NM - Tera Chavez, 26, found dead in her Los Lunas home, 22 Oct 2007 - #1

[NCEast]

Ok, all of this mess Serna is blaming and attacking AJ for.....what reason did AJ have to throw this case? I mean, there was nothing in his and LC's past, no animosity, no job problems,,,,,heck, they didn't even know one another before Tera's death. So why was AJ so hell bent on turning this from a suicide to a homicide, what were his reasons? Nobody has explained that Serna....why Serna?

 

[Thundar]

What happened to using actual words, the lawyers are using slang and leaving the endings off of words.......this is really starting to bother me. A lawyer should not be able to say "whatever" or "you betcha" in their closing argument........"that dog won't hunt" should be outlawed in court by lawyers too!

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

'Any law officer would pull the gun's release button'. serna

Yup and that is exactly what levi did on the night of the killing of Tera Chavez.

 

[thefragile7393]

defense was just now talking about the lab lady....which is similar to let's say a maintance man.......just saying how nice while watching this trial if we could have someone.....just one person.....have a happy happy little date......

&%&%& and defense just was touching the gun again without gloves.....

ROFLROFLROFL:floorlaugh::floorlaugh::floorlaugh: THANK YOU!!! Thank you for sending that to me! I am laughing/crying here at the same time and I needed that. See I figure he is likely another LC as well...no proof of that but I assume a lot. Anyway I am distracting from Serna but I did want to say thank you for that.

 

[Thundar]

'Any law officer would pull the gun's release button'. serna

Yup and that is exactly what levi did on the night of the killing of Tera Chavez.

Yes! Now defense needs to just quit! The more he talks the more unbelievable and the less sense he makes...........

 

[thefragile7393]

oh he did not just do "Bless his heart!" Oh he did not go there..yep he did. :banghead:

 

[calamityjane831]

OMG OMG You all have got to read this article in full when you get a chance. IMO

• Levi's uncle, Robert Chavez, is a former sheriff in Guadalupe County. Two of Robert's friends died of gunshot wounds fired from Robert's service gun — he wasn't sheriff at the time but was in law enforcement — in 1993 and another in 1998. One of the men was an undercover narcotics detective.
The deaths were ruled suicides, but members of both men's families have questioned the circumstances, according to the wrongful death lawsuit.
Robert Chavez, now 57, resigned as sheriff in 2009 after he was arrested on a DWI charge, to which he later pleaded guilty.
• Another of Levi's uncles, Michael A. Chavez, was implicated as part of a group that was involved with converting stolen cars from Mexican nationals into cash while he was undersheriff and, later, sheriff of DeBaca County. Michael Chavez, 58, later pleaded guilty to misappropriating funds but was never convicted of auto theft-related charges.
• Levi Chavez's father, Levi Sr., was fired from his job at the Fraud Bureau of the state Insurance Department over allegations of misappropriating funds relating to reimbursement vouchers. From there, Levi Sr., 54, was fired from another state job: special assistant to then-state Treasurer Robert Vigil, after Vigil's indictment.
Levi Sr. then went to work for his brother Robert as emergency management coordinator in Guadalupe County.
Neither Michael, Robert nor Levi Chavez Sr. could be reached for comment.

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/1506499606newsmetro05-15-11.htm

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

LC is holding his rosary. I feel bad because I started laughing when I saw that.

IMO Levi hasn't had a relationship with his Creator in years. He was too busy chasing skirts and being a $hit as a husband and probably a father.

Adultery is still frowned on in the Church.

 

[Thundar]

ROFLROFLROFL:floorlaugh::floorlaugh::floorlaugh: THANK YOU!!! Thank you for sending that to me! I am laughing/crying here at the same time and I needed that. See I figure he is likely another LC as well...no proof of that but I assume a lot. Anyway I am distracting from Serna but I did want to say thank you for that.

I actually had your name (fragile) in the post to begin with and then I figured if you wanted to ignore it I would take your name out so you could.....I am glad you enjoyed it.....I enjoyed thinking about it.......you are welcome.....and he would not be another Mr. Chavez...........try it!

