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Stabbing Investigation Leads To Arrest Of Alleged Child Predator

  The investigation of a stabbing earlier this month led Doña Ana County Sheriff’s investigators on the trail of an alleged predator, after piles of child pornography were found inside the man’s Mesilla Park home.

   On Dec. 12, sheriff’s deputies were called to the 8900 block of Angie Lane after an injured man was reportedly going door-to-door, asking for help.

   After they arrived, deputies learned the man had been in a fight with his roommate. The roommate reportedly attacked the man with a nail-riddled two-by-four piece of lumber. The man told investigators he defended himself against the attack with a knife, which he used to stab the roommate repeatedly in the abdomen.

   The roommate gave a false name to investigators, who later learned his true identity is Dean M. Rieck, 55. On the night of the fight, Rieck was transported to University Medical Center in El Paso.

   During the investigation, Rieck’s roommate said he was in fear of his life that night because Rieck had threatened him with a gun. A subsequent search of the home for the gun revealed several folders containing photographs of naked girls who appeared to be between the ages of 12 and 17. A loaded handgun was also discovered, with the serial numbers scratched off.

   Earlier this week, sheriff’s investigators obtained a warrant for Rieck’s arrest, charging him with sexual exploitation of children, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Rieck is reportedly a convicted sex offender from outside of New Mexico.

   On Tuesday, Dec. 23, U.S. Marshals arrested Rieck in El Paso after his discharge from the hospital. He was subsequently extradited back to Doña Ana County and is now being held at the Doña Ana County Detention Center on a $250,000 cash-only bond per orders of Magistrate Court Judge Conrad Perea.

Information from Doña Ana County