![]() District Attorney Marco Serna and Attorney General Hector Balderas recused themselves from the case and Balderas appointed Ninth Judicial District Attorney Andrea Reeb as special prosecutor.Įnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 948K views 2 years ago Copwatchtv received video from the New Mexico State Police of embattled Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan. After the charges was bound over to District Court, five judges have recused themselves and Judge Bryan Biedscheid was appointed to the case. ![]() ![]() Judge Casados was appointed to the March case following the recusal of Judges Joseph Madrid and Alexandra Naranjo. Lujan was also charged with resisting, evading or obstructing an officer – obstruction of process in that case which is now in District Court. Thursday’s search warrant was in connection with an investigation into separate charges filed in April after Lujan showed up to an Espanola Police Department standoff and told the officers he was communicating with the suspect, Philip Chacon and tried to take charge of the scene. The arrest was first reported by Tabitha Clay of the Northern New Mexico Independent online news page and she has published a video of the arrest as well as a video from the May 14 execution of a prior search warrant for two other cell phones belonging to Lujan.Įspanola Magistrate Court documents indicate that Lujan, 59, has been charged with two counts of resisting, evading or obstructing an officer – service of process in connection with an attempt by Espanola Police Department officers accompanied by Taos County Deputies to execute a search warrant for a cell phone belonging to Lujan. Lujan was accused of helping his son, who had been convicted of several felonies, flee the state. She needs to be voted out of office Only when her lies are exposed, she suddenly remembers. Friday before Los Alamos Magistrate Judge Pat Casados. Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan was sentenced to tree years in prison Thursday after being convicted on two felony counts of aiding a felon and intimidating a witness in 2017. James was named a McDonald’s All-American after averaging 14.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1. Sixty-year-old James Lujan was accused of not complying with a search warrant after he allegedly showed up drunk to a SWAT standoff in 2017.Lujan’s first trial ended in a mistrial.Lujan’s. Photo Courtesy LAPDīY MAIRE Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan is being housed at the Los Alamos County Detention Center following his arrest Thursday morning by Espanola Police Department. The 1968 Bee Undefeated Football Team that James played on is in. Undersheriff Trujillo is also still on the job.A Los Alamos County Detention Center booking photo of Rio Arriba County Sheriff James Lujan. Sixty-year-old James Lujan was accused of not complying with a search warrant after he allegedly showed up drunk to a SWAT standoff in 2017. James is a Redlands native and RHS class of 69 Graduate. His law enforcement certification has been revoked, though he still heads the department. Lujan is the second Rio Arriba County sheriff in recent years to be convicted of criminal charges. The sheriff himself is accused of trying to protect his friend from being arrested by Espanola Police then refusing to comply with a search warrant on his phone. Police have seized cellphones of a New Mexico sheriff accused of showing up drunk to a SWAT standoff. The incident happened in May when the officers showed up to arrest Trujillo’s boss, Sheriff James Lujan. The Espanola police department filed charges against Sheriff James Lujan for obstructing a scene involving a barricaded suspect Associated Press ESPAOLA, N.M. Rio Arriba County Undersheriff Martin Trujillo turned himself into Magistrate Court Friday after he was charged with encouraging his deputies to draw guns on Espanola and Taos Police officers. Now he and his boss are both facing felony charges. ESPAÑOLA, N.M. (KRQE) – The second in command at a New Mexico Sheriff’s Department turned himself in Friday. James Lujan, 30, allegedly beat Diego Calles, the 4-year-old son of his then-girlfriend Meagan Davis, for several days in a Lompoc motel room before the.
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