FGGAM NEWS EXCLUSIVE: This is a story that I would not rather post. But the Lord has led me to do so. It is a story of a hero and two other Law Enforcement Officers bad behavior. We are mourning the death of Sandoval County New Mexico Deputy Sheriff Sgt. Robert Baron. He was hit by a car as he was assiting at an accident scene. Here is the story:
It is with deep sadness we report that Sandoval County New Mexico Sheriff Deputy Sgt. Robert Baron has died. Photo is of Sgt. Baron. Sandoval County Sheriff Doug Wood said that it was “with the deepest regret that at 4:43 p.m. today,(Friday) our brother and fellow officer Sgt. Robert Baron succumbed to his injuries.”
“Robert was not only one of my deputies, he was a husband, father, brother and son as well as a member our law enforcement family and my friend,” read Wood’s statement, recited by county public information officer Sidney Hill.
The statement continued with a thanks to “doctors and hospital staff who worked so gallantly to save Robert’s life.”
Let us pray for the family, his wife Krysia and 10 year old son Colter and the rest of the family and fellow officers. Our heart breaks at this news.
Sgt. Baron is a hero. Doing the work he was called to do and assisting in a crises. Let’s go to the “other side” of the news: It is still very disturbing to me to see New Mexico State Police Officer Elias Montoya fire at a van full of kid’s and their Mother. What was the man thinking? How on earth can a unarmed Mother and Children be such a threat? Now I understand the Mother broke the law and has problems of her own, but shooting at the van, and I don’t care if Officer Montoya says he was shooting at the tires of the van. This is not in any way acceptable behavior from a law enforcement officer. Thankfully New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas sees it the same way, as he fired Montoya yesterday. See the video here when the news broke of the incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPrlTdemjL8 Now Montoya has supporters as they have started a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/supportelias
The other Law Enforcement Officer in the news, is no longer with Albuquerque Police. His name is Levi Chavez. What a very deep tragedy. You know that, Montoya firing on the van and the Levi Chavez case both have made National News. What an example to the world of New Mexico Law Enforcement. Not exactly Chamber of Commerce or State Tourism stuff. The Civil suit against Chavez has been dismissed. This story makes me vomit. I don’t think we will never know the truth here on this side of Heaven. The Albuquerque Journal is reporting this morning that a stipulated judgement dismissing the civil lawsuit brought by the estate of Tera Andrea Cordova Chavez against her husband, former APD Officer Levi Chavez end’s litigation involving the officer who says he is broke. Chavez has remarried and claims his wife’s death at the family home in October 2007 was a suicide, be he was indicted on murder charges in 2011 and exonerated of them last July. The Civil suit was still pending. The defense contended that Tera Chavez committed suicide because she was depressed because her husband was having many extramarital affairs. It was also brought up and has been reported in the past of adultery being a problem at APD. Ugly stuff.
There have been many ugly things happening with New Mexico Law Enforcement Officials over the last few years. Like this awful case reported by the Blaze, once again, New Mexico made National News…..
What began as a simple traffic stop ended in a humiliating and nightmarish ordeal for a New Mexico man. It won’t come as a surprise to most people why the man has now filed a federal civil rights lawsuit.
The incident began on Jan. 2 as David Eckert was leaving the local Walmart in Deming, N.M. He reportedly failed to make a complete stop at a stop sign, prompting police to pull him over.
The officers asked him to step out of the vehicle and claim the man appeared to be clenching his buttocks, Eckert’s attorney, Shannon Kennedy, told TheBlaze. It is unclear why police removed him from the vehicle in the first place. However, because the cops believed he was clenching his buttocks, they took it as reason to suspect him of hiding narcotics in his anal cavity.
Police officers detained Eckert after a narcotics sniffing dog allegedly issued a “hit” on Eckert’s car seat. Meanwhile, they sought a search warrant for an anal cavity search.
“What is so strange about this case is they held him with no evidence,” Kennedy said. “They seized him to collect evidence, to go on a fishing expedition on someone’s body.”
Upon securing the warrant, Deming police officers took the man to an emergency room, but hit their first snag when a doctor refused to perform the anal cavity search because he believed it to be “unethical.”
So police tried again at the Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, N.M., where doctors agreed to the search.
And on and on……when will this type of Law Enforcement stop? It is spoiling it for the EXCELLENT OFFICERS OF THIS STATE! There is nobody that respects Law Enforcement Officers more than me! But when Officers abuse their position violently or in any way they must be called on it! I am sadden that I have not heard anything from the Governor or the Attorney General or State legislators on this type of behavior! If you hear from them let me know! I am thankful however, for New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassatas for doing the right thing and firing Elias Montoya.
My prayer is that the darkness over New Mexico Law Enforcement will be gone this day. In Jesus name, Amen!
Also please read this post by my partner here at FGGAM, Pastor Paul Holt: “What is Happening to Law Enforcement in America” https://fggam.org/what-is-happening-to-law-enforcement-in-america/
