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Jarrett Chacon was sentenced to life plus six years in the killing of Larry Norsworthy.

The Albuquerque Journal reported Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, that Jarrett Chacon, 28, was sentenced Friday to life plus six years for the 2023 killing of Larry Norsworthy, 60, in Northeast Albuquerque. The Journal's Saturday story lists two guilty counts, and the Bernalillo County District Attorney's page lists six.

By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer · · Updated

Jarrett Chacon
Photo: Olivier Uyttebrouck/Journal

Life plus six years is the sentence the Journal and the district attorney reported after the August verdicts. The Journal's Saturday story names first-degree murder and robbery. The district attorney's page names those two and four more, and it does not print the 30 years before parole that the Journal prints beside the six.

The Albuquerque Journal, by Olivier Uyttebrouck, is marked published October 31, 2026, at 12:15 p.m. and modified October 31, 2026, at 12:37 p.m. The clocks do not carry a time zone. It reported that a man convicted by a jury of barging into a Northeast Albuquerque apartment in 2023 and killing 60-year-old Larry Norsworthy was sentenced Friday to life plus six years in prison. It reported Jarrett Chacon, 28, was found guilty of first-degree murder and robbery during a weeklong trial in August in 2nd Judicial District Court before Judge Brett Loveless. It reported the life sentence requires Chacon to serve at least 30 years before he becomes eligible for parole. Friday is the day of the sentence in that story. August is the trial. The story does not say which counts carry the six years, or whether those years run after the 30 or at the same time. It names Loveless as the trial judge. It does not print a separate sentence that a named judge imposed the term on Friday.

The Bernalillo County District Attorney's news page, as read November 1, marks that item "2 days ago" and does not print a calendar date or a clock time. The visible text says a judge sentenced Jarrett Chacon to life in prison plus six additional years for the murder of 60-year-old Larry Norsworthy. It says that in August a jury convicted him of First-Degree Murder, Aggravated Burglary, Robbery, Conspiracy to Commit Aggravated Burglary, Conspiracy to Commit Robbery, and Tampering with Evidence. It says the murder occurred on April 3, 2023, at Norsworthy's apartment in the 200 block of Charleston in Northeast Albuquerque, and that Chacon "forced his was into the apartment" and fatally beat him. "His was" is the spelling on the page. It says that after the murder he took Norsworthy's wallet, credit cards, cell phone, and a new pair of tennis shoes before fleeing in Norsworthy's vehicle with his girlfriend. The Journal's Saturday story does not print Charleston, the wallet, the cards, the phone, the shoes, or the vehicle. The district attorney's visible text does not print Chacon's age, Judge Loveless, or 30 years before parole. Two guilty counts in the Saturday Journal story, and six on the district attorney's page, are not the same list. First-degree murder and First-Degree Murder are one count in different capitals. Aggravated burglary, the two conspiracy counts, and tampering with evidence are on the district attorney's list and are not in the Saturday Journal's guilt sentence.

The Journal's August 28, 2026, story, also by Uyttebrouck, published at 7:27 p.m. and modified August 29 at 8:33 a.m., reported jurors found Chacon guilty of first-degree felony murder and robbery, and that sentencing had not been scheduled. First-degree felony murder, in August, and first-degree murder, on Saturday, are not the same words. The district attorney's page says First-Degree Murder and does not print felony murder. The August story spelled the defense lawyer Stefanie Gulley. The Saturday story spelled her Stephanie Gulley. The August story said Trujillo, 32, pleaded guilty last year to second-degree murder, aggravated burglary and conspiracy and was sentenced in January to 25 years. The Saturday story said Jasmine Trujillo, 28, pleaded guilty last year to second-degree murder in the killing and was sentenced in January to 25 years. Thirty-two and 28 are not the same age. Aggravated burglary and conspiracy are in the August plea sentence and in the district attorney's post. They are not in the Saturday plea sentence. The Saturday story calls her his co-defendant and former girlfriend. The district attorney's post says girlfriend, and it says she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, aggravated burglary, and conspiracy, was sentenced to 25 years, and agreed to testify. Former, and girlfriend, are not the same word. The August story reported prosecutor Christine Jablonsky said Trujillo testified truthfully that Chacon entered the apartment with a gun. The Saturday story does not print a gun. It reported Trujillo told jurors she had lived rent-free in the apartment, conspired with Chacon to rob Norsworthy, and saw him barge in, resulting in a fight that killed the older man. A gun at the entry, and a fight after he barged in, are not the same sentence.

The August story reported Gulley said, "She's a liar," and "Why did she take a plea? Because she's guilty of killing Larry (Norsworthy)." The Saturday story reported she told jurors Trujillo was the killer and lied to get a favorable plea agreement, and it did not print those quotations. A closing argument is not a verdict. The August story reported Jablonsky said Trujillo "is a flawed character" and that "Ultimately, Jasmine (Trujillo) took responsibility for her role." The Saturday story reported Jablonsky acknowledged Trujillo was "a flawed character" but testified truthfully about Chacon's role. "Is" and "was" are not the same verb. The August story quoted the detective line as "He was working on this case in the background while he was working on other homicide cases." The Saturday story says the detective investigated the case "in the background while he was working on other homicide cases," and that he was not assigned until several weeks after the killing. The August story reported Donny Stafford said that even after family members tracked down Norsworthy's stolen Mercury Mountaineer, police refused to take the vehicle or its contents as evidence, and it quoted him: "They didn't act like it was a crime." The Saturday story does not print the Mountaineer or that quotation. It reported Stafford said in August that it took him more than a year to convince Albuquerque police and the Office of the Medical Investigator to investigate the death as a homicide. The August story's public text puts that year of persuasion on the police. Police, and police plus the medical investigator, are not the same. Both Journal stories reported an autopsy found he died as a result of four broken ribs, with contributing factors including methamphetamine use and underlying health conditions, that the Office of the Medical Investigator initially listed the manner of death as natural causes, and that the case was not officially a homicide until September 2024, about 17 months after April 3, 2023.

96.3 KKOB, dated Aug. 31, 2026, at 11:43 a.m., spelled him Jarret Chacon. Jarret and Jarrett are not the same spelling. It reported, according to the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office, that Norsworthy was killed on April 3, 2023, in the 200 block of Charleston Street NE. It reported investigators determined Chacon was armed with a handgun and fatally beat Norsworthy with the weapon, and that prosecutors said he then stole the wallet, credit cards, cell phone, tennis shoes, and vehicle. It reported a jury convicted him of the same six counts the district attorney's page lists. The Saturday Journal story does not print the handgun or Charleston Street NE. KKOB reported he now faces a life sentence. That story is dated before Friday. Facing a life sentence is not a term that has been imposed. The August guilty verdicts are the findings those accounts reported. Friday's life-plus-six term is the sentence the Journal and the district attorney reported. On any appeal these accounts do not report as decided, all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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