 

[NCEast]

OMG OMG You all have got to read this article in full when you get a chance. IMO

• Levi's uncle, Robert Chavez, is a former sheriff in Guadalupe County. Two of Robert's friends died of gunshot wounds fired from Robert's service gun — he wasn't sheriff at the time but was in law enforcement — in 1993 and another in 1998. One of the men was an undercover narcotics detective.
The deaths were ruled suicides, but members of both men's families have questioned the circumstances, according to the wrongful death lawsuit.
Robert Chavez, now 57, resigned as sheriff in 2009 after he was arrested on a DWI charge, to which he later pleaded guilty.
• Another of Levi's uncles, Michael A. Chavez, was implicated as part of a group that was involved with converting stolen cars from Mexican nationals into cash while he was undersheriff and, later, sheriff of DeBaca County. Michael Chavez, 58, later pleaded guilty to misappropriating funds but was never convicted of auto theft-related charges.
• Levi Chavez's father, Levi Sr., was fired from his job at the Fraud Bureau of the state Insurance Department over allegations of misappropriating funds relating to reimbursement vouchers. From there, Levi Sr., 54, was fired from another state job: special assistant to then-state Treasurer Robert Vigil, after Vigil's indictment.
Levi Sr. then went to work for his brother Robert as emergency management coordinator in Guadalupe County.
Neither Michael, Robert nor Levi Chavez Sr. could be reached for comment.

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/1506499606newsmetro05-15-11.htm

Wow, so now we see--being dishonest is in LC's blood. I'm not surprised at the family history. I wish the prosecution could have brought this info out somehow.

 

[calamityjane831]

Another piece of the article. There is more.

Gerald Gallegos was Robert Chavez's best friend, Robert told attorneys during a deposition in the wrongful death lawsuit. In April 1998, Gallegos was going through a difficult breakup and had moved into a home with Robert Chavez.
On April 10 of that year, Robert Chavez, a deputy with Guadalupe County at the time, called authorities to say Gallegos had shot himself in the mouth with Chavez's duty weapon while lying on the couch.
Robert Chavez said in his deposition that he was off duty at the time and was not at the house when Gallegos died.
Five years earlier, in February 1993, Robert Chavez was between jobs with the Santa Rosa Police Department when he hosted a drinking party at the apartment where he lived with another one of his brothers, he said in his deposition.
At the party was a narcotics detective for the Jal Police Department named Ronald Roybal, Robert Chavez said.
At some point during the night, Roybal picked up a 9 mm pistol, removed the clip and began playing with it, according to the deposition. Thinking the gun was not loaded, according to Robert Chavez, Roybal pointed it at his head and shot himself in the temple.
Roybal's blood-alcohol concentration was 0.32 percent at the time of his death, according to an autopsy report prepared by the state Office of the Medical Investigator. That's four times the state's presumed level of intoxication for driving.
Robert Chavez acknowledged in his deposition that his duty weapon was used in both shootings. He said that there were full investigations into both deaths and that he discussed the two incidents with Levi Chavez II, but not until after Tera's death.
"We just kind of discussed, you know, what I had gone through with those issues," Robert Chavez said in his deposition. "I just told him to hang tough, you know, it would work its way through."

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/1506499606newsmetro05-15-11.htm

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

OMG OMG You all have got to read this article in full when you get a chance. IMO

• Levi's uncle, Robert Chavez, is a former sheriff in Guadalupe County. Two of Robert's friends died of gunshot wounds fired from Robert's service gun — he wasn't sheriff at the time but was in law enforcement — in 1993 and another in 1998. One of the men was an undercover narcotics detective.
The deaths were ruled suicides, but members of both men's families have questioned the circumstances, according to the wrongful death lawsuit.
Robert Chavez, now 57, resigned as sheriff in 2009 after he was arrested on a DWI charge, to which he later pleaded guilty.
• Another of Levi's uncles, Michael A. Chavez, was implicated as part of a group that was involved with converting stolen cars from Mexican nationals into cash while he was undersheriff and, later, sheriff of DeBaca County. Michael Chavez, 58, later pleaded guilty to misappropriating funds but was never convicted of auto theft-related charges.
• Levi Chavez's father, Levi Sr., was fired from his job at the Fraud Bureau of the state Insurance Department over allegations of misappropriating funds relating to reimbursement vouchers. From there, Levi Sr., 54, was fired from another state job: special assistant to then-state Treasurer Robert Vigil, after Vigil's indictment.
Levi Sr. then went to work for his brother Robert as emergency management coordinator in Guadalupe County.
Neither Michael, Robert nor Levi Chavez Sr. could be reached for comment.

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/1506499606newsmetro05-15-11.htm

Nice find! Truly the salt of the earth :stormingmad:

 

[NCEast]

Serna is moving rather quickly up there on the podium shuffling his papers around. He realizes he's running out of time and he isn't where he wants to be in his closing. He's getting to the facts of the case now, which he should have done first, and left the attacks of AJ and RL and everybody else out.

