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Colfax County Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested by FBI and New Mexico State Police

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – Vidal Sandoval, 45, a Deputy of the Colfax County Sheriff’s Office who resides in Cimarron, N.M., was arrested earlier today by the FBI and the New Mexico State Police.  Additional information will be available when Sandoval makes his initial appearance in federal court in Albuquerque, N.M., later today.

Updated March 16, 2015
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USAO - New Mexico

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