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By Lynn Janes
The Cobre Consolidated Schools held a board meeting September 12, 2022. President Gilbert Guadiana called the meeting to order. Other board members in attendance included Serina Murillo, David Terrazas, Elizabeth Dean and Gabriella Begay. The pledge of allegiance and salute to the New Mexico flag took place. Superintendent Jeff Spaletta also attended.
Public input on agenda items none currently.
The board approved the agenda with a few changes in the order. They moved the gymnasium construction presentation to the next item and the student representative report after that. They also removed the union president report and the authorization to develop an RFP (request for proposal) forensic audit.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Timothy Andrew Marquez was sentenced on Sept. 27 to 10 years and one month in prison. Marquez, 27, of Bayard, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on Dec. 19, 2018, to receiving child pornography.
According to court records, on Dec. 18, 2017, Dropbox Inc. submitted a cyber tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding child pornography being downloaded into a Dropbox account associated with Marquez’s email address. The IP address associated with the uploaded photos came back to Marquez’s residence in Bayard.
In his plea agreement, Marquez admitted to receiving child pornography in his Dropbox account on Nov. 6, 2017, and that he knew the material depicted a child engaging in sexual activity with an adult.
Upon his release from prison, Marquez will be subject to five years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender.
Homeland Security Investigations, the New Mexico State Police and the Las Cruces Police Department investigated this case as part of the New Mexico Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Assistant United States Attorneys Eliot Neal and Marissa A. Ong prosecuted the case as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by United States Attorneys’ Offices and DOJ’s Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit http://www.justice.gov/psc/.
The ICAC Task Force Program is a nation-wide network of task forces including over 90 federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in New Mexico dedicated to investigating, prosecuting and developing effective responses to Internet crimes against children.
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Aiming for the Cornhole prize
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Waiting for a ride on the mini-train
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Enjoying lunch and visiting
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Rosemary, who didn't know she was being photographed, and Lupe, who did know, Martinez, eating watermelon
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Allison Brooks and Annalisa Verdugo turn the rope as Angel Potts jumps.
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Alejandra and Ariana Cruz play ball with big racquets
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Father Oliver Obele dancing with Juanita Prejean and Jan Anderson
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Father Oliver and Father Bartholomew Ezenwelm of St. Francis Newman Center
St. Vincent Catholic Church holds fiesta 092522
Father Oliver with the church's St. Vincent statue.
Gough Park in Silver City hosted the St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church annual Fiesta on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. The event featured lunch, games for adults, including corn hole, and games for kids including rope jumping, water gun shooting, and a mini-train to take rides in around the park.
Silver City -- The Silver City Police Department (SCPD) Administration has created two new, inter-agency law enforcement teams designed to increase the department's impact on violent felonies and drug-related crimes, particularly drug trafficking in Grant County. The two teams, working in tangent with the Region 7 Drug Task Force, include cross-commissioned police officers who are able to make local arrests for drug-related crimes throughout the county, resulting in federal charges and therefore stiffer penalties and longer prison terms.
Federal funds are paying the overtime for these SCPD officers who are dedicated to reducing the impact of drug-related crimes and particularly trafficking, which is resulting in higher and higher rates of drug overdose in the county, especially fentanyl, which SCPD Chief Freddie Portillo says is increasingly common in the county, particularly in pill form.
By Roger Lanse
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, at about 12:50 p.m. the Bayard Police Department received a complaint from a citizen that a male was throwing beer bottles on the side of the road and was being aggressive toward her and others. BPD Chief Hector Carrillo had contact with the male who was identified as David Gonzales, 32, of Bayard. Gonzales expressed no desire to speak with the chief and walked away cursing.
According to a statement of probable cause, following Gonzales in his patrol unit, Chief Carrillo saw Gonzales walking in the middle of McKee Street flipping off traffic. Gonzales began running when Carrillo activated his emergency equipment and continued to run even though Carrillo gave Gonzales multiple commands to stop. Gonzales did stop at an address on Lusk Street, where he was placed under arrest. A ¾ full container of vodka was found in a pocket of his pants.
By Roger Lanse
Bayard Police Department officers were dispatched to 1208 Central Avenue on Monday, Sept, 26, 2022, at approximately 3:26 p.m., in reference to a structure fire. According to a statement of probable cause, a female victim told officers she was arguing with her son about Xanax pills. She continued, saying her son, Michael Castaneda, (32, of Bayard), started throwing things including a shotgun and she heard the shotgun go off; they started wrestling over a broken glass bottle with which he tried to hit her; he pushed her to the ground causing her to hit her head; and he started some mail and a blanket on fire telling her he was going to kill her and that she was a bad b***h.
Bayard Fire Department Chief Euphemio Gonzales estimated more than $20,000 in damage was done to the residence, according to the statement.
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