ALBUQUERQUE’S BIGGEST BREWERY IS GETTING BIGGER. MARBLE BREWERY ON WEDNESDAY OPENS A NEW TAPROOM IN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS AT 5PM. IT’S IN THE 99-HUNDRED BLOCK OF MONTGOMERY … AND HAS MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR PRODUCTION TO DOUBLE TO 35-THOUSAND BARRELS. MARBLE HAS SEEN INCREASED ACTIVITY TO THE POINT WHERE IT’S ALSO HAD…… MORE
APD Officer Cleared in Non-Lethal Shooting
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED IT’S FINDINGS IN THE OFFICER-INVOLVED NON-LETHAL SHOOTING OF JOAQUIN GARCIA IN OCTOBER OF 2013 BY APD OFFICER BRIAN PITZER. THE REPORT SAYS THE SHOOTING WAS JUSTIFIED AND THERE IS NO PROBABLE CAUSE TO BRING ANY CHARGES AGAINST PITZER. GARCIA WAS SHOT AFTER HE HAD THREATENED NUMEROUS PEOPLE WITH…… MORE
Weck’s Adds Another Restaurant
ANOTHER WECK’S OPENING IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE RESTAURANT CHAIN WILL OPEN A NEW OUTLET JUST NORTH OF COTTONWOOD MALL ON THE CITY’S WEST SIDE, ON ALAMEDA WEST. IT’S GOING IN WHERE A TERIYAKI RESTAURANT WAS AND PLANS TO BUILD A NEW STRUCTURE ON THE SITE. THIS NEW WECK’S WILL BE THE COMPANY’S 13TH STORE IN THE…… MORE
Fire a Reminder to Check Your Smoke Alarm
A SMOKE ALARM IS GETTING SOME CREDIT FOR ALERTING A DUKE CITY FAMILY TO A FIRE. IT HAPPENED AT A HOME IN THE 88-HUNDRED BLOCK OF SHONE AVENUE NORTHWEST VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING. MELISSA ROMERO WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS, WHEN THEY RESPOND TO A FIRE, THEY ALWAYS ASK RESIDENTS IF THERE ARE WORKING…… MORE
Hanes Faces Federal Charges
ONE OF THE MEN SUSPECTED OF KILLING HATCH POLICE OFFICER JOSE CHAVEZ NOW FACES FEDERAL CHARGES. JESSE HANES HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FEDERAL FIREARMS AND CARJACKING OFFENSES. BOTH CHARGES AROSE FROM THE AUGUST 12TH TRAFFIC STOP IN HATCH DURING WHICH CHAVEZ WAS SHOT AND MORTALLY WOUNDED. HANES, 38, IS CHARGED WITH BEING A FELON IN…… MORE
Casaus Gets Ten Years in Federal Prison
HE’S ALREADY DOING 39 YEARS FOR STATE CONVICTIONS OF CHILD ABUSE AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. NOW, 44 YEAR OLD STEVEN CASAUS OF ALBUQUERQUE WILL ALSO BE DOING AN ADDITIONAL TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR CONVICTIONS ON FEDERAL CHARGES OF BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. THE STATE CHARGES WERE FOR HIS ROLE IN THE…… MORE
Ofc. Chavez Murder Suspect Accused in Other Killings
MORE ON THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF HATCH OFFICER JOSE CHAVEZ. JESSE HANES IS LINKED TO TWO OTHER KILLINGS IN OHIO. KOB TV REPORTS ONE OF THOSE MURDERS HAPPENED WHEN HANES WAS ONLY 16 YEARS OLD. HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS. THEN, IN…… MORE
Hitchhiker ‘Cuffed’ with Murder Suspects in Hatch
LAS CRUCES POLICE SAY THEY’VE CHARGED 44 YEAR OLD TONY JONES WITH DRUG CHARGES. HE’S THE MAN WHO WAS TRAVELLING WITH THE TWO SUSPECTS, JESSE HANES AND JAMES NELSON, IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF HATCH POLICE OFFICER JOSE CHAVEZ. A SEARCH OF A SUITCASE BEING CARRIED BY JONES REVEALED A LARGE…… MORE
Council Approves Funds for Criminal Gun Database
BOND MONEY IS APPROVED BY THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL SO THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN GET A COMPUTER DATABASE TO HELP MATCH SHELL CASINGS AND GUNS TO CRIMINALS. THE PRICE ON THAT SYSTEM RUNS 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS. IT’S SIMILAR TO THE SYSTEM USED BY THE FBI TO CATCH MORE THAN 100 DANGEROUS CRIMINALS IN…… MORE
City Councilor to Meet with Central Business Owners
THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY HAS BEEN MOVING WATER LINES ALONG PARTS OF CENTRAL AVENUE IN ADVANCE OF THE ALBUQUERQUE RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT CONSTRUCTION. CITY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ SAYS THE WORK GIVES OFFICIALS A CHANCE TO SEE WHERE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS COULD ARISE. THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT ASKED MAYOR BERRY’S ADMINISTRATION TO PROVIDE A…… MORE
