Phase One Reforms Done at APD

     PHASE ONE OF REFORMS AT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE COMPLETED. THAT FROM MONITOR JAMES GINGER AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN ALBUQUERQUE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS GINGER SAYING THE COURT HAS APPROVED 36 OF THE 37 POLICIES THAT HAVE BEEN RE-WRITTEN.      THOSE POLICIES DICTATE HOW OFFICERS ARE TO CARRY…MORE

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Murder Suspects Identified

     THE NAMES OF THREE SUSPECTS ACCUSED OF KILLING THREE PEOPLE FOUND BURIED IN A SHALLOW GRAVE ON SAN FELIPE PUEBLO ARE BEING RELEASED. THE SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY ARE ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS SAMUEL JIMENEZ-PEREZ … AND OMAR FLORES-CASTILLO. THE OTHER IS ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ FROM LOS LUNAS.      CHARGES AGAINST THE TRIO…MORE

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City Hall Suspect Named and Charged

     THE MAN ACCUSED OF STARTING MONDAY NIGHT’S SCARE AT ALBUQUERQUE CITY HALL IS ARRESTED AND CHARGED. TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD DANIEL HOLGUIN FACES THREE FELONY COUNTS OF BREAKING AND ENTERING AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.      POLICE SAY HE FRANTICALLY CALLED 911 MONDAY EVENING, REPORTING 30 SHOOTERS WERE INSIDE CITY HALL. BUT POLICE FOUND NO…MORE

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NM Marks Third Hantavirus Death This Year

HANTAVIRUS HAS TAKEN THE LIFE OF A 25 YEAR OLD MCKINLEY COUNTY MAN. NEW MEXICO’S PUBLIC HEALTH VETERINARIAN, DOCTOR PAUL ETTESTAD, SAYS THIS IS THE THIRD DEATH THIS YEAR FROM THE VIRUS, WITH THE OTHER TWO VICTIMS BEING A 30 YEAR OLD MAN AND 54 YEAR OLD MAN.      ETTESTAD SAYS HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS…MORE

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NM Scammers “Up” Their Game

     SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IS OUT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AFTER FALLING VICTIM TO A SCAM. STATE AUDITOR TIM KELLER SAYS SCAMMERS ARE POSING AS HIGH LEVEL AGENCY OFFICIALS TO TRY TO CONVINCE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO MAKE WIRE TRANSFERS IN LARGE AMOUNTS.      KELLER SAYS THE ZUNI AND DEMING SCHOOL DISTRICTS WERE…MORE

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City Holds Second Candlelight Vigil for Orlando Victims

     ALBUQUERQUE IS ONE OF MANY CITIES ACROSS THE U-S HOLDING EVENTS TO HONOR THE VICTIMS OF THE WEEKEND MASS SHOOTING IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA. A CANDLELIGHT VIGIL WAS HELD SUNDAY NIGHT AT MORNINGSIDE PART … WITH HUNDREDS ATTENDING.      ON TUESDAY NIGHT, A CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL IS TO BE HELD AT 7PM AT THE…MORE

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City Hall Threat May Have Been Hoax

     ALBUQUERQUE CITY HALL IS ALL CLEAR AFTER CITY POLICE WENT DOOR-TO-DOOR AND FLOOR-TO-FLOOR EARLY MONDAY EVENING IN SEARCH OF A REPORTED ACTIVE SHOOTER AND POSSIBLE HOSTAGE SITUATION. IT STARTED JUST BEFORE 6PM. OFFICERS SEARCHED THE BUILDING AFTER MAKING SURE THOSE INSIDE WERE MADE SAFE. APD LATER CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO ACTIVE SHOOTER.…MORE

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Hundreds Donate Blood in NM for Shooting Victims

     THERE’S GREATER AWARENESS OF THE NEED FOR NEW MEXICANS TO COME FORWARD AND DONATE BLOOD. PASCEN BOOTH WITH UNITED BLOOD SERVICES IN NEW MEXICO SAYS THEY HAD AROUND 200 APPOINTMENTS ON MONDAY, AS PEOPLE RESPONDED TO THE CALL FOR MORE BLOOD. HE SAYS THAT’S UNUSUAL FOR A MONDAY.      BOOTH TELLS US…MORE

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California Company Moves Jobs to Rio Rancho

     P-C-M, A CALIFORNIA-BASED I-T COMPANY, IS HEADING TO RIO RANCHO. THE STATE’S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE SAYS THE COMPANY WILL BRING 224 WELL-PAYING SALES JOBS TO THE AREA.      IT’S ESTIMATED THE SALARIES WILL RANGE FROM 45-THOUSAND TO 65-THOUSAND A YEAR.      P-C-M’S CLIENT LIST INCLUDES SEVERAL N-F-L TEAMS, SEA WORLD, WENDY’S…MORE

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