THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ASK GOVERNOR MARTINEZ FOR AN EXEMPTION FROM DEPLOYING APD COPS WHO ARE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO BE DEPLOYED TO THE BORDER WITH MEXICO. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CONSIDERING SENDING 4,000 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS TO SECURE THE U-S-MEXICO BORDER. BUT APD HAS A STAFFING SHORTAGE … AND 50 TO 60 OFFICERS…… MORE
SFPD Reviving its Bomb Squad
THE SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TO BRING BACK ITS BOMB SQUAD, BUT IT’LL TAKE TIME. A CITY SPOKESMAN SAYS THE SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED A 24-THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE STATE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT TO SEND THREE TEAM MEMBERS TO THE FBI’S HAZARDOUS DEVICES SCHOOL, THE ONLY PROGRAM IN THE U-S…… MORE
Police Find Vehicle Containing Dead Dogs
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER AN OFFICER CHECKING OUT A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE FOUND SIX DOGS DEAD INSIDE. OFFICERS GOT A CALL ABOUT DOGS BEING ABANDONED IN A CAR NEAR SAN MATEO AND LOMAS. THEY FOUND THE ANIMALS DEAD WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON SCENE. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE DOGS BELONGED TO A BREEDER FROM ESTANCIA…… MORE
APD Checking Leads in Murder
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS CHECKING OUT LEADS FROM WEDNESDAY’S MURDER AT AN ALBUQUERQUE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE 42-HUNDRED BLOCK OF ATRISCO DRIVE NORTHWEST. OFFICER SIMON DROBIK SAYS THERE WERE A LOT OF WITNESSES, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE VITAL TO SOLVING THIS CASE ONE MAN WAS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH IN AN APARTMENT. THE VICTIM’S…… MORE
Another Spike in Gas Prices
GAS PRICES IN NEW MEXICO HAVE JUMPED 26 CENTS A GALLON IN THE PAST MONTH. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS, SAYS DANIEL ARMBRUSTER WITH TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO…HIGHER DEMAND AND A SWITCH OVER TO SUMMER GASOLINE BLENDS. ARMBRUSTER SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IN NEW MEXICO WENT UP A NICKEL IN THE PAST WEEK TO 2-59…… MORE
Cervantes Still on the Ballot
THE NAME OF JOE CERVANTES WILL REMAIN ON THE PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT…FOR NOW. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A JUDGE HAS THROWN OUT A LAWSUIT FILED BY DEMOCRATIC GUBERNATORIAL OPPONENT JEFF APODACA, WHO CLAIMED CERVANTES HADN’T COLLECTED ENOUGH PETITION SIGNATURES. APODACA SAYS HE’LL NOW TAKE HIS CASE TO THE NEW MEXICO SUPREME COURT. THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC…… MORE
Man Accused in ATM Murder Sentenced
THE MAN ACCUSED OF GUNNING-DOWN 24 YEAR OLD TYLER LACKEY AT A SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE ATM IN FEBRUARY OF 2016 WAS SENTENCED WEDNESDAY FOR ROBBING A CRICKET WIRELESS STORE THAT SAME MONTH. MATTHEW CHAVEZ WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS FOR THE CRICKET HOLD-UP. HE IS CURRENTLY IN AN OKLAHOMA PRISON FOR ANOTHER ROBBERY. HIS TRIAL IN…… MORE
Guilty Verdict for Man who Tried to Carjack Woman
AN ALBUQUERQUE JURY HAS FOUND A MAN WHO TRIED TO CARJACK A WOMAN LAST YEAR GUILTY ON A NUMBER OF CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED ROBBERY, RESISTING ARREST, AND ASSAULTING A POLICE OFFICER. LEE BRANDENBURG TRIED TO STEAL THE CAR IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE STATE REGULATION AND LICENSING DEPARTMENT ON SAN ANTONIO NORTHEAST. HE HAD…… MORE
Sheriff’s Office Employee Accused to Taking Bond Money
A WOMAN WHO WORKS AS A SECRETARY FOR THE GUADALUPE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE IS IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE. THIRTY-FIVE YEAR OLD SARAH MONCAYO IS ACCUSED OF TAKING BOND MONEY FROM TWO SEPARATE PEOPLE…VOIDING THE RECEIPTS…AND STEALING THE MONEY RATHER THAN SUBMITTING IT TO MAGISTRATE COURT. THE AMOUNT TAKEN COMES TO 27-HUNDRED DOLLARS. MONCAYO IS CHARGED…… MORE
Border Deployment Could Negatively Impact NM
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ORDERED NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE U-S BORDER WITH MEXICO … AND THAT COULD AFFECT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN NEW MEXICO. A HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL TELLS KOB TV THAT THE GUARD EXPECTS 20 TO 30 VOLUNTEERS TO TRAVEL TO THE BORDER IN NEW MEXICO. BUT SENDING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO PATROL THE BORDER COULD…… MORE
