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Quick Table of New Mexico Police Names: https://policefactor.com/NMPolNames.html
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LIST M2, N: Click on names below for summaries below this list
Merriman, Ronald Albuquerque, Victim Arquette
Mills, Scott Los Alamos County. Commander. 2016 article-Issue of settlement of dismissed lawsuit filed by Scott Mills
against Los Alamos County with two other officers; settlement $2 million.
Monfils, David See Mike Briseno
Molinas, Sonny Albuquerque , Victim Hawkes
Montoya, Elias Taos, Lawsuit/Not Guilty, Possible Victim Farrell
Montoya, Pete Rio Rancho, Sheriff Deputy, Sandoval County, Sex/Child/Not Guilty/Acquitted
Montoya, Shawn Springer, Ex-Chief, Demoted to Dog Catcher, Previous Officer in Las Vegas/Felony
Munoz, David
Najar, Gilbert Silver City. Director of Silver City police academy, Albuq. PD for 25 years, informational comment-2015
Nikko, Troy new to list, in process as of 2019/07/25
SUMMARIES M2: BRIEF EXCERPTS/SOURCES NEW MEXICO POLICE
McGuire, Shannon (New) Albuquerque. APD. Detective.
Cases
2003/07/18-Phillip R. Hatheway, Plaintiff-appellee, v. John P. Thies and Shannon Mcguire, Defendants-appellants,
335 F.3d 1199 (10th Cir. 2003) US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - 335 F.3d 1199
Articles
Albuquerque Journal
2011/07/16 Ex-cop pleads guilty in robbery. Rozanna Martinez
https://www.abqjournal.com/43739/ex-cop-pleads-guilty-in-robbery.html
Excerpt: RIO RANCHO, N.M. — A former Albuquerque police officer faces up to 4 1/2 years in prison after
pleading guilty on Monday to holding up a Rio Rancho drugstore and stealing oxycodone.
Shannon McGuire, a 15-year APD veteran who left the force in 2009, also has been charged in a similar
robbery at a West Side Albuquerque drugstore.
McGuire pleaded guilty to robbery and aggravated fleeing from a police officer in the Rio Rancho case.
Last October, McGuire went to a Walgreens near Northern and Unser in Rio Rancho, showed a gun and fled
with a supply of oxycodone, a narcotic painkiller. The weapon was later found to be a BB gun.
Albuquerque police were later able to connect McGuire
Merriman, Ronald (OLDER - 1989, etc) Albuquerque.
Real Crimes
From Real Crimes:In connection with Kait Arquette case (1989) and others.(see “Kaitlyn Arquette Case” and “Benny
Esquivel Case” and Lindsey Curtis case”…On Lindsey Curtis: “ (Albq. PD): Curtis was stabbed in the back in broad
daylight. He stumbled across the street to a 7-11 store and collapsed on the floor. APD Officer Ronald Merriman …
was dispatched to the scene, as was the Fire Department. The medics later testified that Officer Merriman refused
to allow them to treat Curtis until he finished interrogating him. Curtis bled to death at the scene. Curtis was
schizophrenic and used marijuana as a type of self-medication. His father, Victor Lindsey, says APD shrugged off the
murder as “just one drug addict killing another.”from Real Crimes
One of the suspects: Apodaca, Paul (1989, etc.) Albuquerque. In connection with Kaitlyn Arquette case (1989) as well
as other issues. kaitarquette.arquettes.com/
07/19/2012--https://www.abqjournal.com/119392/mom-seeks-closure-in-89-slaying.html
Mills, Scott (New) Los Alamos County. Commander. 2016-Lawsuit filed by Scott Mills against Los Alamos County with
two other officers. Settlement $2 million.
Daily Times: (2016) Police Chief settles whistleblower lawsuit: Los Alamos County agrees to pay $2 million in settlement
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/bloomfield/2016/02/17/police-chief-settles-whistle-blower-
lawsuit/80515538/
Molinas, Sonny (2014, 2016) Albuquerque. In connection with Mary Hawkes case. See also Jeremy Dear.
Case
(2017/03/23) Hawkes v. City of Albuquerque
Case No. D-202-CV-2016-01373
Jeremy Dear was the main police officer included in lawsuit
Chavez Affidavit (Reynaldo Chavez dated October 28, 2016) in connection with this lawsuit brings to attention evidence
issues--”The Chavez Affidavit made certain allegations that called into question chain of custody and usage of the
Evidence.com cloud-based platform APD uses to store and view police officer lapel camera videos (“Evidence.com”), in
particular with respect to videos from the Hawkes Case and another officer involved shooting (the “Robertson Case”).”
https://www.kob.com/kobtvimages/repository/cs/files/17-0076 City of Albuquerque Final.
Other links:
https://www.abqjournal.com/796554/lawsuit-reveals-more-details-in-hawkes-shooting.html
https://www.abqjournal.com/796555/a-trip-to-hooters-and-a-chinese-massage.html
https://www.abqjournal.com/.../cellphone-search-led-police-to-hawkes-before-she-was...
