THE TWO MEN SHOT AND KILLED BY A BERNALILLO COUNTY DEPUTY ON NOVEMBER 17TH HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 23 YEAR OLD ISAAC PADILLA AND 25 YEAR OLD MARTIN JIM. SHERIFF MANUEL GONZALES SAYS DEPUTY JOSHUA MORA FELT A THREAT, AND FIRED SEVEN SHOTS INTO A STOLEN VEHICLE FOLLOWING A CHASE THAT ENDED AT…… MORE
REWARD FOR GARCIA INCREASED
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE STILL HUNTING FOR 39 YEAR OLD DOMINIC GARCIA. HE’S ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER AND KILLING 19 YEAR OLD SAMANTHA SANDOVAL BACK ON NOVEMBER 14TH AT PENNSYLVANIA AND HAINES NORTHEAST FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT IN THE STREET. CRIMESTOPPERS SAYS THE REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF GARCIA HAS…… MORE
NEW LAB DIRECTOR AT LOS ALAMOS
THERE’S A NEW BOSS AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. TERRY C. WALLACE JUNIOR REPLACES CHARLES MCMILLAN WHO’S RETIRING ON DECEMBER 31ST AFTER SIX YEARS ON THE JOB. WALLACE HAS BEEN LANL’S PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR GLOBAL SECURITY. HE’LL BE THE 11TH PERSON TO HOLD THE DIRECTOR’S POSITION AT LOS ALAMOS.… MORE
DUKE CITY HOMICIDE RATE HIGHER
TWO HOMICIDES IN ALBUQUERQUE OVERNIGHT COULD BE PUSHING THE NUMBER OF MURDERS THIS YEAR TO AN HISTORIC HIGH. ONE PERSON WAS STABBED TO DEATH FOLLOWING A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO BROTHERS. IT HAPPENED ON GIBSON BLVD IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. THEN OFFICERS WERE SENT TO A SHOOTING AT FIFTH AND HEADINGLY NORTHWEST. THERE THEY…… MORE
AN HONOR FOR AN ANIMAL ADVOCATE
CITY OFFICIALS SAY IMPROVEMENTS TO A KENNEL FACILITY AT ALBUQUERQUE’S EASTSIDE ANIMAL SHELTER ARE NEARLY COMPLETE. IT’LL BE CALLED KENNEL Q IN HONOR OF THE LATE ANIMAL ADVOCATE AND KKOB TALK SHOW HOST TERRIE Q. SAYRE. THE RENOVATION PROJECT WILL INCLUDE RADIANT HEATING AND NEW COOLING AND VENTILATION SYSTEMS. THE 1.6 MILLION…… MORE
GEIER NAMED INTERIM APD CHIEF
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR-ELECT TIM KELLER HAS APPOINTED MICHAEL GEIER TO THE POSITION OF INTERIM CHIEF OF POLICE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. GEIER WAS AN APD OFFICER FOR 20 YEARS AND CHIEF OF POLICE IN RIO RANCHO FOR THREE YEARS. KELLER HAS ALSO NAMED THREE DEPUTY CHIEFS OF POLICE. HAROLD MEDINA HAS WORKED AS…… MORE
GUILTY PLEA IN FRAUD CASE
62 YEAR OLD PAUL DONISTHORPE OF BLOOMFIELD PLED GUILTY TO FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CHARGES IN FEDERAL COURT THIS(MON) MORNING. IRS SPECIAL AGENT CLEMENT ROGERS SAYS DONISTHORPE RAN DESERT STATE LIFE MANAGEMENT, A COMPANY THAT HANDLED TRUST ACCOUNTS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CLIENTS. HE SAYS BETWEEN 2009 AND 2016 DONISTHORPE ILLEGALLY MOVED CLIENT MONEY…… MORE
KELLER BUILDS HIS TEAM
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR-ELECT TIM KELLER IS BUILDING HIS TEAM. HE ANNOUNCED SERVAL APPOINTMENTS TODAY(MON). SARITA NAIR WILL SERVE AS KELLER’S CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. SHE WAS THE AUDITOR’S SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS AND WILL BE THE CITY’S FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS THE C-A-O. ALSO COMING OVER FROM THE AUDITOR’S OFFICE IS SUNALEI STEWART.…… MORE
HEATING UP IN NOVEMBER
IF YOU’RE THINKING NOVEMBER HAS BEEN WARMER THAN USUAL IN ALBUQUERQUE, YOU’RE RIGHT. IN FACT, THIS MONTH IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO GO DOWN AS THE WARMEST NOVEMBER EVER IN THE DUKE CITY…BEATING A RECORD THAT’S STOOD FOR MORE THAN 100 YEARS. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS THE MAIN REASON FOR THE RECORD WARMTH…… MORE
DEADLY FIRE IN CLOVIS
AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED A BUILDING FIRE THAT LEFT THREE PEOPLE DEAD IN CLOVIS. POLICE SAY ONE PERSON WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE THE DETACHED OUTBUILDING IN THE BACKYARD OF A HOME SUNDAY…BUT THREE PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD INSIDE. THE BUILDING WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED.… MORE
