The case of a man who is accused of trying to steal both a dump truck and a tractor-trailer truck back in May, has been bound over to District Court for trial or eventual resolution. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/alleged-dump-truck-bandit-headed-to-trial/article_e200a71c-3ac5-11ee-8812-cf3a69a771c6.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3EeXSuwOpZ4s5A4baDpdMO5wBdLoBUAPwlE_LlS2mZc2_1ExmFKBdmjBA

A Dexter man accused of raping a woman at his house last April has pled not guilty to one count of criminal sexual penetration in the second degree with personal injury. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/suspect-pleads-not-guilty-to-charge-in-april-rape/article_3485090e-3604-11ee-82dc-378c5225613f.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2CzW5l5MCwFoj-Nq5nJR42FQxQEyy3quiqlbxnKH8-T_kqz2SLWqdJfLk

Bond was set Tuesday for a man accused of raping a cadet while enrolled at the New Mexico Millitary Institute six years ago. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/bond-set-for-suspect-in-nmmi-rape-case/article_2b40f964-315b-11ee-b025-67f262ded0df.html

Bond was set Tuesday in the case of a former New Mexico Millitary Institute Cadet accused of raping another cadet in both 2017 and having sexual contact with her in 2018. Story in Wednesday's Roswell Daily Record #Fromthecourts

On Friday, New Mexico 5th Judicial District Judge Dustin K. Hunter granted the pretrial detention motion filed by the District Attorney's Office to keep Monica Ortiz, 40, of Roswell, detained pending trial. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/murder-suspect-held-pending-trial/article_af271276-2fc7-11ee-bbca-efe38106b237.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR35qfBOCbrNYfB0mopZEy9fSv_xq3qpQ2poHtK91anLfOILg3_2pmwbnPA

A Judge in Roswell on Friday ordered that a woman accused of stabbing to death her girlfriend at thier home in June remain behind bars pending trial. Story in Tuesday's Roswell Daily Record. #Fromthecourts

What was scheduled to be a four-day long first-degree murder trial for Christopher Smiley ended after only one day, when Smiley pled guilty to a lesser charge of second degree murder per a change of plea agreement. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/smiley-gets-26-years-in-2021-deadly-shooting/article_95d6599c-21cd-11ee-a6b8-4fe296db24d8.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3Uq4KqZ8PWCA3sjHrLoOqsKasQurGAokMyobSysSLNw5tWJY6o5_zigt4

Timothy Wyatt, deputy district attorney for New Mexico's 5th Judicial District, confirmed that Arturo Duran-Lujan, 44, was sentenced at a change of plea hearing on Friday in Chaves County. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/man-sentenced-in-deadly-2020-shooting/article_11c3355e-1f47-11ee-8862-df20cc89c2d5.html

Seven months after a jury failed to return with a verdict, Christopher Smiley will be tried again tommorow on one count of second degree murder. #Fromthecourts
https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/murder-trial-ends-with-hung-jury/article_5596f07a-7fee-11ed-a33c-ab29f45edec0.html

More on the New Mexico Supreme Court's ruling on a challenge to the state's congressional maps including reaction from one of the petitioners, and some legal analysis. All in my 900 word story in Sunday's Roswell Daily Record . #Fromthecourts #nmpol

The attorney for a man accused of raping a 16-year-old woman back in February entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client during an arraignment hearing Monday in Chaves County. Story in Thursday's Roswell Daily Record . #Fromthecourts

A man accused of exchanging sexually explicit photos and having sex with a teenage girl last year was arrested and charged on multiple counts Monday. Story in Thursday's Roswell Daily Record . #Fromthecourts

A man accused of exchanging sexually explicit photos and having sex with a teenage girl last year was arrested and charged on multiple counts Monday. Story in Thursday's Roswell Daily Record . #Fromthecourts

Upon announcing the decision, Lilley agreed with the prosecution that Parra Parra represents a danger to his girlfriend and her child, but that conditions of release could be crafted to reasonably ensure their safety. #Fromthecourts
https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/bond-set-for-man-accused-of-sexual-assault-of-pregnant-girlfriend/article_34aa18ae-0619-11ee-b190-f775783ef22b.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2_cjdKYh28QUg7x-hyjg4J-Z49cMzoJjCJqdnQTqaxQHJsSd0_YlWDCV0

The District Attorney's Office Tuesday rescinded its motion to keep a man charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor behind bars pending trial. #Fromthecourts
https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/das-office-withdraws-motion-to-keep-sexual-assualt-suspect-in-custody/article_f585440c-0184-11ee-92c6-c7a95e0deb94.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Bond was set at $5,000 Thursday for one of two local men who allegedly smashed a water filling station with a pickup truck last year in a failed attempt to take money from it. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/bond-set-for-roswell-man-in-botched-water-machine-burglary/article_0bba7228-fc04-11ed-810a-ffdea1b70ad5.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

A Thursday encounter with police brought about the arrest of a Roswell man found with some 61 grams of Fetanyal. Story in Sunday's Roswell Daily Record #Fromthecourts

Anthony Puente, 21, was given a 14-year sentence, nine of which will be served in prison. The remaining five years will be suspended and served on supervised probation. He will receive 349 days of credit for time served. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/roswell-man-sentenced-to-9-year-prison-term-for-shooting/article_b15ce2e8-fb40-11ed-aa91-2ba7b9c4106a.html

Socorro Balderrama barricaded himself in the house Sunday just after 1:55 p.m. after an officer witnessed a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck doing burnouts at the intersection of South Kentucky Avenue and West Deming Street. #Fromthecourts https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/burnouts-lead-to-tear-gas-in-standoff/article_9efd89de-f8ea-11ed-b885-874d0d84565c.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

The DA's Office in New Mexico's 5th Judicial District Monday filed a motion to hold a local man in pretrial detention while he awaits trial on two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl. Story in Tuesday's Roswell Daily Record #Fromthecourts