Aug 15, 2024 · Porfirio Brown was 14 when charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Questa teen Amber Archuleta on July 28, 2023, but a trial held in his case this past February ended in a hung jury.

QUESTA, N.M. – The second-degree murder trial of Questa teenager Porfirio Brown ended in a hung jury this week. Eight jurors found the fourteen-year-old not guilty, while four found him...

He’s the teen accused of shooting and killing 13-year-old Amber Archuleta in July after getting a hold of his father’s gun. Porfirio’s father, William Brown, had a court hearing earlier this...

Aug 15, 2024 · In a deal with prosecutors, Porfirio Brown, 15, agreed to plead guilty to a single count of tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony. He was 14 when he was accused in the July 28, 2023 ...

Aug 25, 2023 · William Brown, 39, the father of Porfirio Brown, attended his son’s hearing Wednesday and Friday after being charged with negligently making a firearm accessible to a minor resulting in death, a...

Sep 29, 2023 · William Brown, 39, is facing charges after he allegedly left his guns out in his home unsecured, allowing his son to easily access them. “Most of them are secured,” William Brown allegedly told law enforcement seconds before he was arrested. “I have a few that are out,” he said referencing his guns.

Feb 28, 2024 · Jury selection for the trial of Porfirio Brown, a 14-year-old boy charged with second-degree murder, began Wednesday (Feb. 28) in the 8th Judicial District Court in Taos. Brown is accused of fatally shooting Amber Archuleta, a 13-year-old girl, at his father’s home in Questa on July 28, 2023.

Aug 15, 2024 · Then 14-year-old Porfirio Brown is accused of shooting and killing a 13-year-old girl at his dad's home last year in Questa. A key case in testing Bennie's Law,...

Aug 30, 2023 · Porfirio Brown was originally charged with first-degree murder following his arrest on July 28, but on Friday, Judge Jeff Shannon determined that the 14-year-old would face the lesser charge of second-degree murder after hearing from at least nine witnesses, some of whom suggested the fatal shooting may have been an accident.

Aug 18, 2023 · The Taos County District Attorney’s office is asking the court to keep 14-year-old Porfirio Brown behind bars after he was accused of killing 13-year-old Amber Archuleta last month while they...