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New Mexico Search, Seizure Laws Don't Apply At Border - The Associated Press

The New Mexico Supreme Court says the state's protections against search and seizure do not apply at international border checkpoints.

The court made the distinction Thursday in overturning a previous ruling made by an appeals court in a 2012 drug smuggling case.

According to court documents, Aide Sanchez was entering the Santa Teresa Port of Entry from Mexico in January 2012.

A Border Patrol agent referred Sanchez's van to a secondary search even though she had valid documentation of her status as a permanent resident.

The search turned up marijuana and led to Sanchez's indictment of distribution and conspiracy to commit distribution of marijuana.

Sanchez argued in district court that border agents lacked reasonable suspicion of criminal activity as required under the New Mexico Constitution.

 

At-risk Children In Santa Fe To Get Free Lunches - The Santa Fe New Mexican, The Associated Press

Santa Fe school children on free or reduced-price lunch programs won't be without during their summer break thanks to a new program.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the Lunch Box Express will begin delivering free sack lunches Monday to three mobile home communities on Santa Fe's south side.

The Food Depot, a nonprofit food bank that serves nine counties in northern New Mexico, is delivering the food on a Santa Fe Public Schools bus.

Each sack will contain nonperishable food, fresh produce and cold milk.

Organizers say they expect to feed at least 50 children at each site.

The program is modeled after one in Denver.

It will run until Aug. 14.

Another Child Dies From Albuquerque Cherry Picker Accident - The Albuquerque Journal, The Associated Press

Authorities say a 7-year-old Albuquerque boy has died from the cherry picker accident that killed his father and cousin and injured two other children.

The Albuquerque Journal reports that Kevin Raschick died at the University of New Mexico Hospital on Friday from injuries related to the Sunday accident.

Police say the cherry picker that carried Kevin, his father, brother, cousin and a neighbor toppled over from a strong gust of wind and crashed 50 feet to the ground, throwing all five people from the lift.

Gary Gillard, a friend of the Raschick family, says the boy's mother gave permission for her son's organs to be donated.

Gillard says Kevin's older brother, 10-year-old Bobby Raschick, is in stable condition. He says the 10-year-old neighbor is on life support.

10 Albuquerque Officers On Leave Following Latest Shooting - The Associated Press

Albuquerque police say 10 officers are on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into a shooting that wounded a suspected car thief who tried to run them over.

Police spokeswoman Celina Espinoza says investigators are trying to determine how many of the officers may have fired their weapons during Thursday night's incident.

Officers open fired at Rodrigo Garcia after they said he drove directly at them in a stolen SUV. Police Chief Gorden Eden says he believes one shot struck Garcia, who underwent surgery and is in critical but stable condition at an Albuquerque hospital.

A female officer who was struck by the stolen SUV was treated and released.

Police say Garcia has a lengthy criminal history. He has been arrested three times this year, including twice in May.

Espinoza says Garcia had just bonded out of jail on May 21.

PED: Number Of New Mexico Teacher Licenses Up - The Associated Press

The New Mexico Public Education Department says the state is on pace to issue around 9,600 new and renewed teacher licenses, marking a 41 percent increase since 2011.

The agency said this week that New Mexico also is expected to issue more than 2,000 new licenses this year. That will be the largest number in six years.

New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera told state lawmakers Thursday at a New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee meeting that the numbers show that the teaching profession is growing in the state despite complaints that teachers were leaving the field.

Democrats and teachers unions say that a new state teacher evaluation system and student testing requirement were pushing teachers out of the profession.