Santa Fe police will conduct DWI checkpoint

They won’t say exactly when or where, but the Santa Fe Police Department will be conducting a DWI checkpoint this weekend.

Here is their emailed news release from Monday morning:

As part of the ongoing efforts to keep Santa Fe roads and streets safe, the Santa Fe Police Department will conduct a Sobriety Checkpoint the weekend of July 28th. Driving under the influence is a crime. Anyone caught driving under the influence will be arrested, their automobile may be seized and they will incur significant costs included legal bills.

SFPD release DWI arrest video of recent state senate hopeful Nicole Castellano

[Video courtesy Santa Fe Police Department]

Nicole Castellano, the 42-year-old who earlier this month lost her Democratic primary bid for the state Senate District 39 seat, was arrested Friday and charged with aggravated DWI and resisting an officer.

Police on Monday released the arrest video and audio.

The video shows her

New Mexico State Police conducting DWI checkpoint Friday (June 22)

New Mexico State Police

New Mexico State Police will be conducting a DWI sobriety checkpoint somewhere in Santa Fe County on Friday night.

Cops usually step up the DWI checkpoints in the summer months and this year is no different. While NMSP always announces in advance that they will be conducting a checkpoint somewhere in the county, the department never says exactly where until the cops are on site setting up the operation.

Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office stepping up the DWI patrols this weekend

From the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office:

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a DWI Saturation Patrol the weekend of June 8^th, 2012.  Deputies will be patrolling the county looking for impaired drivers and stepping up enforcement of all traffic infractions.  Sheriff Robert A. Garcia would like to remind the motoring public NOT to Drink and Drive, obey the speed limit and make sure that every passenger in the vehicle is properly restrained with an appropriate passenger restraint device.

[view statement] DA Spence Pacheco says sheriff’s criticism has to do with him endorsing her political opponent

The gloves are off and it’s hard to imagine there being a productive working relationshop moving forward between the Rio Arriba County Sheriff’s Office and First Judicial District Attorney Angela “Spence” Pacheco anymore after Tommy Rodella released a statement Thursday with harsh, and quite defensive criticism of Pacheco’s office.

CLICK HERE to read Rodella’s criticism in a prepared statement he handed The New Mexican’s crime reporter Nico Roesler in court on Thursday.

And now, Pacheco’s response, including a claim that Rodella is stumping for DA candidate/Pacheco opponent for the June primary Lloyd Drager:

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[view statement] Rio Arriba Sheriff sick of Santa Fe ‘elitists’ making his department their ‘whipping boy’

I won’t sound off much on this one, rather I’ll let the prepared statement handed out in court on Thursday by Rio Arriba County Sheriff Tommy Rodella speak for itself.

The case this all stems from is about the Juan de Dios Cordova vehicular homicide case and the unfortunate circus it has turned into court.

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Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office stepping up DWI patrols for Cinco de Mayo

Just a heads up… The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office says it will be conducting a DWI saturation patrol Saturday trying to hit the Cinco de Mayo party-goers around the Santa Fe area. More cops on the road looking specifically for drunk drivers.

New Mexico State Police holding DWI checkpoint in Santa Fe on Friday night

New Mexico State Police

New Mexico State Police will conduct a DWI checkpoint somewhere in Santa Fe County on Friday night.

NMSP Lt. Robert McDonald sent out word of the checkpoint earlier this week. Cops publicize the event in advance in the hopes to get potential drunk drivers to change their driving habits. McDonald did not disclose where in Santa Fe the checkpoint will be.

Video of teenager suspected of being drunk after downtwon crash injures woman

Here is a link to the story and details associated with the above video shot by New Mexican photographer Luis Sanchez Saturno:

• DWI suspected in afternoon crash in downtown Santa Fe

Cops starting preparations for Good Friday pilgrimage to Santuario de Chimayó

From Santa Fe County Sheriff Robert Garcia’s office:

Santa Fe County Sheriff Robert Garcia announces that on Thursday, April 5^th, 2012, the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a DWI Check Point.  The Check Point will be setup in northern Santa Fe County, along the route of travel for the pilgrims who are participating in the pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office will be assisted by officers from