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Safely dispose your weapons and amunition in Albuquerque

Submitted by Briana Morfin on Thursday, April 11th, 5:08 pm

New Mexicans have a new and safe opportunity to get rid of any unwanted gun or firearm, this Saturday, April 13 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Metropolitan Forensic Science Center (APD Crime Lab) will be accepting guns and amunition with no questions asked.

There will be a safe and secure disposal option for the unwanted weapons for the people of New Mexico, especially Albuquerque locals, who have a chance to safely get rid of any unwanted guns and/or ammunition without a hassle. No questions will be asked of participants and their contributions will be safely discarded. The Albuquerque Police Department will accept any drop offs every second Saturday of each month at the Crime Lab from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Former veterinarian charged with animal cruelty

Submitted by KOB.com Staff

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013, 1:19pm

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A former veterinarian is charged with animal cruelty for allegedly keeping 48 dogs in unsanitary conditions at her Edgewood home.

The 48 misdemeanor counts were filed Tuesday in state District Court in Santa Fe against 48-year-old Debra Clopton.

The dogs were seized April 1 by Santa County sheriff's deputies.

A search warrant says deputies found a dead dog that a neighbor said had been killed by other dogs on the property.

Clopton hasn't yet made a plea.

An attempt to reach her for comment was unsuccessful as there's no telephone listing in her name and an online docket doesn't say whether she has an attorney.

Meanwhile, Santa Fe County is seeking reimbursement by Clopton for the costs of caring for the seized dogs while the case against her is pending.

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Winter storm causing difficult driving on some NM highways

Submitted by KOB.com Staff

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013, 12:14pm

RATON, N.M. (AP) - Difficult driving conditions are reported in parts of northern New Mexico because of snow, ice and slush from a storm crossing the state Tuesday.

The Department of Transportation says there's ice and slush on a 72-mile stretch of Interstate 25 between Wagon Mount and Raton Pass.

New Mexico is closed between eight miles east of Raton and Folsom due to heavy snow and blizzard conditions.

> Current traffic conditions across New Mexico

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Santa Fe judge's ruling gives ex-partner parental rights

Submitted by KOB.com Staff

Friday, April 5th, 2013, 9:19am

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A judge in Santa Fe has ruled that the former same-sex partner of a woman who adopted a girl from Russia 13 years ago has legal status as a natural parent.

The ruling Wednesday by District Judge Glenn Ellington is based on a June 1 New Mexico Supreme Court ruling that said Bani Chatterjee has legal rights as a parent and can seek child custody.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the latest ruling grants parental status to Chatterjee in the case she brought against Taya King in 2008.

That was the same year the couple separated. Chatterjee and King were domestic partners for about 15 years, during which time King adopted a 15-month-old girl. The three lived together as a family.

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Santa Fe man tries to sever ex-girlfriend's toe, again

Submitted by KOB.com Staff

Thursday, April 4th, 2013, 7:20pm

A former shoe salesman accused of biting off part of his ex-girlfriend’s big toe has been arrested again – this time for trying to chop it off with a cigar cutter.

Daniel Anaya, 27, of Santa Fe, has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, aggravated battery on a household member with great bodily harm, assault to commit a violent felony, aggravated stalking and aggravated residential burglary in connection to an attack police say happened Monday.

According to a criminal complaint, Aragon originally bit off a portion of his girlfriend’s big toe during an attack in February, when the two lived in Santa Fe.

She moved away from Santa Fe to get away from him. Then, on Monday, police say Anaya came to her house in Albuquerque and attacked her again.

This time, he held her down while he nearly severed her toe with what she believes was a cigar cutter.

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Man to be charged for digging for Northern New Mexico buried treasure

Submitted by KOB.com Staff

Thursday, April 4th, 2013, 11:13am

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - State game and fish officials say they plan to file charges against a man who was digging for hidden treasure.

Department spokesman Dan Williams says the man was found digging under a descanso along the upper Pecos River at the Terrero Campground last month.

A descanso is a marker where someone has died or their ashes scattered. Williams says the man told officers he was digging for the chest of gold and jewels that Santa Fe artifact collector Forrest Fenn says he has hidden in the mountains north of Santa Fe.

Fenn has published a memoir with a poem of clues to the treasure's location.

Williams told the Santa Fe New Mexican the man will be charged under a state law making it a misdemeanor to "excavate, injure, destroy or remove any cultural resource or artifact" on State Game Commission land.

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Northern New Mexico College regents' replacements weren't confirmed

Submitted by KOB.com Staff

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013, 9:57am

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The lack of confirmation votes by the state Senate during the Legislature's 2013 session means two appointees of Gov. Susana Martinez won't be seated on the board of regents of Northern New Mexico College.

Board chairman Michael Branch says Donald Martinez Jr. of El Rito and Kevin Powers of Albuquerque can't be seated because the regents they're replacing are legally entitled to stay in office until their replacements are confirmed.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the terms of Cecille Martinez-Wechsler of Santa Fe and Feliberto Martinez of EspaÃ±ola expired at the end of 2012.

Northern New Mexico is a four-year college with campuses in Espanaola and El Rito. The board has five members.

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