Community Prosecutor, Theresa Romero, discusses bystander awareness on KRQE.
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Crime Strategies Unit Arrests Sex Offender
Albuquerque, NM – Based on an initial investigation from the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office, the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Crime Strategies Unit (CSU) arrested David Chavira, 48 years old, for 18 counts of Distribution of Sexual Exploitation of Children and Possession of Child Pornography. Chavira pled guilty in 2017 to 2 counts of Distribution
Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez Issues Arrest Warrant in Jacqueline Vigil Murder
Albuquerque, NM – Bernalillo County District Attorney, Raúl Torrez today announced that an arrest warrant has been issued for Luis Antonio Talamantes-Romero for the November 2019 murder of 55-year old Jacqueline Vigil. Talamantes is charged with an open count of murder, aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, felon in possession of a firearm and larceny. Talamantes,
District Attorney’s Crime Strategies Unit Discovers Multi-State Sex Trafficking Ring Targeting New Mexico Victims
Albuquerque, NM – Two men have been federally charged for buying and selling a 19-year-old Santa Fe woman and using Albuquerque as the transportation hub. Alfonso Orozco Juarez (Texas), 35, and Robert Hubert (South Carolina), 66, were charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking after Juarez, who contacted the Santa Fe-based victim via a dating
August: Bystander Awareness Month
Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez Files New Charges Against Steven Baca and Announces Civil Suit Against Private Militia Group
Children often humiliated and intimated by legal system, DA says
DA Torrez proposes changes to reduce the number of times a child would have to be interviewed before testifying at a trial, and limit the harm inflicted by the system.
