passed from Spanish sovereignty, to Mexican sovere... More...
$0 (09-30-2020 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Mark Hopkins </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque%20PVD.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Dr. Mark Hopkins filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his 2010<br> conviction and sentence for tax evasion. Before his trial, the district court ordered him to<br> make monthly payments into the court’s registry to ensure he was complying with federal<br> tax ... More...
$0 (04-08-2019 - NM)<center> <h2> Unites States of America v. Fabian LI. Sanchez
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque.gif"><br> </center><br> <br> Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Felon Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Possessing Firearm and Ammunition<br> <br> If Deemed an Armed Career Criminal, Defendant Faces Enhanced Sentence of Not Less Than 15 Years to Life Imprisonment<br> <br> Fabian I. Sanchez, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., pl... More...
$0 (09-27-2018 - NM)<Center><h2> STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. MATIAS LOZA </h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2018/08/23/PNM6/260f48e0-2c4d-4eb9-85dd-f1c9bbb64b96-20140130__ADN_L_MATIASLOZA_0131_p1.jpg?crop=519,292,x0,y187?width=1200"> <center </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
On November 1, 2011, officers discovered Defendant smelling strongly of<br> 4 gasoline and cowering under a fifth-wheel trailer. One hundred yards away, a Suzuki<br> 5 automobile containing the human remains of Richard Valdez was fully engulfed in<br> 6 flames. Shoe prints in the area were consistent with the shoes Defendant was wearing.<br> 7 After claiming that he had been brought to the area b... More...
$0 (08-20-2018 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Diego Armando Rivas-Aguilar <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque.gif"> <P> District of New Mexico Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, NM - 19th Member of Mexican Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking Charges, and Co-Defendant is Sentenced to Five Years in Prison<br> DTO Imported Large Quantities of Heroin, Methamphetamine and Cocaine from Mexico and Distributed the Drugs in New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky and Illinois<br> <br> ALBUQUERQUE – One of the 22 defendants charged with federa... More...
$0 (08-21-2018 - NM)<center><h2>STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. JOSHUA MAESTAS</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/5qZ2VJJ6p9ozrWtzvTvSwd5-OZOwMcDgsdIuRHzqMGiXtRCs6pOPOaMqQyw7cAI_2H_shu_hbBzbnjGtH6gNQxRb-O-YPgscCC1ooXyBPIJ9J3T_MqRnH2zWEfL8j0mQCkXXzezY7zdneFK3t56U4q8ZQ_o2wA=w415-h220-k-no"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black">New Mexico Supreme Court </FONT> </h2>
Following the altercation with Defendant, Barela received treatment for a<br> 10 concussion at Presbyterian Medical Center and her doctor reported a domestic<br> 11 incident to the police. While at the hospital, Deputy Metzgar of the Bernalillo County<br> 12 Sheriff’s Department recorded his interview with Barela, who alleged that on<br> 13 December 2, 2009, Defendant had physically abused her... More...
$0 (01-09-2018 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Paul Donisthorpe <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque.gif"> <P> District of New Mexico Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico </h2> </center>
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<br> <br> Paul Donisthorpe, 62, pleaded guilty on November 27, 2017 in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to wir... More...
$0 (11-29-2017 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Ray L. Smith <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque.gif"> <P> District of New Mexico Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, NM - Former Resident of Las Vegas, N.M., Pleads Guilty to Synthetic Cannabinoid Trafficking and Money Laundering Charges - Defendant Used Businesses in Las Vegas and Raton, N.M., and Kingman, Ariz., to Distribute Synthetic Cannabinoids and Launder Drug Proceeds<br> <br> Ray L. Smith, 51, a former resident of Las Vegas, N.M., who now resides in Kingman, Ariz., pled guilty on November 2... More...
$0 (11-07-2017 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jeremy L. Lara <P> <img width="200" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque.gif"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Conviction on Federal Fraud and Theft of Mail Charges<br> <br> Jeremy L. Lara, 37, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced this afternoon in federal court to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on federal fraud and theft or mail charges.<br> <br> Lara was arrested in May 2016, on a criminal compl... More...
