Padilla Accused in Jail Assault Amid Sentencing Hearing
Convicted killer Richard Padilla, 17, faces new charges after allegedly smashing a chair over a fellow juvenile at Taos County Juvenile Detention Center. Prosecutor Day to raise the incident at Wednesday’s sentencing hearing. Padilla previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder and tampering with evidence in Stephen Zough’s death.
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Taos County
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John Day
Eighth Judicial District
Peggy Nelson
New Mexico School For
Frederick Gaitan
Gaitan
Dan Marlowe
Zough
DWI case ends with no contest plea for detective Trujillo
Former Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office investigator Tom Trujillo 46 was dismissed after a no contest plea to driving while intoxicated. He appealed termination to the State Personnel Board while a prosecutor noted the blood alcohol level was .22 after a May crash. He received 100 hours community service 90 days probation fines and DWI school with 90 days jail suspended. he plans to reimburse the state for the vehicle value.
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John Paternoster
Taos
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Paternoster
State Personnel Board
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New Mexico
Richard Salazar
Espanola
Salazar
DWI
First Judicial District Attorney’s Office
Betty Gonzales
Morris
Little Rock Reed to be returned to Ohio in extradition
Indian rights activist Timothy Reed known as Little Rock Reed will be extradited to Ohio after appellate rulings by New Mexico courts upheld the order. Reed, arrested in Albuquerque for a parole violation, has long fought extradition following asylum grants and U.S. Supreme Court rulings. Ohio authorities plan to pick him up. Reed has criticized Ohio prison treatment of Native inmates and fled to New Mexico in 1995.
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Little Rock
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Ohio
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Albuquerque
Second Judicial District
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New Mexico Supreme Court
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Johnson
Diane Kinderwater
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Taos
Eighth Judicial
Peggy Nelson
New Mexico
New Mexico Supreme
Tom Udall
Kay Roybal
Roybal
Looney
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
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