A 24 YEAR OLD MAN IS SHOT TO DEATH BY SANTA FE POLICE AFTER HE GOT INTO A STANDOFF WITH THEM ON WEDNESDAY AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEAR ST. FRANCIS DRIVE AND SIRINGO ROAD WHERE HE’D JUST BEEN EVICTED. POLICE SAY ANTHONY BENAVIDEZ THREW HOMEMADE BOMBS AT OFFICERS AND STABBED A…… MORE
MDC Gets New Chief
A 23 YEAR VETERAN OF THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THE JOB OF JAIL ADMINISTRATOR AT THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS GREG REES HAS SERVED AS UNDERSHERIFF FOR THE DEPARTMENT. HE’S TAKING THE JOB AS CHIEF OF THE M-D-C AND WILL EARN 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS A…… MORE
Trial Scheduled for Albuquerque Couple
YOAN SANTIESTEBAN AND GLORIA CHAVEZ ARE ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE PEOPLE IN ALBUQUERQUE LAST MAY. A TRIAL DATE WAS SET ON THURSDAY FOR THE COUPLE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS JUDGE BRETT LOVELESS SET THE COURT DATE FOR MID-JUNE OF 2018. POLICE SAY SANTIESTEBAN AND CHAVEZ SHOT AND KILLED SAMIR AL-ABBOUDY, CELINA…… MORE
Congressman Sues SOS Over Contribution Limits
NEW MEXICO HAS CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS. CONGRESSMAN STEVE PEARCE, WHO IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, SAYS THOSE LIMITS DON’T APPLY AS HE WANTS TO MOVE 1-MILLION DOLLARS FROM HIS FEDERAL ACCOUNT TO HIS GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN. HOWEVER, THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS SECRETARY OF STATE MAGGIE TOULOUSE-OLIVER SAYS THOSE LIMITS DO APPLY AND PEARCE…… MORE
Pizza Delivery Robber Sentenced
A 20 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN FACES UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY ON THURSDAY TO ROBBING A PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVER. ZAVIOR AKINA WAS ACCUSED OF ROBBING TWO PIZZA DELIVERY DRIVERS IN MARCH OF 2016. THE FIRST WAS ON MARCH 6TH WHEN A DOMINO’S PIZZA EMPLOYEE WAS ROBBED. THEN…… MORE
NM Gas Prices Drop Slightly
AAA NEW MEXICO SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR, UNLEADED GAS IS 2-17 A GALLON, REFLECTING A ONE CENT DROP FROM LAST WEEK. IT SAYS DRIVERS IN ALBUQUERQUE ARE PAYING AN AVERAGE OF 2-06 A GALLON, BUT A CHECK ON “ALBUQUERQUE-GAS-PRICES.COM” SHOW SOME STATIONS SELLING GAS FOR 1-91. …… MORE
More Than 90 Companies for Job Fair
THIS COULD BE THE DAY YOU LAUNCH A NEW CAREER. STATE SENATOR MICHAEL PADILLA IS HOSTING HIS FIFTH ANNUAL JOB FAIR. HE TELLS US THERE WILL BE OVER 90 EMPLOYERS ON HAND, FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS. HE SAYS THERE WILL BE KIOSKS AT COMPANY TABLES WHERE APPLICANTS CAN APPLY…… MORE
APD Forward on Boyd Case Closed
DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT SURPRISED: THAT’S THE RESPONSE FROM MEMBERS OF APD FORWARD TO THE U-S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WILL NOT PURSUE FEDERAL CRIMINAL CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES AGAINST APD OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND RETIRED OFFICER KEITH SANDY IN THE 2014 SHOOTING DEATH OF JAMES BOYD. THE COALITION VOWS TO REDOUBLE…… MORE
Boyd Case Closed Due to Insufficient Evidence
THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE SAYS THERE’S INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO PURSUE FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS CHARGES AGAINST APD OFFICERS IN THE FATAL JAMES BOYD SHOOTING IN 2014. FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS DETERMINED THAT OFFICERS DOMINIQUE PEREZ AND KEITH SANDY FIRED ONLY AFTER REASONABLY PERCEIVING THAT BOYD POSED A PHYSICAL THREAT TO A FELLOW OFFICER. …… MORE
APD Investigates 6th and Cutler Death
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A MAN FOUND WOUNDED NEAR 6TH STREET AND CUTLER NORTHEAST LATE TUESDAY. OFFICERS WERE SENT THERE AROUND 9:40 PM TUESDAY ON REPORTS OF A PERSON TRYING TO FORCE HIS WAY INSIDE THE CALLER’S HOME. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, OFFICERS SAW A MAN ARMED WITH A…… MORE
