ALBUQUERQUE POLICE BELIEVE 29 YEAR OLD ANDRES BERMUDEZ USED A STEAK KNIFE TO STAB HIS FRIEND DANNY HERRERA TO DEATH THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED ON DECEMBER 28TH OF 2011 WHILE THE TWO WERE HAVING A PRE-NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY. APD THEN CONTACTED THE U-S MARSHALS SERVICE IN AN EFFORT…… MORE
Man Cuffed After Nearly Eight Hour Standoff
THE 52 YEAR OLD MAN WHO STAGED A MORE THAN 7-HOUR STANDOFF WITH ALBUQUERQUE POLICE TUESDAY FINALLY SURRENDERS AND IS ARRESTED TUESDAY NIGHT. IT STARTED WITH A 911 CALL FROM A WOMAN WHO REPORTED DENNIS LAWRENCE IN THE BACKYARD OF HER HOME NEAR LEAD AND SPRUCE SOUTHEAST SOUTHEAST. HE REMAINED IN THAT YARD THROUGHOUT THE…… MORE
Giant Step for Police Reform at APD
THE TEAM THAT WILL MONITOR ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT REFORMS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE MAKES A FORMAL SITE VISIT. DR. JAMES GINGER HEADS UP THE EFFORT. HE INTRODUCED HIS NINE-MEMBER TEAM ON TUESDAY. NO ONE ON THE TEAM IS FROM NEW MEXICO, BUT THEY’VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN REFORMING OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE U-S.…… MORE
Governor Proposes Working for Food Stamps
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW MEXICANS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY NEW RULES BEING PROPOSED BY THE GOVERNOR FOR THOSE GETTING SNAP BENEFITS, OR FOOD STAMPS. MATT KENNICOTT WITH THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAYS THE PROPOSAL REMOVES A 2009 WAIVER AND PUTS BACK REQUIREMENTS THAT HAD BEEN IN PLACE BEFORE. HE SAYS THE POINT IS THE…… MORE
Ex-Belen Detective on Five Years Probation
A FORMER BELEN POLICE DETECTIVE IS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION FOR ASSAULTING AN ARRESTEE IN MARCH OF 2012. FORTY-TWO YEAR OLD JOHN LYTLE HAD ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA TO THE CHARGE IN 2014, ADMITTING THAT HE REPEATEDLY STRUCK THE VICTIM WHO WAS HANDCUFFED AT THE TIME. HE ALSO ADMITTED PULLING THE VICTIM FROM THE…… MORE
New Sponsor for Balloon Fiesta
YOU’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BALLOON FIESTA BUMPER STICKER. THE FIESTA HAS UNVEILED A NEW PRESENTING SPONSOR. DORIS HIGGINBOTHAM IS WITH CANON, WHICH SHE SAYS HAS SIGNED A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE FIESTA, WHICH WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS THE ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA PRESENTED BY CANNON. HIGGINBOTHAM SAYS THE FIESTA IS A PERFECT FIT…… MORE
One of Two Crime Spree Suspects Arrested
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A MAN WHO HAD JUST BEEN PAROLED FROM PRISON WENT ON A QUITE A CRIME SPREE LAST WEEK. APD EVENTUALLY ARRESTED 24 YEAR OLD JAVIER ROMERO, BUT NOT BEFORE HE, ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPLICE, ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED AT LEAST FIVE AUTO BURGLARIES ON THE SAME DAY. IN ONE INCIDENT, A SHOT WAS FIRED…… MORE
Clovis TB Case Confirmed
THE STATE NOTIFIES PEOPLE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL FROM CLOVIS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS ILLNESS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S T-B PROGRAM MANAGER, DIANA FORTUNE. FORTUNE TELLS 770 KKOB THE INFECTED PERSON HAD TAKEN PART…… MORE
Warning for East Mountain Residents
RESIDENTS OF THE EAST MOUNTAINS ARE BEING CAUTIONED BY HEALTH OFFICIALS. TWO DOGS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR TULAREMIA, A HIGHLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE SIMILAR TO PLAGUE. THE BACTERIAL DISEASE CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS THROUGH TICK OR DEER FLY BITES AS WELL AS CONTACT WITH AN INFECTED ANIMAL.… MORE
Former White House Chef Drowned Near Taos
WE NOW KNOW WHAT KILLED A FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHEF. THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR SAYS WALTER SCHEIB DROWNED, AND IT WAS ACCIDENTAL. HE WAS 61. SCHEIB WAS REPORTED MISSING ABOUT A WEEK AGO. HIS BODY WAS FOUND THIS PAST SUNDAY. IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 YARDS OFF THE YERBA CANYON HIKING TRAIL NORTH…… MORE
