BROTHERS CHARGED WITH POSTAL THEFTS
10:33AM Tuesday
January 8, 2013
TWO BROTHERS FROM ESPANOLA ARE ACCUSED OF STEALING MORE THAN 76 HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM A POST OFFICE LAST NOVEMBER. 24 YEAR OLD JOSEPH TORREZ AND 18 YEAR OLD IVAN CHAVEZ ARE CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT WITH CONSPIRACY AND THEFT OF POSTAL PROPERTY. THEY'VE PLEADED NOT GUILTY.
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY CHAVEZ WAS A CONTRACT DRIVER FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE AT THE TIME. IT'S ALLEGED THE TWO STOLE THE MONEY FROM A POST OFFICE IN ESPANOLA, AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE A ROBBERY HAD HAPPENED.
A MAN ON THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE MOST WANTED LIST IS NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER HIS ARREST LAST FRIDAY. TWENTY-YEAR-OLD LEONARDO LIMON WAS ARRESTED AS HE TRIED TO ENTER THE U-S FROM MEXICO AT THE PASO DEL NORTE PORT OF ENTRY IN EL PASO.
HE WAS ADDED TO THE MOST-WANTED LIST IN MAY OF 2012 ON A CHARGE OF MURDER ALONG WITH A HOST OF OTHER CHARGES. THE CASE STEMS FROM A 2011 INCIDENT IN ANTHONY, NEW MEXICO. HE'S ACCUSED OF STABBING A MAN 7 TIMES DURING A RIVAL GANG FIGHT. FOUR OTHER MEN HAVE ALREADY BEEN ARRESTED IN THE KILLING.