ALBUQUERQUE’S DWI VEHICLE SEIZURE PROGRAM IS SHOT DOWN IN FEDERAL COURT. JUDGE JAMES BROWNING HAS RULED THAT THE PROGRAM IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL BECAUSE IT FORCES PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVE THEIR OWN INNOCENCE. ATTORNEY ROBERT EVERETT JOHNSON WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE SAYS THE COURT RULED THE GOVERNMENT MUST PROVE THAT AN OWNER DID SOMETHING WRONG BEFORE…… MORE
Alleged Child Abusers Released from Jail
DAHN LEIDY AND FLORENCIO MENDOZA … BOTH ACCUSED OF ABUSING LEIDY’S ONE YEAR OLD SON … ARE OUT OF JAIL. THAT’S AFTER APPEARING IN COURT MONDAY AND A JUDGE REJECTING A PETITION THAT WOULD HAVE KEPT THE 24 YEAR OLD LEIDY AND 35 YEAR OLD MENDOZA JAILED UNTIL THEIR TRIAL ON CHILD ABUSE CHARGES. PROSECUTORS…… MORE
Albuquerque Drafts Plan to Rid City of Needles, Syringes
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE NOW HAS A PLAN TO CLEAN UP THE NEEDLES AND SYRINGES IN CITY PARKS AND ELSEWHERE. THE PLAN WAS ANNOUNCED MONDAY BY MAYOR TIM KELLER, WHO SAYS THE NEW INITIATIVE WILL COORDINATE QUICK RESPONSE WHEN RESIDENTS REPORT NEEDLES FOUND IN PUBLIC PLACES LIKE PARKS. ALBUQUERQUE’S NEW “ONE A-B-Q” APP ALSO ALLOWS…… MORE
Police I-D Murder Victims
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED THE IDENTITIES OF THE CITY’S SHOOTING VICTIMS FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 52-HUNDRED BLOCK OF MENAUL NORTHEAST, POLICE SAY YOLANDA GOODLOE, 56, WAS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY 61 YEAR OLD WENDELL HARGROVE WHO THEN FATALLY SHOT HIMSELF. POLICE SAY GOODLOE WAS HIS ESTRANGED GIRLFRIEND. LATER…… MORE
Johnson Could Make Senate Race More Interesting
IT’LL MAKE THE RACE MORE ENTERTAINING. THAT FROM POLITICAL ANALYST JOE MONAHAN ON REPORTS THAT FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GARY JOHNSON IS CONSIDERING A RUN FOR THE U.S. SENATE AS A LIBERTARIAN. MONAHAN TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB HE WAS SURPRISED BY THE NEWS SINCE JOHNSON SAID AFTER HIS SECOND PRESIDENTIAL RUN THAT HE…… MORE
High School Coach Pleads Guilty
A FORMER SPEECH AND DEBATE COACH AT RIO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL PLEADS GUILTY TO A NUMBER OF CHARGES FOR HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A STUDENT. LUIS CHAVEZ FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON, AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE SAYS CHAVEZ WAS ALSO PROSECUTED…… MORE
APS Program to Work with Immigrant & Refugee Students
A NEW PROGRAM BEING WORKING ON RIGHT NOW AT ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE STUDENTS. AND SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS … LIKE THE NEW MEXICO ASIAN FAMILY CENTER AND GLOBAL 505 … ARE WORKING ON THE PROGRAM. THESE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE WORRIED THE NEEDS OF THESE PARTICULAR STUDENTS ARE NOT BEING MET. THE GROUPS…… MORE
APD Investigates Three Weekend Shooting Deaths
THREE MORE SHOOTING DEATHS IN ALBUQUERQUE OVER THE WEEKEND, ALL OCCURRING WITHIN 12 HOURS. APD OFFICERS WERE SENT TO A GIANT GAS STATION AT MENAUL AND SAN MATEO SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN AND WOMAN SHOT. THE MAN DIDN’T SURVIVE BUT THE WOMAN DID. SHE’S IN CRITICAL CONDITION. APD IS INVESTIGATING THIS AS…… MORE
Hurd Conviction Upheld
CONVICTED MURDERER JORDAN HURD WILL HAVE TO SERVE HIS LIFE SENTENCES FOR MURDERING TWO PEOPLE IN JARALES IN 2013. HE HAD APPEALED HIS CONVICTIONS BUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS THAT APPEAL HAS BEEN DENIED. HURD WAS CONVICTED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING WESLEY HOBBS AND HIS DAUGHTER AMANDA AFTER THE FATHER HAD REFUSED TO PURCHASE…… MORE
Keeping Up With NM’s Oil and Gas Industry
LAST WEEK WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE RECORD-TYING OIL AND GAS RIG COUNT IN THE STATE. THE TALLY WAS 103 RIGS, WITH 101 OF THOSE IN THE PERMIAN BASIN OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. RYAN FLYNN WITH THE NEW MEXICO OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE INDUSTRY IS WORKING WITH THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES…… MORE
