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Las Cruces prescription drug ring
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Low turnout for NM Bowl
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NM jail methadone treatment in effect until February
At least until February,
methadone-dependent inmates will still get their dosages at the county jail.
The
extension of the program came after the Bernalillo County Commission decided
Tuesday to take the issue up at its January meeting. Jail staff announced in
late November it would end the methadone program.
Commission Chair Art De La
Cruz says the program should be a matter of county policy rather than subject
to staff decisions. The commission will meet a few weeks after the Bernalillo County Metropolitan
Detention Center
The extension also comes in the middle of
a weekslong audit at MDC aimed at gathering information about the methadone
program’s efficacy in reducing addiction, recidivism and crime.
Woman sentenced to 10 years for license fraud
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| Ana Hernandez |
A woman who claims to be a political
pawn in the immigration debate has been sentenced to 10 years for forging
affidavits that authorities say allowed 44 undocumented immigrants to get New Mexico
Ana Hernandez was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to 10 of
324 charges in an indictment that named her and 42 others last year. The
46-year-old is accused of signing affidavits that falsely said the applicants
lived at her business address.
Hernandez's attorney, Scott Mullins, says his client
was singled out for overzealous prosecution "and the dangerous inference
of immigration politics in the administration of justice."
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Reese family gun trial
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Reese family trial continues
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| Rick Reese |
The
Albuquerque Journal reports that defense motions filed in the case of Rick and
Terri Reese and their son Ryin allege that prosecutors failed to release
documents during their trial.
A
spokesman for U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales would not comment, explaining that
most of the documents related to the case are sealed.
While the Reese family
was acquitted in August of the most serious charges, Rick, Terri and Ryin were
found guilty of lesser charges of making false statements on federal firearms
sales forms.
Review shows no embezzlement at the NMFA
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State Auditor Hector Balderas says
his review of the New Mexico Finance Authority found no evidence of
embezzlement by the former controller accused of faking an audit.
But he says
the deception was able to occur because the NMFA board and executive management
"were asleep at the wheel." The findings echo those earlier this
month from the state Securities Division, which blamed management and oversight
failures as well as a "culture of complacency" at the agency.
Balderas's
report is the first to say definitely that no money is missing. The report also
makes a number of recommendations for improving controls at the authority.
House democrats choose leaders
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| W. Ken Martinez |
Democrats also picked Rep. Rick Miera of Albuquerque
to succeed Martinez
The speaker nomination can't be finalized until the Legislature
convenes in January.
Lujan announced he was retiring earlier this year after he
was diagnosed with advanced stage lung cancer. Martinez
Sandy Hook shooting victim former RIo Rancho student
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| Emilie Parker |
Emilie Parker, 6, was a kindergartner at Maggie Cordova
Elementary School Presbyterian
Hospital
A spokesperson
for Rio Rancho Schools expressed their condolences, saying, "It is a very
sad day for all of us. This is a terrible situation. Our hearts go out to
Emilie's family and all the families involved."
Emilie leaves behind her
parents and her two siblings, ages 3 and 2. Parker said he plans to bury his
daughter in their home state of Utah
The Emilie Parker Fund has been set up on Facebook in Emilie's honor to help
pay for funeral services.
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Santa Fe Raptor Center faces funding crisis
Inside the enclosure, about 20 feet up, two golden eagles perched on opposite ends of the room. Two turkey vultures scuttled around on the ground. A goat leg lay in the middle of the floor, a bit picked apart, and falling snow came through the building’s slatted walls in gusts. The birds, majestic and dark brown against the snow, cast their watchful gaze toward the visitors.
Just past Eldorado in the Los Caballos subdivision off U.S. 285, Paras lives and works at the Santa Fe Raptor Center with her dog, Toad. The center is a nonprofit organization that she co-founded eight years ago with the help of other volunteers. It exists to rehabilitate wild birds of prey that have been injured by flying into a barbed wire fence, being shot, or hit by a car, among other causes.
Paras says that every bird she has was hurt though human-related activities. A trained veterinary technician, she hails from Prescott, Ariz., and worked at the Wildlife Center in Española for five years before co-founding the Santa Fe Raptor Center. Currently, the Raptor Center has about 21 birds, more than double its usual capacity. In addition to the golden eagles and turkey vultures, screech owls, great horned owls, Mississippi kites, a red-tailed hawk and a peregrine falcon are being rehabilitated. Some birds stay for as little as two weeks, while others are in residence for more than a year.
“We’re running out of funds,” Paras explained. “We’ll be out of money by the end of January.” Though the center has a volunteer who focuses solely on grant writing, “We just can’t catch up fast enough.”
It’s expensive to feed the birds. Paras lucked out with the goat (which was donated by someone in Española, after it had been killed by dogs), but generally, the birds eat frozen rats, quail and mice. A large rat costs $4, while a quail costs $3, and because the Raptor Center has more birds than usual this year, it’s been difficult to keep up. Paras said that breeding mice or rats at the Raptor Center is unrealistic because they don’t have the proper facilities and the neighborhood wouldn’t allow it. Read more
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