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State health department announces first pediatric flu death of the season

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SANTA FE  — The New Mexico Department of Health announced the state’s first reported influenza-associated pediatric death for the 2023-2024 flu season on Feb. 28. A child (5-12 years old) in Bernalillo County died from complications associated with influenza. To protect the family’s privacy, NMDOH will not provide any...

Lujan Grisham strengthens public safety by signing robust legislation into law

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ALBUQUERQUE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed critical public safety legislation to reduce gun violence and strengthen penalties for violent criminals on March 4.

“This legislation strikes at the heart of issues that are keeping New Mexicans up at night,” Lujan Grisham said. "“We are losing far too many lives when guns get into the wrong hands and violent criminals are allowed to recommit again and again. This legislation addresses both.”

House Bill 129, Firearm Sale Waiting Period Crimes, establishes a statewide 7-day waiting period for the purchase of firearms, double the current waiting period required by the federal government. The law includes exemptions for...

Newcomb man pleads guilty to assault up on a federal officer

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A man from Newcomb is facing multiple charges after he allegedly assaulted two Navajo Police officers.

On June 4, 59-year-old Kenneth Lee Begay interrupted a Chapter House meeting with verbal threats. Afterwards, two Navajo Nation Police Department officers went to his home. As the officers tried to arrest Begay, a member of the Navajo Nation, he unlawfully resisted.

Begay struck both officers. One of the officers received various injuries, which included cuts, abrasions, and a shoulder injury that persists to the present day.

Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field...

Zuni man pleads guilty to firearms offense

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A man from Zuni New Mexico has pled guilty to a federal firearms offense after he reportedly shot a man in the heel.

A federal grand jury indicted 31-year-old Ian Channing Lasiloo on March 21. In his plea agreement, Laslioo, a member of the Zuni Tribe, admitted that he drove to of the residence of a man and asked him “where my 40 was.”  The victim replied that he didn’t owe Lasiloo anything.  While still in the driver’s seat of the car, and approximately five feet away from the victim, Lasiloo pointed a .22 caliber revolver at the victim's face and then pointed the weapon downwards.  Lasiloo then fired the weapon one time, shooting the man in the heel.

Alexander M.M...

Tse Bonito man sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor

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A man from Tse Bonito New Mexico has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

​A federal grand jury returned an indictment against 37-year-old Gerald Lee on Oct. 12, 2022. According to publicly available court documents, on May 15, 2021, when he was 35 years old, Lee, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, forcibly raped the 15-year-old victim at his mother’s house within the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Nation. Afterwards, Lee warned the victim not to tell anybody about what he had done, but the victim eventually told a teacher and counselor at her school. Lee initially claimed that he and the victim were in a consensual sexual...

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