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New Mexico Crime

Mom Watches Daughter Get Abducted, Saves Her

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 05.17.2013 | Crime

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manh...

Cops Search For Victims Of 'El Dentista,' Alleged Phony Dentist

AP | Posted 04.30.2013 | Weird News

SANTA FE, N.M. -- New Mexico investigators are looking for more victims of an unlicensed tooth doctor found operating as a "mobile dentist" out of a s...

Alleged Church Stabber Feared 'Mason' Conspiracy: Cops

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 04.30.2013 | Crime

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man charged with stabbing three people at an Albuquerque Catholic church because he thought a choir leader was a Mason van...

Suspect In Church Stabbing Identified

AP | RUSSELL CONTRERAS | Posted 04.30.2013 | Crime

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Lawrence Capener was shaking hands with his fellow churchgoers at Sunday Mass, exchanging the traditional peace offerings wh...

Mom Charged With Child Abuse After Bobcat Mauls Son

Posted 04.14.2013 | Crime

A New Mexico mother has been charged with child abuse after a bobcat mauled her son at a zoo. Courtney Hutchins, 22, was taken into custody Tuesday...

'Breaking Bad' Script Missing After Break-in On Bryan Cranston's Car

AP | Posted 03.25.2013 | Crime

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man accused of breaking into "Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston's car late last year and stealing a script for the popula...

Drunk Driver Sues Drinking Buddy And Restaurants For Crash

AP | Posted 03.09.2013 | Crime

SANTA FE, N.M. -- A repeat drunken driver convicted in a crash that killed two teenagers has sued his drinking buddy and two Santa Fe restaurants that...

Man Hit By Car After Allegedly Biting Off Girlfriend's Brother's Finger

Posted 02.28.2013 | Weird News

An Albuquerque man hit by a car was actually running from his girlfriend and her brother after he bit the brother's finger off, police say. Leandro...

Man Allegedly Breaks Into Ex's Apartment, Bites Off Her Toe

The Huffington Post | Hilary Hanson | Posted 04.03.2013 | Weird News

Hey, it was just the tip. Shoe salesman Daniel Anaya, 27, is accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend's Santa Fe apartment and biting off the tip...

Teen Charged With Shooting Family Allegedly Confesses Dark Thoughts To Police

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 03.24.2013 | Crime

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico teenager accused of gunning down five family members over the weekend ambushed his father as he returned home...

Teen Charged With Shooting Family Creates 'Horrific Crime Scene'

AP | SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN | Posted 03.23.2013 | Crime

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico teenager accused of fatally shooting his parents and three younger siblings told authorities he was annoyed w...

'Billy The Kid' Tombstone Repaired, But Vandals Still On The Loose

AP | Posted 07.06.2012 | Crime

FORT SUMNER, N.M. -- The tombstone of Billy the Kid has been repaired. Officials at the old Fort Sumner Museum say the famous outlaw's 2000-pound tom...

David Lohr

WANTED: Outlaws Who Vandalized Billy The Kid's Tomb

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 06.30.2012 | Crime

Infamous outlaw Billy the Kid has been dead for nearly 131 years, but someone apparently still holds a grudge against the buck-toothed gunslinger. ...

CANNA-FIST: Dad And Teen Son Allegedly Attacked Pot Shop Owner

Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 06.26.2012 | Weird News

Marijuana is supposed to make people mellow, but there was nothing calm and relaxed about Raul Garay when he went into an Albuquerque pot dispensery o...

Handless Man Threw Boulder At KFC Window, Cops Say

Posted 06.12.2012 | Weird News

A man who has no hands and only speaks Swahili is accused of chucking a boulder through the windows of a KFC in New Mexico. Employees of the Albuqu...

Calf In Backseat Of Honda Civic Leads To Arrests

AP | Posted 04.02.2012 | Weird News

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...

Man Locked In Solitary For 2 Years Wins $22 Settlement

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 03.27.2012 | Crime

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...

Cops: Drunk Driver Hogtied By Witness

Posted 01.19.2012 | Crime

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...

Student Arrested For Burping In Class

AP | By JERI CLAUSING | Posted 01.31.2012 | Crime

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...

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

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 11.18.2011 | Crime

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

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

Posted 01.02.2012 | Crime

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...

Two Plead Guilty For Branding Navajo Swastika On Navajo Man

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 10.18.2011 | Crime

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

Grocery Store Worker Accused Of Handing Out Semen-Tainted Yogurt

AP | Posted 09.13.2011 | Weird News

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...