$0 (07-13-2017 - NM)<center> <P> United States of America v. Rumaldo Olivas <P> <img width="400" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque.gif"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Seven Years for Federal Meth Trafficking Conviction<br> <br> Defendant One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as the Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative<br> <br> Rumaldo Olivas, 27, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced in federal court to an 84-month prison term followed by f... More...
$0 (04-20-2017 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Simon Shields, Adrian Hammond, Jovas Brown and Andrew Kyle <P> <img width="400" src="http://www.nmd.uscourts.gov/sites/nmd/files/Albuquerque.gif"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Albuquerque, New Mexico </h2> </center>
Albuquerque, NM - Two Albuquerque Men Plead Guilty and Two Others Sentenced for Violating Federal Firearms and Drug Trafficking Laws<br> <br> 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<br> <br> Two Albuquerque men pled guilty and two others were sentenced today in federa... More...
$0 (04-16-2017 - NM)United States of America v. David Krowner
Albuquerque, NM - Torrance County Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges Arising Out of Seizure of 45 Pounds of Methamphetamine<br> <br> Krowner Prosecuted Under Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative<br> <br> David Krowner, 42, of Estancia, N.M., pled guilty to federal methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges arising out of a seizure of 20.7 kilograms (45.54 pounds) of me... More...
$0 (03-16-2017 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jesse James Davis </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="https://www.unodc.org/images/frontpage/stories/2013/February/Indonesia-ATS-traffickingroutes.jpg"> </center>
Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge<br> <br> Plea Agreement Recommends Prison Sentence in the Range of 10 to 15 Years; Defendant is One of 104 Individuals Federally Charged as a Result of ATF-Led Investigation Pursued in Support of Federal “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative<br> <br> <br> Jesse James Davis, 40, of Albuquerque,... More...
$0 (02-17-2017 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Elena Carabajal and Wilma Romero </h2> <img width="400" src="http://www.artesianews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/4-10-HOPELogo.jpg"> </center>
Las Cruces, NM - Two Members of Taos County-Based Heroin Trafficking and Money Laundering Ring Enter Guilty Pleas - Defendants Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative Which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico<br> <br> Two more members of a Taos County-based heroin and money-laundering ring have entered guilty pleas in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M. Elena Carabajal, ... More...
$0 (01-06-2017 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Joel Ibarra </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="https://www.wklaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Federal-Crime-Drug-Trafficking1.jpg"> </center>
Las Cruces, NM - Sunland Park, N.M., Man Pleads Guilty to Participating in Doña Ana County Cocaine Trafficking Ring - DEA-Led OCDETF Operation Targeted Cocaine Trafficking in Southern New Mexico<br> <br> Joel Ibarra, Jr., 21, of Sunland Park, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to participating in a conspiracy to distribute cocaine in Doña Ana County, N.M. Under the te... More...
$0 (12-25-2016 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Carlos Tafoya, Jr. </h2> <P> <img width="400" src="https://lintvkrqe.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/carlos-tafoya-2-22-15.jpg?w=300&h=200"> </center>
Las Cruces, NM - Socorro Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Meth Trafficking Charges<br> <br> Defendant is One of 34 Individuals Charged as Part of Investigation into Methamphetamine Trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation<br> <br> Carlos Tafoya, Jr., 35, of Socorro, N.M., pled guilty in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agree... More...
$0 (11-17-2016 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Michael Gibson </2> <P> <img width="400" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/law-media/uploads/55/13032/large/drugtrafficking.jpg?1450331994"> </center>
Las Cruces, NM - Lovington Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Conviction<br> <br> Michael Gibson, 28, of Lovington, N.M., was sentenced to 90 months in prison for his conviction on a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Gibson will be on supervised release for four years after completing his prison sentence.<br> <br> Gibson was arrested on May 20, 2015, on a criminal c... More...
$0 (11-21-2016 - NM)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Reydecel Lopez-Ordonez </h2> <P> <img width="300" src="http://cdn-1.mugshot-media.com/Images/450c698807ec7bca18592d568398c1f011a894f4/medium.jpg"> </center>
Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Heroin Trafficking Charges<br> <br> Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico <br> <br> Reydecel Lopez-Ordonez, 23, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty in federal court to heroin trafficking charges.<br> <br> Lopez-Ordonez and his co-defendants Gonzalo Montenegro-Corone... More...
