Subpoena seeks church records in Taos County road dispute
A former CIA operative filed a subpoena in Highth Judicial District Court on December 8 to force Fr. Vincent Chavez of Holy Trinity Parish to hand over parish records. The action, by Phil DeCaro who once worked for the CIA and owns Arroyo Hondo property, targets 17 item types including donation logs from Edmund and Trudy Healy and lists of parishioners and local burials tied to the Lobo Ranch Road conflict. The dispute centers on public access to Lobo Ranch Road, a historic path disputed betweenHealys' supporters and private-property interests in Arroyo Hondo and San Cristobal.
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CIA
Vincent Chavez
Holy Trinity Parish
Highth Judicial District Court
Phil DeCaro
Arroyo Hondo
Edmund and
Trudy Healy
Holy Trinity
San Cristobal
Taos County
Chavez
Lobo Ranch Road
Edmund
Lobo Ranch
Carson National Forest
Healys
DeCaro
Jerry Young
Fourth Judicial District
Jay G. Harris
Five years later family questions Cisneros death in Questa
The Cisneros family marks Christmas without their son Arnie Cisneros five years after he died December 22, 1993, in Questa. They blame police mishandling and say no one has been charged. Prosecutor John Paternoster notes the case was reviewed but closed. he says no reasonable chance to charge exists unless new evidence emerges.
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Arnie Cisneros
Questa
Cisneros
Carmen Martinez
Questa Police Department
Eighth Judicial District Attorney’s Office
Eighth Judicial District
John Paternoster
Sammy Pacheco
Paternoster
Fourteen-year sentence for Zough killer Padilla
Richard Padilla, 17, was sentenced in district court to the maximum 16.5 years in prison with six years suspended for drug and alcohol treatment. Judge Peggy Nelson noted Padilla’s youth and the need for rehabilitation, while prosecutor John Paternoster voiced disappointment. Padilla will realistically serve about four more years due to good time laws and will enter a residential treatment program after release.
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Stephen Zough
Richard Padilla
State Department of Corrections
Eighth Judicial District
Peggy Nelson
Padilla
Joe Shattuck
John Paternoster
Tve
Zough
Nelson
John
Memorial service draws hundreds for Taos teen’s death
Mourners gather at Rio Grande Gorge Bridge for Erik Sanchez’s memorial in Taos County. About 400 people, including family, politicians, clergy, and a car club, attend the service organized by Stephen Wiard and Nancy Stapp as Taos pursues healing after the November killing.
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Erik Sanchez
Rio Grande Gorge Bridge
Taos County
Espadola
Sanchez
Stephen Wiard
el Pueblito United Methodist Church
Nancy Stapp
KTAO
Wiard
David Sandoval
Luis Acosta
Tao
Magan Bowers
Donna Garcia-Price
Taos Graffiti Arrest Ties Up Crime Spree
Taos police arrest 18 year old Marcus Perez on criminal damage to property and criminal trespassing after a warrant issued December 15. He faces a $50,000 cash only bond set by Magistrate Judge Betty Gonzales and was held at Taos County Adult Detention Center pending arraignment.
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Taos
Marcus Perez
Town of
Isaac Valerio
Perez
Betty Gonzales
Neil Curran
Taos County
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