YOU KNOW IT AS THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT FOR MANY ASYLUM SEEKERS HEADING THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE, IT WILL BE HOME, AT LEAST FOR A FEW DAYS. CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT EXPO NEW MEXICO WILL BE USED TO HOUSE SOME ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE HERE TEMPORARILY. EXPO NEW MEXICO GENERAL MANAGER DAN MOURNING SAYS THE…… MORE
Group Helps Assist Asylum Seekers
CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN ALBUQUERQUE IS ONE OF THE GROUPS PROVIDING AID TO ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE BEING HOUSED IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. C-E-O JIM GANNON SAYS HIS GROUP UNDERSTANDS THERE ARE A LOT OF OPINIONS OUT THERE ON THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE, BUT THERE IS ONE GUIDING PRINCIPAL IN PLAY HERE. HE SAYS THEY’RE STILL…… MORE
Update on Missing Persons Murder
A MISSING PERSONS CASE IN VALENCIA COUNTY HAS TURNED INTO A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION…AND AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED. FIFTY NINE YEAR OLD JAMES LOVATO, WHO’S ALREADY IN PRISON ON UNRELATED CHARGES, FACES AN OPEN COUNT OF MURDER. RITA JARAMILLO WENT MISSING LAST SEPTEMBER…BUT AUTHORITIES HAVEN’T SAID IF HER BODY HAS BEEN FOUND. STATE POLICE…… MORE
APD Addresses Overtime Policies
APD CHIEF MICHAEL GEIER IS UPDATING THE DEPARTMENT’S OVERTIME POLICIES THAT HE SAYS ARE OUTDATED. THE CHANGES INCLUDE PROVIDING COMMANDERS WITH DATA ABOUT OVERTIME USAGE AND HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR MANAGING OVERTIME. THE CIVILIAN POLICE OVERSIGHT AGENCY RECENTLY RECOMMENDED THAT APD SPOKESMAN SIMON DROBIK BE FIRED AFTER INVESTIGATING HIS OVERTIME PAY. WHILE GEIER SAYS HE…… MORE
APD Racks Up Arrests At the Gathering
APD CARRIED OUT AN AUTO THEFT OPERATION DURING THE GATHERING OF NATIONS AT EXPO NEW MEXICO IN ALBUQUERQUE. APD SAYS IT MADE 15 FELONY ARRESTS FOR THEFT FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE, 11 RECOVERED STOLEN VEHICLES, 4 DRUG-RELATED ARRESTS, 3 GUNS RECOVERED AND 7 BAIT CAR ARRESTS. THE OPERATION ALSO RESULTED IN 2 RECOVERED STOLEN LICENSE…… MORE
Man Sentenced for Vehicular Homicide
A SANTA FE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO SECOND DEGREE VEHICULAR HOMICIDE FOR A DWI RELATED CRASH THAT KILLED A MOTORCYCLIST IN 2017. PAULO VEGA-MENDOZA COULD GET 15 YEARS IN PRISON WHEN HE’S SENTENCED. SIXTY-THREE YEAR OLD PAUL PADILLA DIED WHEN VEGA-MENDOZA CRASHED INTO HIM ON AIRPORT ROAD. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT VEGA-MENDOZA’S…… MORE
Heavy Snowfall Doesn’t Wipe Out Fire Danger
DESPITE HEAVY WINTER SNOWFALL, THERE’S STILL A RISK OF FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THAT ACCORDING TO FOREST SERVICE OFFICIALS, WHO TELL THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN THAT THEY’LL BE MONITORING CONDITIONS CLOSELY THROUGH JUNE, WHICH IS OFTEN THE HOTTEST, DRIEST MONTH IN THE AREA. THE SANTA FE NATIONAL FOREST WAS CLOSED…… MORE
Women Steal from Good Samaritan
A SANTA FE WOMAN MAY THINK TWICE BEFORE TRYING TO HELP SOMEONE AGAIN. THE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE WOMAN WAS LEAVING A STORE SUNDAY WHEN TWO OTHER WOMEN, IDENTIFIED AS MELANIE RIVERA AND NICHOLETTE MIERA, APPROACHED HER AND ASKED FOR MONEY. AS SHE WAS LOOKING IN HER WALLET, IT WAS KNOCKED OUT OF HER HANDS…… MORE
Appointments Made to NM’s New Ethics Commission
THE FIRST TWO COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO NEW MEXICO’S NEW STATE ETHICS COMMISSION. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, HOUSE SPEAKER BRIAN EGOLF HAS NAMED FORMER DEPUTY STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL STUART BLUESTONE OF SANTA FE TO THE PANEL. AND SENATE PRESIDENT MARY KAY PAPEN HAS APPOINTED FRANCES WILLIAMS, WHO HAS EXPERIENCE AS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY…… MORE
D-A’s Program Said to Fight Gun Violence
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS HE NOW HAS A PROGRAM TO FIGHT GUN VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTY. THIS FOLLOWS MONDAY’S REPORT THAT 114 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THE COUNTY SINCE THE START OF 2019. D-A RAUL TORREZ TELLS KOB TV THAT HE’LL USE CRIME DATA TO FORM STRATEGIES TO FIGHT CRIME AND GUN VIOLENCE.…… MORE
