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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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)

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)

Albuquerque, New Mexico assault and battery charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kevin Ernest Lewis, 32, from Crownpoint, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was charged for assault of a minor resulting in substantial bodily injury in Indian Country.

Lewis pleaded guilty on Feb. 5, 2020. In his plea, Lewis admitted to hitting his then-gir... More...    $0 (04-13-2021 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Navajo Woman from Navajo, N.M., Sentenced to Ten Years for Federal Assault and Child Abuse Conviction

Elmira Curley, 22, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Navajo, N.M., was sentenced on May 29, 2018 in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 120 months in prison for her conviction on assault and child abuse charges. Curley will be on supervised relea... More...    $0 (05-29-2018 - NM)

Deputies from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department were dispatched to
16 Defendant’s home at approximately 3:50 a.m. in response to a call for assistance
17 about an infant who was “choking on milk.” When the deputies arrived, they were
18 directed to Defendant’s bedroom, where they found Baby wrapped tightly in a blanket
19 that was saturated with blood near her pelvic area.... More...    $0 (03-17-2018 - NM)

Child was born in March 2015. The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families
13 Department (CYFD) took Child into custody on April 11, 2016. CYFD then filed an
14 abuse/neglect petition on April 13, 2016 naming Mother and Father as respondents,
15 and Carlos G. (Husband) as an interested party. Based on information provided by
16 Mother, CYFD alleged that Father is the biological fat... More...    $0 (11-08-2017 - NM)

Albuquerque, NM - Navajo Man Sentenced for Federal Child Abuse Conviction

Julian King, 31, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Vanderwagon, N.M., was sentenced in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to 24 months in prison for his conviction on a federal child abuse charge. King will be on supervised release for a year after completing his prison sentence.

King... More...    $0 (05-24-2017 - NM)

A few days after giving birth to Baby, Mother, who was fifteen years old at the
8 time, took the newborn home from the hospital to live with Baby’s Grandmother.
9 Defendant also moved into Grandmother’s house to help Mother. In the weeks that
10 followed, the young parents lived together and shared the responsibility of caring for
11 Baby. Defendant would help feed and bathe Baby,... More...    $0 (12-27-2016 - NM)

Santa Fe, NM - Federal Jury Finds Pojoaque Pueblo Man Guilty on Assault and Firearms Charges

Defendant Prosecuted as Part of Federal Initiative to Address the Epidemic Incidence of Violence Against Native Women

A federal jury sitting in Santa Fe, N.M., returned a verdict finding Gerald James Viarrial guilty on assault and firearms charges after a three-day trial.

Viarr... More...    $0 (12-17-2015 - NM)

Alycia Nichols, Jeremy Nichols’ wife, gave birth to Kaden and his twin 1
10 brother Bryce in September 2005. The twins were delivered by Caesarean section
11 after the doctor made several unsuccessful attempts to get Kaden into a position
12 where he could be delivered naturally. Kaden was stuck in the birth canal for a period
13 of time, resulting in bruising over the majority of ... More...    $0 (11-23-2015 - NM)

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Loreena Ann Yazzie, 27, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Durango, Colo., pled guilty in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a child abuse charge.

Yazzie was arrested on April 7, 2014, on a criminal complaint alleging an assault charge. According to the criminal complaint, Yazzie injured an infant who was a passenger in a vehicle she was drivi... More...    $0 (11-07-2014 - NM)

ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Angela Sloan, 30, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty today to an indictment charging her with child abuse.

Sloan was arrested in May 2014, on a criminal complaint alleging that on May 9, 2014, she endangered the lives and safety of two children, a nine-month-old infant and a nine-year-old child, by driving under the in... More...    $0 (07-23-2014 - NM)

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Paul Barber and his law firm, Barber & Borg, L.L.C. (Barber), were the attorneys for Ellen Sam. Barber filed a lawsuit against numerous defendants for injuries Sam sustained when her car was struck from behind on Interstate 40 (I-40). Barber also represented Sam in her capacity as the personal representative of the estates of her daughter and granddaughter, both of whom died from inju... More...    $0 (03-11-2013 - NM)

{1} Cleo Juan (Defendant) directly appeals her conviction for child abuse resulting in the death of a child under twelve years of age contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 30-6-1(D) (1973, prior to 2009 amendment), alleging that the trial court erred by (1) failing to provide an answer to the jury’s question regarding the option of “hanging,â€� (2) denying Defendant’s request for a lesser included ... More...    $0 (08-09-2010 - NM)

This case arises from a confrontation at Joseph Lundstrom’s home during a child welfare check by Albuquerque Police Department officers. The encounter resulted in the officers pulling weapons on Lundstrom and his girlfriend, Jane Hibner, ordering him from the home, and then leaving them handcuffed on the front sidewalk while officers searched the home. No child was found in the home.

Lu... More...    $0 (08-17-2010 - NM)

{1}Petitioners Evilia Madrid and Cinesio Sanchez appeal from a memorandum opinion of the Court of Appeals affirming an adverse decision and order of the district court. See Madrid v. Rodriguez (In re Estate of Duran), No. 21,384 (N.M. Ct. App. Feb. 13, 2002). The district court ruled that Petitioners have no interest in a tract of real property claimed by the estate of their deceased brother Sa... More...    $0 (03-07-2003 - NM)

In June of 2002, a border patrol agent apprehended Mr. Trinidad Lucio-Lucio for violating the immigration laws. Mr. Lucio-Lucio had been deported twice previously, most recently on May 10, 2002. He subsequently pled guilty to one count of illegally reentering the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326. Because he had a prior conviction in Texas for driving while intoxicated, which had b... More...    $0 (10-29-2003 - NM)