Legal News for Albuquerque, New Mexico
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State of New Mexico v. Jameei Waheed
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant accused for a shooting at the All Eyes On Me Barber Shop, near Central Avenue and Fifth Street, that left one person wounded.... More...
(11-30-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Darrell McGrew
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple crimes. He sped in and out of traffic in a stolen vehicle on Interstate 40 and I-25, before BCSO deputies brought the pursuit to an end with a PIT maneuver in Bosque Farms.... More...
(11-28-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Dominic Speer
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with aggravated fleeing, resisting arrest, and murder. Dominic Speer, age 18, is accused of a shocking and grizzly crime. The body of the victim was found in the trunk of Speer's car.... More...
(11-19-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Jason Pete Roper
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. 1951. On August 14, August 15, and September 8, 2022—while he was completing a term of supervised release imposed for a previous federal conviction—Roper robbed three Ross Dress For Less stores, stealing a total of approximately $1,800... More...
(11-19-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Alexis Najera Hernandez
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Alexis Najera Hernandez, age 25, is accused of killing two men who he claimed were stalking him. ... More...
(11-10-2025 - NM)Charles Farden v. United States of America
Albuquerque, New Mexico personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act claim. At issue in this suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act is whether the United States can be held liable for false imprisonment or false arrest when a federal law enforcement officer restrains or arrests a person whom he has probable cause to believe is committing the federal crime ... More...
(11-03-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Martin Aispuro-Lopez, Victor Manuel Felix-Ramirez
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses. Two Mexican nationals illegally present in the United States were sentenced to 17 and 22 years in federal prison following a multi-agency drug investigation that uncovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and multiple loaded firearms at an Albuquerque residence... More...
(10-24-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Keaton Overton Gunnels
Albuquerque, New Mexico, pro se defendant charged with two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application. Mr. Gunnels was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 27, 2019, for two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application. Doc. 2. He pled guilty to Count 2 of the Indictment on May 25, 2021. Doc. 51, 53. He admitted that he had committed t... More...
(10-10-2025 - NM)Samaritan Ministries International, et al. v. Alice T. Kane
Albuquerque, New Mexico, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs claiming religious discrimination. 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 me... More...
(10-09-2025 - NM)Craig Hanson v. American Economy Insurance Company
Albuquerque, New Mexico, insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.... More...
$1 (10-03-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Ruben Gonzales and Uriah "Goofy" McAfee
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms. Ruben Gonzales and Uriah "Goofy" McAfee were accused of being heavily armed fugitives hiding inside a house in Albuquerque.... More...
(10-03-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v.Efrain Thomas Aldana
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving while under the influence, first offense, contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 668-102 (2016). ... More...
(10-02-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Nicholas Lucio and Matthew Mitchem
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Nicholas Lucio, age 43, and Matthew Mitchem, age 29, are accused for killing Ann Marie Chalires in July. ... More...
(09-19-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Jose Magana Garcia
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Charges Filed Against Albuquerque Supplier in Major Drug Trafficking Investigation ... More...
(09-11-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Ramon Segura
Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first offense aggravated driving while under the influence of alcohol (aggravated DWI), contrary to NMSA 1978, Section 66-8-102(D)(3) (2016).... More...
(09-05-2025 - NM)State of New Mexico v. Jessica Crespin
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse and neglect. 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...
(08-29-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Marc Candelaria
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and bank robbery. In searching the car, a law-enforcement officers found a handwritten note that resembled the content of a piece of paper used in a recent bank robbery. The government used the handwritten note to prosecute the defendant for bank robbery. The car search was based ... More...
(08-28-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Manuel Jonathan Ulibarri
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl L(N-phenyl-N-[1-(2phenylethyl)-4-piperidinyl]propanamide). Two Albuquerque police officers pulled over Manuel Ulibarri after hearing excessive noise coming from his car. When they ran Ulibarri’s information, they found two outstanding bench warrants ... More...
(08-18-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Demetrius Antonnie Bailey
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbery Albuquerque Man Sentenced for Violent Retail Robbery Spree An Albuquerque man was sentenced to... More...
(08-15-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Solomon Peña
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with conspiracy, interference with federallly protect activities, and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.... More...
(08-13-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Jerome Weaver
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violent assault that injured two people Shiprock Man Sentenced for Armed Assault A Shiprock man wa... More...
(08-11-2025 - NM)United States of America v. John Lopez
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $24 Million Ponzi Scheme Arizona Man Sentenced to 30 Years Imprisonment for $24 Million Ponzi Scheme An... More...
(08-11-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Rumaldo Peshlakai
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—the federal felon-in-possession statute. On September 23, 2021, C.P. called dispatch for the Navajo Police Department (NPD). She reported Mr. Peshlakai assaulted her, took their four children, and fled in a truck with a firearm. The NPD contacted the FBI to assi... More...
(08-08-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Raul Guzman
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. In September 2022, Albuquerque Police Officers Walker Marion and Alex Castellano accompanied Christopher Armenta, a city code enforcement supervisor, to inspect Mr. Cannon’s property for compliance with Albuquerque’s housing code. Upon entering ... More...
(08-08-2025 - NM)United States of America v. Nora Abeita
Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter Thoreau Woman Sentenced to 24 Months for Fatal DUI A Thoreau woman has been s... More...
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