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Belen files injunction; LL says it's not wrong

The city of Belen filed a complaint for declaratory judgement and preliminary and permanent injunction in response to a resolution and position statement passed by the village of Los Lunas that city officials say contains "inaccurate, false and misleading" information about the proposed Belen hospital and Valencia Regional Medical Center.

Judge seals pretrial motions in Chavez case

The public won't have access to any more information in advance of the highly anticipated murder trial for former Albuquerque Police Department officer Levi Chavez, who is accused of killing his wife in the couple's Las Maravillas home in 2007 and trying to make it look like a suicide.

Corrections officer charged with giving alcohol to minors

A 21-year-old corrections officer is facing charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and selling or giving alcohol to a minor after deputies found several drunk minors in his house Saturday, two of whom had to be transported to the hospital.

Former Belen police detective sentenced to 25 years in prison

Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matthew Chandler announced that former Portales Police Officer Victor Castillo, age 46, was sentenced this week to 25 years in prison for an ongoing sexual relationship he developed with a Portales High School student when he was assigned as a school resource officer.