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  • Informant: MVD Workers Aided Astorga (Alleged Killer of NM LEO)

    04/13/2006 10:28:50 AM PDT · by CedarDave · 3 replies · 200+ views
    The Albuquerque Journal ^ | April 13, 2006 | T.J. Wilham
    An informant has come forward claiming more than one state motor vehicle worker was helping Michael Paul Astorga elude police after he was named as a suspect in the death of a man last year.Lorraine Martinez, an MVD worker, has been charged in connection with helping her nephew elude capture. Martinez, a supervisor at a Motor Vehicle Division branch on San Mateo, has been placed on leave. No one else has been arrested, but investigators said more employees could be charged once the investigation is complete. Astorga, 29, has been charged with two open counts of murder. He is accused...
  • Following the life of fugitive Michael Astorga

    04/01/2006 5:10:37 PM PST · by CedarDave · 15 replies · 2,131+ views
    The Albuquerque Tribune ^ | April 1, 2006 | Maggie Shepard
    The Michael Astorga described in court and prison records is fiercely different from the one described by people who have known him for years. A recent neighbor, now so afraid of Astorga's family that he wouldn't give his name, called Astorga courteous and a man of his word. Today, Astorga, 29, is sought by authorities for two killings, including a Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy on March 22. Police say he shot Deputy James McGrane Jr., 38, once in the head, rather than be caught on an outstanding warrant for killing a long-time acquaintance in November. << snip >> Friday afternoon,...