Las Cruces police arrested an Albuquerque man June 26 in Las Cruces on charges of threatening a Sandoval County judge.
According to court documents, 54-year-old Robert Jaramillo allegedly made threats “towards the safety of” a 13th Judicial District Court Judge over a several-week period.
Jaramillo faces a fourth-degree felony charge in connection with the alleged threats. Court documents state that Las Cruces police arrested Jaramillo on a warrant filed after the judge’s assistant reported that Jaramillo allegedly called and threatened the judge. According to a criminal complaint, Jaramillo threatened to “beat up [the judge] and kill him.” The judge’s office had reportedly been receiving voicemail messages as well from Jaramillo for the past four weeks.
Investigators located Jaramillo in Las Cruces using an emergency phone ping from AT&T.
Jaramillo is scheduled to appear in front of Judge Sara Blankenhorn in Taos on July 18. It was not clear as of press time who Jaramillo’s lawyer will be.
Artie Pepin, director of the Administrative Office of the Courts, said in a statement:
“I can confirm that there was a threat to a judge at the Sandoval County Courthouse in Bernalillo on June 25, 2024. I am not able to share some details about the incident due to the need to keep confidential our plans and training for threat responses and because there is an active criminal case as a result of the incident. A judge and court personnel reported that an individual made repeated phone calls threatening violence to court personnel and the judge and that a number of these calls were recorded. I am grateful to be able to report that due to the responsiveness of local law enforcement officers and training of court personnel there was an arrest without injury to anyone.”