From the Las Vegas Optic A 21-year-old man from Serafina was arrested this week, charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in June of 2020. Edward C. Bustamante was booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center Monday, charged with three counts of criminal sexual penetration, third-degree felonies. The girl reported the rape in early April,…
From the Las Vegas Optic A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last week accuses the Pecos Independent School District of having a “history of indifference” toward child rape and sexual abuse, and of failing to prevent sexual assaults within the district. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a minor identified as “Jane Doe,”…
From the Las Vegas Optic Shana Storey grew up in Pecos. She played volleyball in school, and she liked to ride horses. A wrestling fan, she’d make championship belts out of cardboard and aluminum foil. She was kind, and smiled a lot. She’d also make you laugh, sometimes so much your stomach hurt. These are…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas woman suspected of DWI is facing several charges after police located three adults and a 15-year-old girl parked in a car at Lincoln Park. During an investigation, police located a bottle of whiskey and a firearm, according to court documents. Adia L. Salas, 21, was arrested Saturday…
From the Las Vegas Optic A woman in custody at the San Miguel County Detention Center on charges relating to a string of violent robberies last year faces additional charges of assaulting a corrections officer while attempting to escape custody. Adamina R. Esquibel, 20, of Las Vegas, has been charged with one count battery upon…
From the Las Vegas Optic A former Las Vegas firefighter convicted of raping a then 16-year-old girl has been sentenced to the maximum time in prison allowed by law. District Court Judge Gerald Baca sentenced David Garcia, 48, to 15 years in prison, with three years of the sentence suspended, according to Fourth Judicial District…
From the Las Vegas Optic One of the men accused of shooting and killing a teen and wounding two others near Storrie Lake State Park last year has been charged with having drug paraphernalia in his jail cell, court records show. The new charge was filed Tuesday against 30-year-old Roger Tait-Gomez, who is currently being…
From the Las Vegas Optic Following a three-day trial, a jury found a former Las Vegas firefighter guilty of raping a girl he lived with. The jury deliberated for nearly six hours before finding David Garcia, 48, guilty of criminal sexual penetration of a child. Garcia is scheduled to be sentenced April 14. The rape…
From the Las Vegas Optic On the evening of April 11, 2003, officers with the Las Vegas Police Department responded to a home on Sixth Street near Baca Avenue after receiving a call about a possible dead body. Those officers ultimately entered the home with a search warrant, and soon began investigating one of the…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Mora woman intentionally rammed her vehicle into another vehicle — nearly hitting two men — fled the scene, then returned to ram the vehicle four more times, according to a criminal complaint filed in Mora Magistrate Court. Amity F. Maes, 29, was arrested March 15 and charged with two…
