JURY SELECTION IN THE TRIAL FOR A FORMER TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPARTMENT CABINET SECRETARY HAS BEEN SET FOR NEXT MAY. DEMESIA PADILLA THURSDAY PLED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES THAT SHE EMBEZZLED MONEY FROM A FORMER CLIENT. THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE FILED THE CHARGES AGAINST PADILLA IN JUNE, ABOUT A YEAR AND-A-HALF AFTER SHE RESIGNED…… MORE
Hansen In Jail Fight
JUSTIN HANSEN IS BACK IN THE NEWS. HE’S THE MAN CONVICTED OF USING A SHOVEL TO NEARLY BEAT TO DEATH ALBUQUERQUE TEENAGER BRITTANI MARCELL AT HER HOME IN 2008. STATE POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO CORRECTIONAL FACILITY TUESDAY AT NOON IN RESPONSE TO AN ALTERCATION BETWEEN HANSEN AND ANOTHER INMATE,…… MORE
Cannon Airman Killed in Afghanistan
AN AIRMAN AT CANNON AIR FORCE BASE OUTSIDE CLOVIS WAS AMONG THREE MILITARY MEMBERS WHO DIED IN AFGHANISTAN THIS WEEK. THE PENTAGON SAYS 25 YEAR OLD STAFF SERGEANT DYLAN ELCHIN WAS FROM HOOKSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 26TH SPECIAL TACTICS SQUADRON. AN ARMY CAPTAIN AND AN ARMY SERGEANT ALSO DIED WHEN THEIR VEHICLE…… MORE
Arrest Made in Fatal Accident
A MAN IS DEAD AND A WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY FOLLOWING A CRASH AT EUBANK AND CENTRAL TUESDAY NIGHT IN ALBUQUERQUE. VANESSA MOYA, WHO POLICE SAY WAS DRIVING A STOLEN VEHICLE, RAN A RED LIGHT ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. A MAN IN THAT VEHICLE DIED AND TWO CHILDREN WERE…… MORE
Expected Ruling in Griego Case
A JUDGE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION NEXT WEEK ON A REQUEST BY NEHEMIAH GRIEGO’S ATTORNEYS THAT PARTS OF HIS UPCOMING AMENABILITY HEARING BE SEALED. GRIEGO WAS 15 WHEN HE SHOT AND KILLED FIVE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IN ABQ’S SOUTH VALLEY NEARLY SIX YEARS AGO. HE WAS SENTENCED AS A JUVENILE AND WAS…… MORE
BYD Buses Heading Out of Town
THE BUILD YOUR DREAMS ELECTRIC BUSES ARE HEADING HOME. RICK DE REYES WITH A-B-Q-RIDE SAYS THE COMPANY SENT 15 DRIVERS TO BEGIN THE JOURNEY BACK TO CALIFORNIA WEDNESDAY MORNING. HE SAYS B-Y-D DID NOT DO COMPLETE INSPECTIONS OF THE BUSES WHILE THEY WERE HERE. THE BUSES WERE MEANT FOR THE A-R-T PROJECT BUT FAILED CITY-CONDUCTED…… MORE
Fatal Pedestrian Accident
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO VEHICLES THAT STRUCK A MAN IN THE EASTBOUND LANES OF CENTRAL WEST OF DORADO MONDAY EVENING. APD SAYS THE MAN WAS NOT IN THE CROSSWALK WHEN HE WAS HIT AND THE TWO DRIVERS DID NOT STAY ON THE SCENE. INVESTIGATORS ARE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP WITH IDENTIFYING THE TWO…… MORE
Charges Dropped in Deadly Shooting
A SANTA FE TEENAGER NO LONGER FACES A MURDER CHARGE IN A MAN’S DEATH IN SEPTEMBER. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT MURDER AND EVIDENCE TAMPERING CHARGES AGAINST 17 YEAR OLD ZACHARY GUTIERREZ HAVE BEEN DROPPED. THE TEEN’S LAWYER SAYS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO PROVES THAT GUTIERREZ WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER AND NOT THE SHOOTER IN RICHARD MILAN’S…… MORE
Shooting Suspect Found Dead
A MAN BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING IN THE PARKING LOT OF A SOUTH VALLEY CONVENIENCE STORE HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS 22 YEAR OLD BRIAN ROMERO HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING DAYS AFTER THE SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 9TH. BCSO OFFICIALS SAY THEY WERE NOTIFIED BY STATE…… MORE
