BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSIONER MAGGIE HART STEBBINS IS PROPOSING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD HAVE SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES AND THE COUNTY MANAGER HIRE A THIRD-PARTY EVALUATOR. THAT PERSON WOULD THEN REVIEW THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENTS POLICIES ON USE OF FORCE AND PURSUITS. THAT PERSON COULD ALSO RECOMMEND CHANGES TO SOME OF THOSE POLICIES. BUT…… MORE
Bodies Found Near Stanley, NM, Identified
MORE INFORMATION IS BEING RELEASED REGARDING THOSE TWO BODIES DISCOVERED NEAR STANLEY, NEW MEXICO LAST WEEK. APD OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE MEN HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 70 YEAR OLD EUGENE CARRELL RAY AND 28 YEAR OLD ZAKARIA FRY, A TRANSGENDER FEMALE. HE SAYS THE TWO HAD BEEN MISSING FOR OVER MONTH. …… MORE
Anti-Semitism Rising in NM
A STUDY FINDS A RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE U-S … UP 57 PERCENT ACROSS THE U-S AND 36 PERCENT IN NEW MEXICO SINCE LAST YEAR. THE STUDY IS FROM THE ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE, WHICH AUDITED ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS AND RELEASED THE STUDY THIS WEEK. IT SAYS HARASSMENT AND ASSAULTS ROSE FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE…… MORE
City Targets SE Albuquerque Motel
THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE WANTS A CRIME-RIDDEN MOTEL NEAR GIBSON AND SAN PEDRO SHUT DOWN. CITY COUNCILOR PAT DAVIS SAYS A JUDGE WILL BE ASKED TO DECLARE THE SAHARA MOTEL A PUBLIC NUISANCE. DAVIS SAYS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, APD, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN CALLED OUT…… MORE
New AFD Programs to Reduce Non-Emergency Calls
THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS LAUNCHING A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF NON-URGENT 9-1-1 CALLS IT RECEIVES. CAPTAIN EMILY JARAMILLO SAYS MANY TIMES CALLS COME IN FROM PEOPLE WHO DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE SERVICES SO THEY CALL 9-1-1. THE NEW PROGRAM HAS PARAMEDICS PROVIDE RESOURCES…… MORE
Search on for Bank Robber
HE DIDN’T TRY HARD TO HIDE HIS IDENTITY, BUT HE DID PUT SOME EFFORT INTO COVERING HIS TRACKS. THE FBI SAYS A MAN DESCRIBED AS BEING IN HIS EARLY 20S, WITH A SLIM BUILD, ROBBED THE U-S BANK AT 2015 EUBANK MONDAY AFTERNOON. POLICE HAVE A VERY GOOD IMAGE OF THE MAN CAPTURED…… MORE
Sixth Alleged Sex Trafficker Arrested
THE FINAL SUSPECT IN AN ALBUQUERQUE-BASED SEX TRAFFICKING RING HAS BEEN ARRESTED. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAY 54 YEAR OLD JOHN DOMPIERRE TURNED HIMSELF IN ON MONDAY. HE’S THE SIXTH AND FINAL SUSPECT WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SEX TRAFFICKING RING. BCSO SAYS THE RING HAD OPERATED IN MULTIPLE STATES,…… MORE
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Gas Company Pitches Rate Hike
THE GAS COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO IS ASKING STATE REGULATORS TO APPROVE A 1-POINT-4 PERCENT RATE HIKE. IT LAST REQUESTED A RATE INCREASE IN 2012 … BUT SINCE THEN IT SAYS IT’S INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY INTO THE NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. IF THE PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSION APPROVES…… MORE
Bigger Pay for Bernalillo County Workers
NON-UNION EMPLOYEES IN BERNALILLO COUNTY ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THEIR PAY STUBS ON MARCH 9TH. THAT’S WHEN THEIR THREE PERCENT PAY RAISES SHOULD SHOW UP ON THEIR CHECKS. NOT ONLY ARE THOSE WORKERS DUE FOR A RAISE, THE FIRST IN FIVE YEARS, BUT THEY’LL ALSO ENJOY A ONE-THOUSAND DOLLAR ONE-TIME…… MORE
