ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW ALBUQUERQUE FIRE-RESCUE TO RECOVER SOME COSTS RELATED TO MAJOR CRASHES. LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATION HAS BEEN ADDED TO CLARIFY THAT THE EFFORT DOES NOT SEEK DAMAGES FROM CITIZENS, BUT FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES. THE NEW LEGISLATION ALSO STATES THAT COST RECOVERY WILL ONLY…… MORE
State Auditor Begins Special Audit Into Payments
STATE AUDITOR BRIAN COLON HAS LAUNCHED A SPECIAL AUDIT TO LOOK INTO 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN SECRET PAYOUTS MADE TO SIX STATE EMPLOYEES AT THE END OF THE MARTINEZ ADMINISTRATION. COLON SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HANDLED THE PAYOUTS. HE SAYS THE TRANSACTIONS TO BRING ABOUT THE 1-POINT-7 MILLION DOLLAR…… MORE
Otero County Wants Its State Cops Returned
BRING BACK ARE STATE POLICE OFFICERS … AND REINSTALL THE NATIONAL GUARD AT THE BORDER. THOSE ARE THE DEMANDS OF OTERO COUNTY SHERIFF DAVID BLACK AFTER THE STATE COPS WERE SENT TO ALBUQUERQUE TO HELP FIGHT CRIME IN NEW MEXICO’S BIGGEST CITY. SHERIFF BLACK SAYS REMOVING THE POLICE OFFICERS AND GETTING RID OF THE NATIONAL…… MORE
Mother, Son Face Decades of Prison Time
A MOTHER AND SON HAVE EACH PLEADED GUILTY ON TUESDAY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY IN THE DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS ALISSA BICKETT AND DRAKE BICKETT BEAT AND STABBED 65 YEAR OLD MARILYN GANDERT TO DEATH IN JANUARY OF 2018. THE VICTIM’S BURNED BODY WAS LATER…… MORE
Officer-Involved Shooting … Outside of Albuquerque
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING MONDAY INVOLVING SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, MELISCO GALLEGOS, A SUSPECT IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT, ALLEGEDLY RAMMED THREE PATROL VEHICLES WITH HIS PICKUP WHILE THE DEPUTIES WERE INSIDE THE CARS. ONE OF THE DEPUTIES THEN FIRED FROM INSIDE HIS VEHICLE, HITTING…… MORE
Officer-Involved Shooting Outside of Albuquerque
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING MONDAY INVOLVING SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, MELISCO GALLEGOS, A SUSPECT IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT, ALLEGEDLY RAMMED THREE PATROL VEHICLES WITH HIS PICKUP WHILE THE DEPUTIES WERE INSIDE THE CARS. ONE OF THE DEPUTIES THEN FIRED FROM INSIDE HIS VEHICLE, HITTING…… MORE
Protection for Chaco Canyon
SENATOR MARTIN HEINRICH IS PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS VISIT TUESDAY WITH U-S INTERIOR SECRETARY DAVID BERNHARDT. HEINRICH SAYS HE SECURED COMMITMENTS TO PLACE ON HOLD ANY LEASING OF LAND WITHIN THE 10-MILE PERIMETER SURROUNDING THE CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, AN AREA WITH DEEP MEANING TO NEW MEXICO’S PUEBLOS. HEINRICH SAYS THE HOLD…… MORE
Gov Agrees to Not Enforce Settlement with DPS
A SETTLEMENT AGAINST STATE POLICE AND FORMER-STATE POLICE CHIEF PETE KASSETAS WILL NOT BE ENFORCED AFTER ALL. NOT ENFORCING IT WAS AGREED TO BY GOVERNOR LUJAN GRISHAM, THOUGH THE CASE REQUIRED CONFIDENTIALITY UNTIL THE YEAR 2023. NOW, ALL SIDES CAN DISCUSS THE LITIGATION … BUT THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS HOW MUCH IS PAID TO DPS…… MORE
Another Busy Day at the Border
A VERY BUSY DAY MONDAY FOR BORDER PATROL AGENTS IN THE EL PASO SECTOR. THE BORDER PATROL SAYS OVER 22-HUNDRED PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR ENTERING THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY. THE ARRESTS BEGAN JUST AFTER 2AM WHEN 200 ILLEGAL ALIENS WERE APPREHENDED NEAR THE ANTELOPE WELLS PORT OF ENTRY IN NEW MEXICO. CENTRAL AMERICAN FAMILIES AND UNACCOMPANIED…… MORE
Nob Hill Resident Attacked
A MAN IS ATTACKED WITH A BRICK WHILE PUTTING UP A YARD SALE SIGN IN ALBUQUERQUE’S NOB HILL. IT HAPPENED TO JOSEPH TORRES, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE INCIDENT, BUT NO POLICE WERE SENT TO THE SCENE. TORRES SAYS HE HEARD SOMEONE ONE RUNNING BEHIND HIM, THEN WAS HIT WITH…… MORE
