Española Police Department has charged David J. Salazar, 54, with possession of a controlled substance after he allegedly dropped a small bag of cocaine into a hot dog at the
Española Police Officer Dwayne Epling introduced KUMO, Española Police Department’s first police dog, by informing that he is very serious while on the job.
A small plastic bag filled with cocaine was found in a hot dog at the Sonic Drive-In on Riverside Dr., according to Española Police Chief Mizel Garcia.
Police and child welfare authorities have declined to release any records from their investigation into the death of an Española infant in the city on April 8.
Copper thieves in Northern New Mexico knocked a out phone line to homes and businesses and sent emergency dispatch departments scrambling. Espanola Police Chief Mizel Garcia said someone cut off five to six feet of copper wire on the Santa Clara Pueblo – wire that was critical to providing phone service in surrounding areas.