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Federal Tipoffs Involving New Mexico Newsletter for Saturday August 24, 2024 ( 2 items )  

N.M. U.S. Attorney's Office Secures 52-Month Sentence for Las Cruces Man Following 2023 Pipe Bomb Incident
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A Las Cruces man was sentenced to 52 months in prison following his conviction for possessing a pipe bomb and ammunition near a church playground. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, on May 31, 2023, Nathan Wallace, 41, was observed in the children's playground of East Mesa Baptist Church. Wallace was arrested by the Dona Ana  more

N.M. U.S. Attorney's Office Secures Conviction of Church Rock Man for Shooting at Law Enforcement
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A Church Rock man has pleaded guilty in federal court in federal court to charges related to attack on law enforcement officers on the Navajo Nation. According to court documents, in the early morning of July 22, 2023, the Navajo Police Department (NPD) received reports of a man identified as Elijah Touchine, 24, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, walking   more