THE INMATE WHO ESCAPED FROM THE CIBOLA COUNTY JAIL ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 13TH IS BACK IN CUSTODY. STATE POLICE RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TIP MONDAY NIGHT ABOUT INMATE RAMON LORENZO AND LATER TOOK HIM INTO CUSTODY IN THE VALENCIA VILLAGE AREA OF GRANTS. LORENZO WAS RE-ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT. NOW LORENZO…… MORE
No Bond for Murder Suspect
AN ALBUQUERQUE JUDGE HAS AGREED TO A REQUEST FROM PROSECUTORS THAT DOUBLE MURDER SUSPECT ANTHONY KAPINKSI BE HELD WITHOUT BOND UNTIL HIS TRIAL. KAPINSKI ALLEGEDLY KILLED TWO MEN IN A CHURCH PARKING LOT NEAR MONTGOMERY AND CARLISLE IN EARLY JUNE. JUDGE ALISA HADFIELD RULED THAT, ALTHOUGH KAPINSKI DOESN’T HAVE ANY VIOLENT…… MORE
County Says “No” to Combining APD and Sheriff’s Office
PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS IN ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY WON’T BE COMBINING THEIR EFFORTS ANYTIME SOON. THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS DECLINED TO HELP FUND A STUDY OF PUBLIC SAFETY CONSOLIDATION. ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ TELLS US CONSOLIDATING SERVICES MAKES PERFECT SENSE AND HE SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF A STUDY ON THE ISSUE. …… MORE
Teen Cycling Across U-S Stops in Albuquerque
A 13 YEAR OLD BOY FROM SOUTH CAROLINA IS RIDING COAST TO COAST TO SUPPORT A CAUSE..AND ON MONDAY HE MADE A STOP IN ALBUQUERQUE. SCOTTY PARKER IS HOPING TO RAISE MONEY TO BRING CLEAN DRINKING WATER TO IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES WORLD WIDE. HE’S RIDING FROM THE SANTA MONICA PIER IN CALIFORNIA TO HIS…… MORE
Cajete Fire Continues Growth in Jemez Mountains
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS ACTIVATED THE NEW MEXICO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER IN RESPONSE TO THE EL CAJETE FIRE, BURNING IN THE JEMEZ MOUNTAINS IN SANDOVAL COUNTY. THE GOVERNORS OFFICE SAYS THE FIRE HAS FORCED THE EVACUATION OF AT LEAST 200 PEOPLE…AND NEW MEXICO HIGHWAY FOUR HAS BEEN CLOSED IN THE AREA OF THE FIRE.…… MORE
Smoke Advisory Still On for Friday
THE BONITA WILDFIRE THAT’S BEEN BURNING IN THE CARSON NATIONAL FOREST FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS IS KICKING UP A LOT OF SMOKE…AND AN ADVISORY HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA AROUND VALLECITOS CANYON THROUGH FRIDAY, JUNE 16TH. HEIDI KRAPFL WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAYS A LARGE AREA OF NORTHERN…… MORE
Suspect in Five Murders Arrested
THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING FIVE PEOPLE IS CAPTURED BY STATE POLICE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. TWENTY-ONE YEAR OLD DAMIEN HERRERA WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY NIGHT FOLLOWING A MASSIVE MANHUNT. HE’S ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE FAMILY MEMBERS … HIS MOTHER, STEPFATHER AND BROTHER … IN THE VALLECITOS AREA IN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.…… MORE
Man On Fire in Albuquerque Dies of His Injuries
INVESTIGATORS IN ALBUQUERQUE WANT TO TALK TO TWO MEN SEEN LEAVING THE SCENE OF A FIRE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IT WAS UNDER I-40 AT 12TH STREET WHERE OFFICERS WERE SENT AND FOUND 50 YEAR OLD LEO MOLZHON ON FIRE. THE FLAMES WERE PUT OUT AND MOLZHON WAS HOSPITALIZED BUT HAS NOW DIED.…… MORE
Women Charged in I-D Theft Case
TWO ALBUQUERQUE WOMEN EACH FACE TWO YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT TO AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. THIRTY-FOUR YEAR OLD AMELIA CORDOVA AND 35 YEAR OLD BRIDGET JESSICA SANCHEZ ADMITTED THAT THEY STOLE MAIL, THEN USED STOLEN CREDIT CARD AND DEBIT CARD NUMBERS TO MAKE FRAUDULENT PURCHASES. THE TWO…… MORE
NM Gas Prices Down a Nickel
HISTORICALLY, AS SUMMER APPROACHES, GAS PRICES TEND TO RISE IN ANTICIPATION OF INCREASED DEMAND. THAT DOESN’T APPEAR TO BE THE CASE SO FAR THIS YEAR. AAA NEW MEXICO SAYS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS DOWN A NICKEL FROM LAST WEEK, NOW AT 2-25 A GALLON. DRIVERS IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO ARE PAYING…… MORE
