FOUR YEAR SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT VETERAN REX WAS TRYING TO TAKE DOWN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUSPECT AT A RESIDENCE ON BARCELONA SOUTHWEST LAST(SUN) NIGHT. SHERIFF MANNY GONZALES SAYS THE MAN, OSCAR VALADEZ, STABBED REX THREE TIMES IN THE TORSO AND HIT HIM SEVERAL TIMES ON THE HEAD WITH A BASEBALL BAT. HE…… MORE
Man Charged in Fatal Moriarty Crash
THREE PEOPLE, INCLUDING AN INFANT, ARE DEAD FOLLOWING A SUSPECTED DWI CRASH IN MORIARTY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE TORRANCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS CESAR CHAVEZ WAS DRUNK, AND IN THE WRONG LANE, WHEN HE CRASHED INTO AN S-U-V…KILLING THREE OF THE SEVEN PEOPLE INSIDE. THE OTHER FOUR PASSENGERS WERE HOSPITALIZED. CHAVEZ FACES…… MORE
Police Say Man Arrested After “Shooting” While Driving
TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD RICHARD DIAZ OF SANTA FE WAS ARRESTED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SUNDAY EVENING AFTER HE’S SEEN SHOOTING UP HEROIN WHILE DRIVING ON SAN MATEO. OFFICER TANNER TIXIER SAYS AN OFF-DUTY POLICEMAN REPORTED SEEING DIAZ INJECTING SOMETHING INTO HIS SYSTEM . WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY POLICE THEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF…… MORE
APS Wants Input on Academic Plan
HAVE AN IDEA FOR THE NEXT ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMIC PLAN? YOU CAN PASS THAT IDEA ONTO THE DISTRICT AT A MEETING MONDAY NIGHT, APRIL 25TH. ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS SPOKESMAN RIGO CHAVEZ SAYS THEY’VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST … AND THE LAST TIME COMMUNITY MEMBERS SAID THEY NEEDED TO WORK ON CLOSING THE ACHIEVEMENT…… MORE
Intel Layoffs Begin
LAYOFFS ARE UNDERWAY AT INTEL NATIONWIDE. THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED RECENTLY THAT IT’LL LAY OFF ABOUT 11 PERCENT OF ITS GLOBAL WORK FORCE … OR 12 THOUSAND EMPLOYEES. IT’S BELIEVED MONDAY’S EXPECTED LAYOFFS WILL NOT YET IMPACT INTEL’S RIO RANCHO PLANT. THAT COULD COME LATER, EVEN THOUGH INTEL SAYS IT HAS NO PLANS TO CLOSE ANY…… MORE
Online Hoax Could be Link to Virus
AN ONLINE ARTICLE THAT RAN OVER THE WEEKEND REPORTING A MASS SHOOTING IN ALBUQUERQUE PULLED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN … BUT IT WAS A HOAX. AND APD NOW SAYS THE ONLINE STORY COULD BE LINKED TO A VIRUS. SPOKESPERSON CELINA ESPINOZA ADVISES THAT YOU NOT SHARE OR POST THE STORY IF YOU COME ACROSS…… MORE
Visits Increase at NM National Parks
ATTENDANCE IS WAY UP AT NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS IN NEW MEXICO. JASON LOTT, THE SUPERINTENDENT AT BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT OUTSIDE LOS ALAMOS, SAYS VISITS THERE WERE UP 38 PERCENT IN MARCH FROM A YEAR AGO. AND HE TELLS 770 KKOB THAT’S TRUE FOR ATTRACTIONS ALL OVER THE STATE. HE SAYS ALL THE PARKS ARE…… MORE
Good Advice for Albuquerque Cat Lovers
THIS IS A BUSY TIME AT ALBUQUERQUE’S ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT. ANIMAL WELFARE VETERINARIAN NICOLE VIGIL SAYS EVERY SPRING AND SUMMER, THEY GET HUNDREDS OF KITTENS AND PUPPIES. SHE SAYS KITTENS ARE BROUGHT IN BECAUSE PEOPLE SEE THEM AND THINK THEY’VE BEEN ABANDONED BY THEIR MOM WHEN, IN FACT, THE MOTHER IS SIMPLY AWAY LOOKING FOR…… MORE
UNM Sued by Former Rape Suspects
TWO FORMER UNM FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND A CNM STUDENT ARE SUING THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. THE FORMER PLAYERS … CRUSOE GONGBAY AND SAQWAN EDWARDS … ALONG WITH CNM STUDENT RYAN RUFF ARE SUING UNM POLICE AND THE REGENTS OVER A BOTCHED INVESTIGATION OF AN APRIL 2014 RAPE. THE THREE WERE…… MORE
Varela-Casaus to Plead Guilty
THE ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN ACCUSED OF KICKING HER NINE YEAR OLD SON TO DEATH WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO THE CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AGAINST HER. IT MEANS A 40 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR SYNTHIA VARELA-CASAUS IN DECEMBER 2013 DEATH OF HER NINE YEAR OLD OMAREE VARELA. OMAREE’S STEPFATHER STEVEN CASAUS IS ALREADY SERVING…… MORE
