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Johnny Pacheco, arrested on 62 felony counts involving child sex abuse.
UPDATE, May 13: A judge on Thursday granted release on $35,000 secured bond to a Las Cruces man facing 62 felony charges involving child crimes.
Third District Court Judge Richard Jaquez rejected a request by prosecutors to keep Johnny Pacheco, 48, jailed until trial.
Pacheco is accused of sexually assaulting a teen girl over a several year period that began when she was just age 14.
ORIGINAL REPORT, May 8: LAS CRUCES, New Mexico A Las Cruces man who authorities allege sexually assaulted a teenage girl over a several year period has been arrested on a total of 62 felony charges.
Brandee Martinez, 34, is charged with one third-degree felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor count of resisting, evading or obstructing an officer.
About 6:40 p.m. Monday, May 3, Las Cruces police were dispatched to the report of a stabbing at Martinez’s home, on the 2400 block of east Idaho Avenue. Officers met a woman with a laceration to her arm.
Investigators learned the woman was looking for her boyfriend and believed he might be at Martinez’s home. The woman knocked on Martinez’s door but received no answer. A short while later, as the woman was leaving, Martinez exited the home. Investigators learned the two women exchanged words and Martinez, armed with a knife, allegedly swung the knife at the woman several times.
By Las Cruces Police Department
• 3 hours ago
Credit LCPD - Jermilo Juan Larkins
LAS CRUCES - Las Cruces police arrested a man suspected of beating and attempting to rape a woman Monday morning at the business where she was working.
Jermilo Juan Larkins, 35, is charged with one count each of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and attempted criminal sexual penetration. Both charges are third-degree felonies.
Shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, April 26, Las Cruces police were dispatched to a used car dealership on the 1300 block of north Main Street. Employees of the dealership told police that a woman ran into their business pleading for help. The woman was bleeding from her mouth, had a broken tibia and various other abrasions.
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