KOB Eyewitness News 4 has confirmed that drunk driving suspect Stephanie Mendez  turned herself in to police Friday.

Mendez, 28,  is accused of killing passengers Paul Esquibel, 22, and Danalynn Boyd ,24, in an accident on I-25 near Montano in March. .  

When the crash first happened, police didn't arrest Mendez because they wanted to wait for blood alcohol test results.

When the results finally came in six weeks after the crash, toxicology reports showed she had a blood alcohol level almost three times the legal limit.

Mendez turned herself into the U.S. Marshals and Farmington police at a park.

District Attorney Keri Brandenburg said the next step is to arraign her.

"Usually, it'll take anywhere between six months to eighteen months for a c ase like this to proceed to trial," Brandenburg explained.

FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Two of three New Mexico men accused of branding a swastika on the arm of a developmentally disabled Navajo man have entered plea agreements.

State prosecutors say 27-year-old Paul Beebe and 25-year-old Jesse Sanford both entered Alford pleas Tuesday in state district court. Under an Alford plea, a defendant acknowledges there is enough evidence for a conviction but does not admit guilt. The

Beebe entered his plea to attempted kidnapping and aggravated battery in the April 2010 attack on the 22-year-old victim. Sanford entered his plea to attempted kidnapping and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery.

Prosecutors say they've agreed to cap the prison sentence at 8½ years for each defendant and won't oppose running the time together for both counts.

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FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - A Farmington attorney has been charged with fraud after he allegedly accepted casino winnings from a client who was attempting to avoid paying child support.

Ronald Adamson was issued a criminal summons June 29 charging him with fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, abandonment of a dependent and conspiracy to commit abandonment of a dependent.

Adamson vehemently denied the allegations when contacted by the Farmington Daily-Times on Monday.

Court records show Adamson is accused of providing his own identification and social security information for a slot machine jackpot originally won by a client he is defending in an unrelated criminal case.

The client owed back child support and his winnings would have been held if he had used his own personal information.

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