New Mexico Crime

Calf In Backseat Of Honda Civic Leads To Arrests

AP | Posted 04.02.2012

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CARLSBAD, N.M. -- New Mexico authorities have arrested three men found with a 220-pound calf in the backseat of their car. The Carlsbad Current Argus...

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Man Locked In Solitary For 2 Years Wins $22 Settlement

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Video, Stephen Slevin, Constitutional Rights, Federal Lawsuit, New Mexico Crime, Illegal Imprisonment, Solitary Confinement, Civil Rights Violations, Crime News

A New Mexico man held in solitary confinement at a county prison for two years without a trial has won a $22 million suit for violations of his consti...

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Cops: Drunk Driver Hogtied By Witness

Posted 01.19.2012

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FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico man hogtied a suspected drunken driver accused of barely avoiding several head-on collisions on a stretch of hig...

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Student Arrested For Burping In Class

AP | By JERI CLAUSING | Posted 01.31.2012

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a lawsuit filed against an...

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WATCH: Two New Mexico Police Officers Fired After Attack Caught On Video

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2011

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Two Albuquerque police officers were fired Wednesday following the release of unedited video that showed them apparently doing a ...

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WATCH: Dad Really Finds Razor In Son's Halloween Candy

Posted 01.02.2012

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Everyone's parents warned that sickos tamper with Halloween candy, but now there's indisputable proof that the warnings weren't just based on urban le...

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Two Plead Guilty For Branding Navajo Swastika On Navajo Man

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 10.18.2011

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The first men charged under a federal law that specifically banned hate crimes against disabled people pleaded guilty Thursd...

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Grocery Store Worker Accused Of Handing Out Semen-Tainted Yogurt

AP | Posted 09.13.2011

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico man was indicted after police said he was linked through DNA samples to semen-tainted yogurt samples handed out...

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