A-6 THE NEW MEXICAN Sunday, September 26, 2010

DWI WARRANT
ROUNDUP
Law-enforcement agencies
will focus on tracking down the
more than 1,000 people in N.M.
with outstanding arrest warrants
for drunken driving. Listed are 78
names and birth dates of those Sabino Bobbie Jo Nicolas Aeisha Domingo Eva Juan Alisandro
wanted in Santa Fe County in the Acosta Allen Alley Apodaca Araiza Aragon Araon Baca
agencies’ first quarterly report. Nov. 8, 1952 May 14, 1975 June 21, 1978 Sept. 7, 1979 March 28, 1984 Jan. 22, 1973 June 6, 1966 Jan. 3, 1971

Jesus Miguel Humberto Guadalupe Antonio Serapio Daniel Jose Cordova- Carlos Coral- Luis
Balderrama Benavente Cabrera Lorenzo Cisneros- Cojon-Balan Colony Baragan Esparza Corral
Oct. 19, 1981 Oct. 28, 1972 Oct. 22, 1980 Casas-Viccina Murillo July 20, 1977 Sept. 26, 1953 Dec. 10, 1978 Sept. 20, 1974 Sept. 14, 1968
Jan. 26, 1975 June 12, 1961

Jason Leonell Marissa Rafael Contravo Mike Enrique Jorge Steve David S.
Davis Dominguez, Dominguez- Dominguez Duran-Avitia Espinosa Estrada- Garcia Garcia Garrett
Dec. 9, 1976 Sept. 14, 1982 Andazola Feb. 19, 1990 Sept. 24, 1984 Nov. 20, 1948 Gutierrez Feb. 14, 1968 Aug. 23, 1947 March 31, 1974
March 13, 1987 Feb. 21, 1972

Rodrigo Alfonso Carlos Allison Armando Grady Manolo Juan Luis Salvador Ivan
Gonzales- Guizar Herivez-Perez Hunter Juarez Knox Lopez Lopez-Meza Loya- Lozano
Martinez June 3, 1983 May 19, 1981 Feb. 4, 1985 Jan. 27, 1976 May 31, 1962 Sept. 28, 1983 Aug. 23, 1988 Hernandez Jan. 9, 1972
Aug. 10, 1979 June 29, 1977

Ross Chrystal Jose Genevieve Roland Junior Jesus Javier Nava- Martin Emilio
Lujan Marquez Martinez Martinez Martinez Martinez- Martinez- Larguero Olvera- Ortiz-Muñoz
Feb. 15, 1969 Dec. 27, 1980 Aug. 20, 1982 Oct. 15, 1958 Feb. 4, 1967 Almarez Flores Feb. 1, 1973 Martinez May 19, 1950
June 7, 1982 Dec. 27, 1988 June 23, 1973

Cynthia Francisco Julian Dennys Joel Aldofo Estevan Keenan Jose Nathan Armando
Perea Perez Perez Perez-Lopez Ponce-Ramos Portillo Rafferty- Rascon Riley Rodriguez
July 5, 1971 Dec. 22, 1984 Oct. 8, 1977 Feb. 7, 1985 Jan. 6, 1967 Sept. 17, 1982 Hughes Feb. 14, 1974 Feb. 15, 1951 Jan. 19, 1963
March 24, 1984

Marcos Wilfredo Rafael Jonathon Roberto Alonzo Manuel Darryl William B. Sergio F.
Romero Roque Ruiz-Ceja Savstrom Sepulveda- Sisneros Soto-Flores Starkes Suddith Terrazas
June 14, 1985 June 26, 1988 June 20, 1968 Aug. 27, 1973 Linares Oct. 12, 1971 May 11, 1971 Dec. 16, 1984 March 3, 1969 Oct. 5, 1987
Dec. 17, 1990

Salvador Arsenio Vincent Julio Valle- Luis Victor Betty Francisco Tom Justin
Trevizo Trujillo Trujillo Hernandez Vargas Alejandro Vigil Villalobo Ward Youngblood
Jan. 1, 1972 May 23, 1972 April 26, 1987 Jan. 7, 1985 June 11, 1971 Vega-Nevarers April 17, 1971 Jan. 29, 1976 May 27, 1972 March 6, 1984
Dec. 5, 1985

