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It's been nearly five years since Damian Herrera of Ojo Caliente was charged with killing three of his family members and two strangers in a 2017 killing spree that shocked Northern New Mexico. …
After an emotionally charged two-hour debate Tuesday, the state Senate passed a bill that bans life without the possibility of parole as a sentencing option for juveniles convicted of first-degree …
Two of Herrera’s siblings spoke for the state at his hearing, joining prosecutors in asking a judge to give him the maximum sentence.
Two brothers caught on video fatally shooting three people in a drug-motivated robbery in 2018 at a home near Dixon will spend the rest of the…
When he was 12 years old, John Gamble's face peered out from behind a football helmet on the front page of the Carlsbad Current-Argus -- he was the quarterback for the Spartans, a local youth team. A few years later, Gamble was on the front page for a different reason -- at 16, he had killed a friend. A jury found him guilty of first-degree murder, and a judge sent him to prison for 60 years.
Taos District Court Judge Emilio Chavez sentenced Brandon Lopez to life in prison plus eight years for the killing of Destiny Valdez in 2017 a…
A Taos District Court judge on Tuesday (May 21) sentenced Brandon Lopez to life in prison for the murder of 23-year-old Destiny Valdez, a Ranchos de Taos woman who Lopez fatally shot at the Shell gas …
Background checks for gun sales: Led by bill sponsors Sen. Richard C. Martinez, D-Española and Rep. Peter Wirth, D-Santa Fe, House Bill 8 would make conducting a federal background check when …
As budget talks dragged on, the New Mexico House of Representatives pushed ahead Sunday with a tough-on-crime agenda, voting to expand the state’s “three strikes” law to send more violent repeat criminals to prison for life terms. The …
The man found guilty of murdering Roxanne Houston, who was found dead on Christmas Day 2014, was sentenced to life in prison May 12. Ivan Dennings Cales, the drifter also dubbed the “witch hunter” was given a three-year sentence attached to …
