New Mexico RCFL

News Articles / Press Releases

10/10/11: Carlsbad Man Pleads Not Guilty to Child Pornography Charges — The New Mexico RCFL is providing digital forensics expertise to the Carlsbad Police Department in the investigation involving Nicholas Radosevich, 22 — read the full story.
10/4/11: Albuquerque Man Pleads Guilty to Child Sexual Exploitation Charges — The New Mexico RCFL provided digital forensics expertise to investigators in this case brought by Project Safe Childhood — read the FBI's press release.
8/8/11: New Mexico RCFL Supports High-Profile Case Involving the State's Top Criminal Judge — State District Judge Pat Murdoch retired from office after being arrested on 7/19/11 and charged with sexual assault — digital evidence may play an important role in the case and the New Mexico RCFL is doing its part to assist investigators — learn more.
5/13/10 — Eyewitness News 4 in Albuquerque recently interviewed members of the New Mexico RCFL in their story about the laboratory, which will be located on the campus of the University of New Mexico. Click here to watch.
Click here to watch an interview with NMRCFL Laboratory Director Darrin Jones with KOAT TV.
11/12/2009: Students at Anderson Schools to Teach Computer Safety to ABQ Area Schools Students in the Information Security course at the University of New Mexico’s Anderson School of Management are taking what they learned in the classroom and reaching out to the Albuquerque and surrounding area schools. Students are traveling to local high schools, middle schools, and even elementary schools to demonstrate safe computer behavior and raise awareness about best practices on how to protect your personal information...
11/12/2009: UNM Students Selected to Participate in FBI’s Honors Internship Program Anderson School students selected for prestigious FBI program Two students from the graduate Information Assurance program at the University of New Mexico, Kevin Rodriguez and Leila Potts, were selected to participate in the 2009 FBI Honors Internship Program. Every year the Federal Bureau of Investigation selects a unique group of students to participate in its FBI Honors Internship Program. The highly selective process is very competitive with a very small percentage of applicants from universities admitted each year...
07/27/2009: Interview with Darrin Jones, Director of New Mexico RCFL The Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory (RCFL) Program is a partnership between the FBI and local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. The Program provides forensics resources and advanced techniques that can be brought to bear on cases being worked by participating agencies. The first RCFL was established in 1999 in San Diego, California. This successful partnership between FBI and Southern California law enforcement led to fifteen more centers over the ten years that followed. One of the most recent is in Albuquerque, New Mexico...
Computer Forensics Lab Awarded to New Mexico - UNM anchors regional bid The FBI announced recently that the state of New Mexico, in conjunction with the UNM Police Department, UNM Information Technology Services Department (ITS) and the NSA-certified UNM Anderson School of Management’s Center for Information Assurance Research and Education (CIARE), has been awarded an RCFL...
4/28/08: Press Release FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III today announced that Los Angeles, California and Albuquerque, New Mexico were selected as the host sites for two new FBI-sponsored Regional Computer Forensics Laboratories (RCFLs)... With the addition of these facilities, the number of RCFLs will increase to 16 nationwide...