THE MAN SHOT AND KILLED DURING A FIGHT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SOUTHWEST SIDE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY APD AS 20 YEAR OLD JOSHUA GARCIA. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF BLAZICK SOUTHWEST NEAR SAGE AND SNOW VISTA. WITNESSES ON SCENE GAVE GARCIA CPR BUT HE DIED LATER IN THE HOSPITAL. GARCIA…… MORE
Campaign Targets Duke City Road Ragers
YOU’RE GOING TO BE HEARING AND SEEING A LOT ABOUT HOW TO AVOID ROAD RAGE. THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE AGENCIES BEHIND OPERATION LILLY. IT’S A CAMPAIGN TO END ROAD RAGE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. MATT KENNICOTT IS WITH THE D-O-T SAYS STATE POLICE, APD AND BCSO ARE DOING SATURATION…… MORE
Rio Rancho Sends Collection Agency After Delinquent Payers
IF YOU OWE THE CITY OF RIO RANCHO MONEY FOR COURT FINES OR FEES YOU MIGHT WANT TO SETTLE YOUR ACCOUNT BEFORE JANUARY FIRST OF NEXT YEAR. THAT’S WHEN A COLLECTION AGENCY WILL START TRACKING YOU DOWN. JUDGE ROBERT COOK WITH THE MUNICIPAL COURT IN RIO RANCHO…SAYS THEY HOPE THE COMPANY CAN COLLECT THE 1-AND-A-HALF…… MORE
Operation Lilly is Underway
IT’S NAMED AFTER LILLY GARCIA, THE FOUR YEAR OLD DUKE CITY GIRL KILLED DURING AN APPARENT ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN OCTOBER. STATE POLICE, APD AND BCSO ARE DOING SATURATION PATROLS IN AN EFFORT TO CATCH RECKLESS AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS. THE CAMPAIGN TO END ROAD RAGE IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH FEBRUARY.… MORE
Lockdown at City Hall
SOME FRIGHTENING MOMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES AT ALBUQUERQUE CITY HALL FRIDAY. THE BUILDING WENT ON LOCKDOWN WHEN A MAN ARMED WITH A GUN STARTED POUNDING ON LOCKED DOORS ON THE SECOND FLOOR. THE LOCKDOWN WAS LIFTED WHEN THE MAN LEFT THE BUILDING. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES LATER MADE CONTACT WITH THE MAN IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS.…… MORE
APOA Statement on Lopez
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THE ARREST OF APOA PRESIDENT STEPHANIE LOPEZ. SHE’S ACCUSED OF CHILD ABUSE. IN THE STATEMENT, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GROUP, SHAUN WILLOUGHBY SAID THE ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE ARE OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS MATTER. HE GOES ON TO SAY HE KNOWS STEPHANIE LOPEZ “TO BE A…… MORE
Police Union Leader Charged with Child Abuse
THE WOMAN WHO’S PRESIDENT OF THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICERS UNION IS OUT OF JAIL THIS MORNING. FORTY-YEAR-OLD STEPHANIE LOPEZ WAS BEING HELD ON A 5-THOUSAND DOLLAR CASH-ONLY BOND. SHE WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY ON CHILD ABUSE AND BRIBERY, INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION OF A WITNESS CHARGES. THE ALLEGED ABUSE IS SAID TO HAVE…… MORE
Real I-D Rules Have NM Confused
THERE’S A LOT OF CONFUSION OUT THERE OVER REAL I-D AND NEW MEXICO DRIVERS LICENSES. THAT’S ACCORDING TO STATE SENATOR DANIEL IVEY-SOTO. HE SAYS THE FEDS HAVE SAID WE’LL GET AT LEAST A 120 DAY NOTICE BEFORE OUR LICENSES WON’T BE GOOD ENOUGH TO BOARD A PLANE. HE SAYS TIME IS…… MORE
NM Flu Season Tepid So Far
THE FLU SEASON IN NEW MEXICO IS OFF TO A RELATIVELY SLOW START. THAT FROM MARISA BARGSTEN, AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. SHE TELLS 770 KKOB, THE GOOD NEWS IS, THIS YEAR’S VACCINE SHOULD WORK BETTER THAN LAST YEAR’S. THE VACCINE THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE USED LAST…… MORE
Women Arrested in Drug Bust at Duke City Bus Station
TWO WOMEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AT THE ALBUQUERQUE GREYHOUND BUS STATION AFTER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY D-E-A AGENTS FOUND 15 POUNDS OF HEROIN STRAPPED TO THEIR BACKS AND WAISTS. VICENTA RAMONA GARCIA IS A U-S CITIZEN…GUADALUPE LOPEZ-VASQUEZ IS A MEXICAN NATIONAL. BOTH MADE THEIR INITIAL APPEARANCES IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE THURSDAY.…… MORE
