STILL PLENTY OF UN-ANSWERED QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY THURSDAY MORNING NEAR WESTERN SKIES AND CENTRAL AVENUE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE. OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS THIS IS BEING CALLED A SUSPICIOUS DEATH. HE SAYS THEY FIRST GOT THE CALL JUST BEFORE 11AM. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE…… MORE
Man Denied Bar Entry Arrested
A MAN DENIED ENTRY TO A NOB HILL BAR IN ALBUQUERQUE ENDS UP FACING CHARGES. TWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD ELIJAH DELOACH WAS SEEN BY WORKERS IN THE BAR DRINKING OUTSIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT. THEY WOULDN’T LET HIM ENTER THE BAR AND DELOACH GOT ANGRY. POLICE SAY HE THREATENED TO GET A GUN … THEN CAME BACK TO…… MORE
Two to Be Deported From Albuquerque
TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS, IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO OPERATING A COUNTERFEIT AUTOMOBILE AIRBAG BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR HOME IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS THE GUILTY PLEAS WILL RESULT IN THE DEPORTATION OF 24 YEAR OLD DINA GONZALEZ-MARQUEZ AND HER 22 YEAR OLD BROTHER EMILIO GONZALEZ-MARQUEZ. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY THE TWO…… MORE
NM, Southwestern U-S Buck the Trend
GOVERNMENT FORECASTERS SAY, FOR THE CONTIGUOUS 48 STATES, LAST MONTH WAS THE COLDEST APRIL IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS THAT WASN’T THE CASE IN THE SOUTHWEST, INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. IN FACT, LAST MONTH WAS THE EIGHTH WARMEST APRIL EVER IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND THE TREND IS CONTINUING INTO…… MORE
No Jail Time for APD Cop Who Admits to DWI
JOSHUA MALECKI IS NO LONGER AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER. HE PLEADED GUILTY ON WEDNESDAY IN METRO COURT TO DRIVING HIS PATROL CAR LAST AUGUST WHILE HE WAS DRUNK. HE CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A CURB NEAR WYOMING AND I-40 AFTER HE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE AND DROVE OFF. POLICE SAY MALECKI CALLED…… MORE
County Hires Counsel to Sue Drug Companies
THEY WANT THEIR MONEY BACK. BERNALILLO COUNTY IS GOING AFTER DRUG COMPANIES THAT AGGRESSIVELY MARKETED OPIOIDS AS NOT BEING ADDICTIVE TO PATIENTS WHO LATER BECAME ADDICTED TO THE DRUGS. THE COUNTY COMMISSION LAST (TUES) NIGHT APPROVED HIRING A LOCAL LAW FIRM TO TARGET THE DRUG COMPANIES AND RECOVER RELATED COSTS. THOSE INCLUDE HOSPITAL STAYS, INCARCERATION,…… MORE
Twelve More Years for Convicted Killer
MORE PRISON TIME FOR AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND’S YOUNG DAUGHTER IN 2012. DANIEL ARAGON SERVED FIVE YEARS AFTER PLEADING NO CONTEST TO ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF THE 22 MONTH OLD. NOW, A JUDGE HAS SENTENCED ARAGON TO AN ADDITIONAL 12 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR…… MORE
APD Searching for Road Rage Suspect
AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING SHOTS AT A SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY DURING A PURSUIT TUESDAY. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 29 YEAR OLD RANDY BRANCH IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. IT ALL BEGAN WHEN BRANCH ALLEGEDLY POINTED A GUN AT ANOTHER MOTORIST DURING A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT…… MORE
No Truck Stop for Santa Fe County
IT APPEARS THERE WON’T BE A TRUCK STOP BUILT IN THE AREA OF I-25 AND NEW MEXICO 14 IN SANTA FE COUNTY. A LARGE CROWD SHOWED UP FOR TUESDAY’S SANTA FE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING, MANY OF THEM OPPOSED TO THE PILOT FLYING “J” TRUCK STOP PLAN. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT AFTER NEARLY…… MORE
Sunport Cell Phone Waiting Area Moves Temporarily
THERE WILL BE A TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF THE CELL PHONE WAITING AREA AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT. STARTING THURSDAY, MAY 10TH. THE WAITING AREA WILL BE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF ITS CURRENT LOCATION OFF SUNPORT BLVD AT GIRARD. YOU’LL NEED TO FOLLOW THE DETOUR SIGNS. THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION IS A RESULT OF THE ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE…… MORE
