From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas woman who was jailed for violating the conditions of her release while on house arrest is now charged with escape. She has also been released on house arrest again. Skye A. Sedillo, 22, of Las Vegas, was charged Dec. 1 with one felony count of escape from…
From the Las Vegas Optic By the time the sun set on Monday, Sept. 21, Cassandra Lucero’s family had begun to worry. Her father hadn’t seen her all day, and she hadn’t called. He contacted police, and friends and family began searching for the 29-year-old Las Vegas woman. Investigators with the Las Vegas Police Department…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Mora County man covered a house with gasoline and threatened to burn a woman and the home, according to a criminal complaint filed in San Miguel Magistrate Court. Vion R. Szpakowski, 57, of Holman — identified in some court records as Vion Fzpakowiski — was arrested Friday and booked…
From the Las Vegas Optic The man accused of killing his girlfriend and her grandfather while streaming portions live on Facebook will remain in custody until trial. He has also been charged as a felon in possession of a firearm. Alejandro Alirez — identified in some court records as Alejandro Sanchez-Alirez — was arrested Nov.…
From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas police arrested a woman outside the San Miguel County Detention Center in August, alleging she tried to sneak drugs to her boyfriend, an inmate charged with first-degree murder. Last week, prosecutors filed new charges in the case, and investigators arrested the woman again for violating the conditions of…
From the Las Vegas Optic Two people are dead and one man is in custody following a Sunday evening standoff with police in Las Vegas. Alejandro Alirez, 23, of Las Vegas, was arrested Sunday night and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Cristal Cervantes and her grandfather Victor Cervantes,…
From the Las Vegas Optic The search for a missing Las Vegas woman ended with the discovery of charred human remains in Mora County. Two people have been arrested in connection to the death, according to Las Vegas police. Amber J. Archuleta, 28, and John T. Sanders, 24, face multiple charges in the death of…
From the Las Vegas Optic An arrest warrant was issued last week for the woman accused of attempting to sneak drugs to her boyfriend inside the San Miguel County Detention Center. Skye A. Sedillo, 22, was arrested outside SMCDC in August after police and corrections officers found her in a car with an envelope containing…
From the Las Vegas Optic Sheriff’s deputies in Mora found an emaciated 7-year-old child with special needs locked in a bedroom without access to needed medical care, according to court records. Serena Marquez, 26, of Mora, has been charged with one felony count of abuse of a child not resulting in death or great bodily…
From the Las Vegas Optic A man shot and killed himself during a standoff Tuesday at a home just outside Las Vegas city limits, according to New Mexico State Police. Daniel Esparza, 55, of Las Vegas, died around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday from what police called a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His death followed a standoff with…
