A GANG OF THIEVES IS CAUGHT ON AN ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENT’S SECURITY CAMERA BREAKING INTO HIS UNLOCKED CAR AND MAKING OFF WITH A PHONE CHARGER AND SOME LOOSE CHANGE. IT HAPPENED ON WYOMING NEAR INDIAN SCHOOL. THE VICTIM … IDENTIFIED BY KOB-TV AS ORUS GUERRA … SAYS HE DISCOVERED THE THEFT WHEN HE WENT TO HIS…… MORE
Alleged Rio Rancho Cop Killer Indicted
MORE CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER LAST MONTH. TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD ANDREW ROMERO HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. ROMERO IS BEING PROSECUTED UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S “WORST OF THE WORST” ANTI-VIOLENCE INITIATIVE. HE…… MORE
Albuquerque Furniture Store Fire Destroys Product
BAD NEWS FOR AN ALBUQUERQUE FURNITURE BUSINESS. FIRE BROKE OUT AT THE RODEO RUSTIC FURNITURE STORE EARLY THURSDAY. ALBUQUERQUE FIRE CREWS WERE SENT TO THE 100 BLOCK OF CARLISLE NEAR CENTRAL AROUND 6:45 AM AND COULD SEE BROWN SMOKE COMING FROM THE BUILDING BEFORE THEY GOT THERE. MELISSA ROMERO WITH A-F-D SAYS CREWS FORCED ENTRY…… MORE
Woman Arrested Following Three-Car Pileup
A WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY IN SANTA FE AFTER FLEEING THE SCENE OF AN ALLEGED DRUNK DRIVING CRASH MONDAY NIGHT. KOB TV REPORTS 20 YEAR OLD LISA MARIE ROMERO IS ACCUSED OF CAUSING A THREE CAR PILEUP AT ST. FRANCIS DRIVE AND ALAMEDA STREET. A PASSENGER IN HER CAR SUFFERED A BROKEN LEG, WHILE A…… MORE
Accused Bosque Firesetter Could Be Released from Jail
A MAN ACCUSED OF SETTING SEVERAL FIRES IN THE BOSQUE EARLIER THIS YEAR COULD BE A FREE MAN SOON. KRQE TV REPORTS AUDIE HELMS IS SET TO BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK ON PRE-TRIAL SERVICES…ASSUMING HE GOES ALONG WITH AN ALCOHOL TREATMENT PROGRAM. HELMS WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL FOR SETTING A FIRE IN THE SOUTH VALLEY.…… MORE
UNM Gears Up Projects After Special Session
WORK WON’T RESUME RIGHT AWAY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A COUPLE OF BIG BUILDING PROJECTS AT UNM CAN GO FORWARD, NOW THAT A NEARLY 300-MILLION DOLLAR PUBLIC WORKS BILL HAS BEEN APPROVED IN SANTA FE. UNM’S GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST MATT MUNOZ SAYS MONEY IS INCLUDED FOR THE TOP TWO PRIORITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY: PHASE THREE…… MORE
Duke City Home Sales Up
MAY PROVES TO BE A PRETTY GOOD ONE FOR HOME SALES IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA. THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS REPORTS HOME SALES WERE UP 13-POINT-3 PERCENT OVER MAY OF LAST YEAR WITH 903 CLOSED LISTINGS. PENDING LISTINGS TOTALED 1,234, A NEARLY 24 PERCENT INCREASE OVER MAY OF 2014.… MORE
Drug Bust n Amtrak Train in Albuquerque
A SIZABLE DRUG BUST AT THE AMTRAK TRAIN STATION IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY. AGENTS ARRESTED A 32 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM PHOENIX ARIZONA AFTER THEY FOUND OVER 5 POUNDS OF METH AND NEARLY FIVE POUNDS OF HEROIN IN HER LUGGAGE. BETHZABETH GUADALUPE CASTRO-GALLEGOS IS IN FEDERAL CUSTODY. SHE FACES A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS IN PRISON…… MORE
NM Jail Guard Charged in Suboxone Case
A MAN WHO WAS SERVING TIME AT THE SANTA FE COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WILL STAY LOCKED-UP A LITTLE LONGER AFTER HIS PLEA HEARING ON WEDNESDAY. FORTY-ONE YEAR OLD JAMES BARELA ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA IN A DRUG CONSPIRACY CASE GOING BACK TO LAST AUGUST. HE WAS IN PRISON AT THE TIME. THE U-S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE…… MORE
APD ASKS FOR PUBLIC’S HELP
CAUGHT ON CAMERA. BACK ON MAY 29TH, TWO MEN ENTERED THE PIZZA NINE STORE AT 26-41 COORS BLVD AND ROBBED IT AT GUN POINT. POLICE SAY THE WORKERS WERE THREATENED BY THE SUSPECTS AS THEY FLED THE SCENE. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING A TATTOO ON HIS NECK. NO VEHICLE WAS SEEN…… MORE