Operation Descansos Agencies tracking

down those wanted
in DWI offenses

By Anne Constable The community also owes it to your success rate goes up.” offender has paperwork showing the
The New Mexican A COMMUNITY EFFORT those injured in alcohol-related The law-enforcement teams issue has been resolved, “If we can, we

T
he New Mexican is publishing
today the names and pho-
tos of 78 people wanted for
drunken-driving offenses in
Santa Fe County.
They are among the more than
1,000 offenders who either bonded out
of jail and didn’t show up in court to
face the charges against them, or who
failed to comply with the terms of
their sentences.
Law-enforcement agencies have
checked and rechecked the records to
ensure that the people pictured have
valid warrants out for their arrest.
But to date, they have not searched
all 1,000-plus names. They are starting
with the newest warrants and going
backward in their efforts to clear and
clean up the list.
The story published today includes
people who have re-offended since the
original warrants, multiple offenders,
and those who didn’t complete all the
hours of community service ordered
by the judge.
The people pictured are believed
to live in Santa Fe County. The law-
enforcement agencies will ask local
The New Mexican will publish
quarterly the names and photos
of offenders in Santa Fe County
who have outstanding DWI war-
rants. Anyone with information
regarding the whereabouts of
fugitives is encouraged to con-
tact Santa Fe Crime Stoppers
at 505-955-5050. Callers will
remain anonymous and could
earn a reward of up to $1,000
for information that leads to an
arrest in these cases.
authorities in other jurisdictions to
execute warrants against people found
to be living elsewhere.
By publishing the names, Capt. Chris
Martinez of the New Mexico State
Police said the agencies are giving the
community a tool to help them find
the scofflaws. “The community needs
to be our eyes and ears,” Martinez said.
“The goal,” he added, “is to improve
quality of life (in the community) by
holding (these) people accountable. It’s
time for them to square up in court and
face the consequences of their actions.”
crashes or whose property was dam-
aged by drunken drivers, said Sheriff
Greg Solano. “There are victims still
waiting for justice,” he said.
The warrant roundup — dubbed
Operation Descansos for the road-
side grave markers common in New
Mexico — will be funded by a $58,000
federal grant that covers overtime
expenses for the officers and planning
for the operation.
Rachel O’Connor, the governor’s
drug czar who helped facilitate the
grant, said, “In my research on Santa
Fe, I was astonished at the number of
outstanding warrants.” Her office, she
added, was “trying to identify areas we
could impact and this was one.”
Each of the three agencies involved
— the state police, sheriff’s depart-
ment and city — will commit six offi-
cers to the monthly roundups over the
next year.
Executing warrants is costly — and
not always highly successful.
By most estimates, only one of 10
people targeted is actually arrested.
But as Martinez said, “If you spend
time doing the proper investigation,
deployed for this operation will have
a “packet” that includes the person’s
name, date of birth, a photo and
information on his or her last known
residence and personal associations.
Solano said authorities check various
databases showing the address the
offender has given most recently to
file a tax return, register a car or apply
for a loan, for example.
“We may not catch them during the
actual roundup, but the intelligence
we gather helps us catch them later,”
he said.
Often, an officer might knock on
the door and be told that the target no
longer lives at the address, but, “mirac-
ulously, word gets to these people.
And sometimes they show up on their
own,” he pointed out.
Common reasons for noncompli-
ance include, “ ‘I didn’t get to it, I was
working, caring for my kid,’ ” Solano
said. “But they need to comply. The
(DWI) classes (for example) are an
important part of the program, put
together to stop (their) chance of re-
offending.”
He also said that if the DWI
will take them directly to court,” to get
the warrant cleared.
Solano expects some people will
turn themselves in, and that’s a good
thing. “What we want to see is compli-
ance; we don’t necessarily want to see
people go to jail,” he said.
Richard Roth, an ignition-interlock
advocate who provides DWI classes
for sentenced offenders, said finding
people named in the warrants is a dif-
ficult job. Many of the thousand or
more people whose offense occurred
in Santa Fe County have returned to
their home countries or moved to
another state rather than face the con-
sequences, he suggested.
Roth has proposed turning the job
over to bail bondsmen, because they
know how to find people.
But whoever does the job, it’s
important, he said, because about
15 percent of people arrested for
drunken driving are never adjudicated.
And giving people advance notice that
if they turn themselves in they won’t
go directly to jail is “cost-effective.”
Contact Anne Constable at 986-3022
or aconstable@sfnewmexican.com.