New Mexico In Depth
(2016/0/05) Albuquerque police union gets bad rap in news coverage. By Jeff Proctor.
http://nmindepth.com/2016/07/05/abq-police-union-gets-bad-rap-in-news-coverage/
KRQE
(2016/12/21) Mary Hawkes family files lawsuit against former APD Officer
www.krqe.com/2016/12/21/mary-hawkes-family-files-lawsuit-against-former-apd-officer
Monfils David see Mike Briseno
https://www.abqjournal.com/21985/1215pm-farmington-settlement.html
Montoya, Clayton Clayton. (2015) By Alex Goldsmith (04/17/2015)
KRQE
http://krqe.com/2015/04/17/new-mexico-officer-arrested-for-using-taser-to-flirt/ and
ABC Amarillo
http://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/clayton-police-officer-arrested-fired?id=1190712#.VS6urZP9yip
Montoya, Elias. Taos. Officer.
US News
Excerpt from US -2017/12/27-by Susan Montoya Bryan: A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that a New
Mexico police officer did not violate the constitutional rights of a woman and her five children when he shot
at their minivan as they fled a chaotic traffic stop in 2013.
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling in the case filed by Oriana Farrell, who was pulled over for
speeding and led officers on a high-speed pursuit through the tourist enclave of Taos.The appeals court
found that the case against Elias Montoya, the officer who fired three times at the van and later left the
force, should have been dismissed by a lower court.Montoya's defense rested on the principal of qualified
immunity, which shields public officials from legal actions unless their conduct was unreasonable in light of
clearly established law.
2017/12/27--https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/court-sides-with-new-mexico-
officer-in-minivan-shooting
Raw Story
Montoya, Pete [OLDER -07/2002] Rio Rancho. Sheriff Deputy-Sandoval County.
Real Crimes
From Real Crimes: “7/2/02: Rio Rancho Observer: Sandoval County Sheriff Deputy Pete Montoya was
indicted on 18 counts of criminal sexual contact with a 5-yr-old child. (Montoya was the lead detective in the
John Sherman case, 12/27/98). Excerpt from Business Highbeam Albuq. Jrnl-2003/11/12-by Michael Davis:
BERNALILLO -- A Sandoval County jury on Tuesday acquitted former police officer Pete A. Montoya of 18
counts of criminal sexual contact with his former stepdaughter."It's been a long two and a half years,"
Montoya said, wiping tears away after the jury delivered its verdict. "Thank the Lord, it's finally
over."Montoya, 51, was accused of touching the girl, now 14, exposing himself to her and coercing her to
touch him sexually. He was also accused of intimidating a witness and of contributing to the delinquency of
a minor.
2003/11/12--https://business.highbeam.com/2872/article-1G1-110078097/exofficer-acquitted-sex-charges
http://www.realcrimes.com/Corruption_Overview.htm
Montoya, Shawn (2009) Springer. Ex-Chief. Had past issues from a time being an officer in Las Vegas - time card fraud, felonies.
Demoted to dog catcher.
Albuquerque Journal
Excerpt from Abq Jrnl-2009/04/21: : he New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy suspended Montoya in March after
hearing evidence of allegations that Montoya improperly used a police gas card for personal purposes while he was
a patrol officer in Las Vegas, The Range said. Meanwhile, Montoya faces felony criminal charges in Las Vegas in
connection with the gas purchases as well as for allegedly submitting time sheets that claimed he was at work for
the police department when he was not, the paper reported. Twenty counts — 19 for forgery and one for fraud —
were filed in Las Vegas Magistrate Court after a State Police investigation, and Montoya is scheduled to be arraigned
on April 28, The Range said
2009/04/21--https://www.abqjournal.com/16889/650am-springer-police-chief-demoted-to-dog-catcher.html
Najar, Gilbert Silver City. Director of Silver City police academy, Albuq. PD for 25 years, informational comment-2015.
New Yorker (Informational)
Excerpt from New Yorker 02/02/2015: Gilbert Najar, the director of the police academy in Silver City, New
Mexico, who worked for the Albuquerque Police Department for twenty-five years, told me that the
department “did policing one way in the South Valley, where there were a lot of immigrant families and
people of lower socioeconomic status, and we knew we could violate their rights. But we did not dare
commit those tactics in the affluent neighborhoods, where we knew they would file complaints on us.”
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/02/son-deceased
Updates: 2019/07/09 and07/12: McQuire Shannon and Mills Scott added to list. 2019/06/24 Cody Martinez added to list. 2019/06/06 Monfils David added; 2019/05/19 Molinas Sonny
articles Alb Jrnl, Indepth. 01/23/2018 Montoya, Shawn VEG/SPRNGR (FEL) added; 01/07/2018 Montoya, Pete RNCH acquittal info in Albq Jrnl 2003/11/12; McClaskey, Skyler
several articles added, spelling correction first name; McCormick,James ART/CARLS info from several articles on area drug issues, drug bust, retaliation/assassination plot against cops;
01/06/2018 McCoy, Terry (FMN) several articles added; McCracken, Mark deceased status, obituary added; Page started as L to N ; (Najar, Gilbert-02/21/2017); updates (Lytle, John -
updated 02/20/2017); updates_11/05/2017 Malone, Casey/Farmington. (McCracken, Mark 05/30/2017); (MckinneyR-update02/20/2017)(McDowell Sr, John “Jack”-
02/21/2017)(Montoya, Clayton; McClaskey, Skylar-02/22/2017) (Martin, Jeremy. - 02/26/2017)