THE WOMAN WHO’S PRESIDENT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS UNION IS OUT OF JAIL THIS MORNING. FORTY-YEAR-OLD STEPHANIE LOPEZ WAS BEING HELD ON A 5-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH-ONLY BOND. SHE WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY ON CHILD ABUSE AND BRIBERY, INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION OF A WITNESS CHARGES.
THE ALLEGED ABUSE IS SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED AGAINST LOPEZ’S 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, WHO SAYS LOPEZ REPEATEDLY HIT HER IN THE HEAD AND FACE, AND SHOVED HER TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT BRUISING.
NO COMMENT ON THE CASE YET FROM APD. A SPOKESMAN SAYS NO ONE HAS SO FAR READ THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST LOPEZ, WHO WAS SUSPENDED LAST YEAR FOR HOW SHE HANDLED A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE … AND ALSO SUSPENDED IN 2013 FOR FAILURE TO REPORT SHE HAD BEEN IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT.