 

[Thundar]

Defence only has 5 or 10 minutes left......he has really speeded up his speach patterns! LOL.........

 

[calamityjane831]

Wow, so now we see--being dishonest is in LC's blood. I'm not surprised at the family history. I wish the prosecution could have brought this info out somehow.

After he was indicted on a murder charge last month in his wife's 2007 death, Levi Chavez II was fired from APD.
In motions filed earlier this year, the former lawyers for Levi Chavez II asked a judge to "exclude any evidence and testimony pertaining to the 'Chavez crime family' and suicides among Robert Chavez's (friends) in its entirety at trial because they are immaterial, unduly prejudicial and would mislead, confuse and inflame the jury.
"The jury may very well conclude that the 'apple does not fall far from the tree' and find against Levi Chavez because of the alleged misdeeds of his relatives."

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/1506499606newsmetro05-15-11.htm

 

[NCEast]

Another piece of the article. There is more.

Gerald Gallegos was Robert Chavez's best friend, Robert told attorneys during a deposition in the wrongful death lawsuit. In April 1998, Gallegos was going through a difficult breakup and had moved into a home with Robert Chavez.
On April 10 of that year, Robert Chavez, a deputy with Guadalupe County at the time, called authorities to say Gallegos had shot himself in the mouth with Chavez's duty weapon while lying on the couch.
Robert Chavez said in his deposition that he was off duty at the time and was not at the house when Gallegos died.
Five years earlier, in February 1993, Robert Chavez was between jobs with the Santa Rosa Police Department when he hosted a drinking party at the apartment where he lived with another one of his brothers, he said in his deposition.
At the party was a narcotics detective for the Jal Police Department named Ronald Roybal, Robert Chavez said.
At some point during the night, Roybal picked up a 9 mm pistol, removed the clip and began playing with it, according to the deposition. Thinking the gun was not loaded, according to Robert Chavez, Roybal pointed it at his head and shot himself in the temple.
Roybal's blood-alcohol concentration was 0.32 percent at the time of his death, according to an autopsy report prepared by the state Office of the Medical Investigator. That's four times the state's presumed level of intoxication for driving.
Robert Chavez acknowledged in his deposition that his duty weapon was used in both shootings. He said that there were full investigations into both deaths and that he discussed the two incidents with Levi Chavez II, but not until after Tera's death.
"We just kind of discussed, you know, what I had gone through with those issues," Robert Chavez said in his deposition. "I just told him to hang tough, you know, it would work its way through."

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/1506499606newsmetro05-15-11.htm

So much of this is exactly where LC got his ideas from. No doubt.

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

serna is losing it. Where is that county's dog catcher?

 

[calamityjane831]

:floorlaugh:

serna is losing it. Where is that county's dog catcher?

This made me truly LOL

 

[thefragile7393]

OMG OMG You all have got to read this article in full when you get a chance. IMO

• Levi's uncle, Robert Chavez, is a former sheriff in Guadalupe County. Two of Robert's friends died of gunshot wounds fired from Robert's service gun — he wasn't sheriff at the time but was in law enforcement — in 1993 and another in 1998. One of the men was an undercover narcotics detective.
The deaths were ruled suicides, but members of both men's families have questioned the circumstances, according to the wrongful death lawsuit.
Robert Chavez, now 57, resigned as sheriff in 2009 after he was arrested on a DWI charge, to which he later pleaded guilty.
• Another of Levi's uncles, Michael A. Chavez, was implicated as part of a group that was involved with converting stolen cars from Mexican nationals into cash while he was undersheriff and, later, sheriff of DeBaca County. Michael Chavez, 58, later pleaded guilty to misappropriating funds but was never convicted of auto theft-related charges.
• Levi Chavez's father, Levi Sr., was fired from his job at the Fraud Bureau of the state Insurance Department over allegations of misappropriating funds relating to reimbursement vouchers. From there, Levi Sr., 54, was fired from another state job: special assistant to then-state Treasurer Robert Vigil, after Vigil's indictment.
Levi Sr. then went to work for his brother Robert as emergency management coordinator in Guadalupe County.
Neither Michael, Robert nor Levi Chavez Sr. could be reached for comment.

http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/1506499606newsmetro05-15-11.htm

I saw that in the links from a few days ago..when someone posted a newspaper's entire case links page. A very fascinating article to go with all that is this one http://www.abqjournal.com/news/metro/1506389594newsmetro05-15-11.htm
This person found himself smack in the middle of it all and met the blue line when he tried to report it.

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

Judge????? Try to be impartial because this is being televised. Hold the defense to the time limit!!!!