$0 (10-23-2016 - nm)United States of America v. Jeremy L. Lara
Albuquerque, NM - Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud and Theft Charges<br> <br> Jeremy L. Lara, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty to federal fraud and theft charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.<br> <br> Lara was arrested in May 2016, on a criminal complaint charging him with theft of mail on May 19, 2016, in Sandoval County, N.M., after law enforcement officers all... More...
$0 (10-15-2016 - NM)United States of America v. Benjamin David Romero
Albuquerque, NM - Las Cruces Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charges<br> <br> Benjamin David Romero, 38, of Las Cruces, N.M., pled guilty today in federal court to methamphetamine trafficking charges. <br> <br> Romero and co-defendant Roque Henry Atencio, 42, also of Las Cruces, were arrested on Feb. 6, 2016, on a criminal complaint charging them with methamphetamine traff... More...
$0 (09-03-2016 - NM)United States of America v. Sara Marie Martinez
Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Woman Pleads Guilty to Federal Drug Trafficking Charges <br> <br> Sara Marie Martinez, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty to an indictment charging her with heroin and methamphetamine trafficking offenses. Martinez entered the guilty plea without the benefit of a plea agreement. Co-defendant Ernest Cordova, 44, also of Albuquerque, previously pled guilty to th... More...
$0 (08-09-2016 - NM)United States of America v. Daniel Jiron
Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Narcotics Trafficking Charges<br> <br> Defendant Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico<br> <br> Daniel Jiron, 41, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty to heroin and methamphetamine trafficking charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Jiron will be sentenced withi... More...
$0 (07-15-2016 - NM)United States of America v. Allen Goossen
Albuquerque, NM - Farmington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Heroin Trafficking Charges - Case Prosecuted as Part of HOPE Initiative which Seeks to Reduce the Number of Opioid-Related Deaths in New Mexico <br> <br> Allen Goossen, 30, of Farmington, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to heroin trafficking charges. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agre... More...
$0 (04-20-2016 - NM)United States of America v. Kenneth Verzani
Albuquerque, NM - Farmington Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge<br> <br> Kenneth Verzani, 63, of Farmington, N.M., pleaded guilty to a methamphetamine trafficking charge under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. <br> <br> Verzani was arrested in Nov. 2015, on a five-count indictment charging him with methamphetamine trafficking offenses. According to ... More...
$0 (02-26-2016 - NM)United States of America v. Dexter Diaz
Albuquerque, NM - Gallup Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Methamphetamine Trafficking Charge<br> <br> Diaz Prosecuted as Part of “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative<br> <br> Dexter Diaz, 31, of Gallup, N.M., pleaded guilty to a methamphetamine trafficking charge. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Diaz will be sentenced within the range of 120 to 144 months in federal prison followe... More...
$0 (02-25-2016 - NM)STATE OF NEW MEXICO v. 8NORMAN BENALLY
In this case, we hold that when law enforcement officers seized, impounded,<br> 4 and sealed a vehicle, under NMSA 1978, Section 31-27-5(A) (2002, amended 2015),<br> 5 they “ma[de] a seizure” of the currency that the vehicle contained. On June 23, 2011,<br> 6 Gallup police officers seized a vehicle. On June 29, they executed a warrant to search<br> 7 the vehicle and discovered $1295 in curren... More...
$0 (02-26-2016 - NM)United States of America v. Floyd Albert Sherrell
Las Cruces, NM - Prior Felon from Artesia Pleads Guilty to Federal Narcotics Trafficking and Firearms Charges<br> <br> Floyd Albert Sherrell, 33, of Artesia, N.M., pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking and firearms charges under a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.<br> <br> Sherrell was arrested on Sept. 1, 2015, on an indictment chargin... More...
$0 (01-26-2016 - NM)United States of America v. Michael Glover
Albuquerque, NM - Prior Sex Offender from Ohio Pleads Guilty to Federal Child Pornography Charges in New Mexico<br> <br> Plea Agreement Requires Imposition of Ten to Fifteen Year Prison Sentence; Prosecution Brought Under Project Safe Childhood and “Worst of the Worst” Anti-Violence Initiative<br> <br> Michael Glover, 36, of Canton, Ohio, pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges in ... More...
$0 (11-30-2015 - NM)United States of America v. Mario Gomez
Albuquerque, NM - Former Albuquerque Resident Pleads Guilty to Federal Cocaine Trafficking Charges<br> <br> Mario Gomez, 29, a former resident of Albuquerque, N.M., who now resides in Denver, Colo., entered a guilty plea today in federal court to cocaine trafficking charges. The guilty plea was entered pursuant to a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.<br> <br> Gomez was arrested in ... More...
$0 (10-21-2015 - NM)United States of America v. Sabah Al-Washah
Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Man Sentenced to Prison for Federal Synthetic Drug Trafficking Conviction<br> <br> Sabah Al-Washah, 48, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced today in federal court to 60 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for his conviction on “spice” trafficking. Sabah Al-Washah is one of three men arrested in the District of New Mexico in May 2014, as... More...
$0 (10-02-2015 - NM)United States of America v. Carlos Jonathan Cruz
ALBUQUERQUE – The owner of a gun shop in Hobbs, N.M., was sentenced this morning in in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., twelve months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for violating the federal firearms laws, announced U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez and Special Agent in Charge Thomas G. Atteberry of the Phoenix Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fir... More...
$0 (02-04-2015 - NM)William B. Acheff v. United States of America
After a bench trial, the district court found that Mr. Jon Edelman owed the<br> federal government over $334.8 million for delinquent income tax obligations and<br> had funneled $1,601,000 from one trust (Delos Trust) to a second trust (Edelman<br> Trust). These findings led the court to grant the federal government a constructive<br> trust on the Edelman Trust’s current and future assets u... More...
$0 (12-01-2014 - NM)United States of America v. Hai Gan
Las Cruces, NM – Hai Gan, 57, a legal, permanent resident from China who resides in The Colony, Texas, was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces, NM, for his conviction on fraud, immigration and witness-tampering charges. The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Acting Special Agent in Charge Tom Hernandez of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in El Paso, Tex... More...
$0 (11-14-2014 - NM)United States of America v. Gerald Archuleta
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Gerald Archuleta, 43, of Ojo Caliente, N.M., pleaded guilty to conspiracy and mail fraud charges arising out of a scheme to defraud the federal and state unemployment insurance system. His co-defendant, Jasonn Gonzales, 41, an accountant from Velarde, N.M., previously entered a guilty plea to the same charges, as well as an identity theft charge, in Aug. 2014.<br> <br> Ar... More...
$0 (10-25-2014 - NM)Ron Peterson Firearms, LLC v. B. Todd Jones
In an effort to reduce illegal gun trafficking “along and across the Southwest<br> border†of the United States, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives<br> (“ATFâ€) issued a demand letter to certain federal firearms licensees (“FFLsâ€) in Arizona,<br> California, New Mexico, and Texas. The letter requires recipients to report to ATF sales<br> to t... More...
$0 (07-28-2014 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Martin Stumpf
The State of New Mexico charged Martin Stumpf with:<br> <br> D 1 1 7 30-16-10(A)(2) Forgery - Issue or Transfer ($2,500 or Less) F4 05/26/2011 No Contest Guilty, No Contest Plea 10/25/2013 <br> <br> D 1 2 7 30-16-10(A)(2) Conspiracy to Commit Forgery - Issue or Transfer ($2,500 or Less) F4 05/26/2011 No Contest Guilty, No Contest Plea 10/25/2013 <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-25-2013 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Rachel Sanchez
The State of New Mexico charged Rachel Sanchez with:<br> <br> D 1 1 6 30-16-26 Theft of a Credit Card F4 04/15/2011 Dismissed by Prosecutor / Nolle Prosequi 12/02/2013 <br> <br> D 1 2 7 30-16-24.1 Theft of Identity F4 04/15/2011 Guilty Guilty, No Contest Plea 12/02/2013 <br> <br> D 1 3 6 30-16-33(A)(4) Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card Without Conse... More...
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