A FORMER BELEN POLICE DETECTIVE IS SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS PROBATION FOR ASSAULTING AN ARRESTEE IN MARCH OF 2012. FORTY-TWO YEAR OLD JOHN LYTLE HAD ENTERED A GUILTY PLEA TO THE CHARGE IN 2014, ADMITTING THAT HE REPEATEDLY STRUCK THE VICTIM WHO WAS HANDCUFFED AT THE TIME. HE ALSO ADMITTED PULLING THE VICTIM FROM THE…… MORE
New Sponsor for Balloon Fiesta
YOU’RE GOING TO NEED A BIGGER BALLOON FIESTA BUMPER STICKER. THE FIESTA HAS UNVEILED A NEW PRESENTING SPONSOR. DORIS HIGGINBOTHAM IS WITH CANON, WHICH SHE SAYS HAS SIGNED A THREE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE FIESTA, WHICH WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS THE ALBUQUERQUE BALLOON FIESTA PRESENTED BY CANNON. HIGGINBOTHAM SAYS THE FIESTA IS A PERFECT FIT…… MORE
One of Two Crime Spree Suspects Arrested
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A MAN WHO HAD JUST BEEN PAROLED FROM PRISON WENT ON A QUITE A CRIME SPREE LAST WEEK. APD EVENTUALLY ARRESTED 24 YEAR OLD JAVIER ROMERO, BUT NOT BEFORE HE, ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPLICE, ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED AT LEAST FIVE AUTO BURGLARIES ON THE SAME DAY. IN ONE INCIDENT, A SHOT WAS FIRED…… MORE
Clovis TB Case Confirmed
THE STATE NOTIFIES PEOPLE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH AN INDIVIDUAL FROM CLOVIS WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED THAT THEY’VE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS ILLNESS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S T-B PROGRAM MANAGER, DIANA FORTUNE. FORTUNE TELLS 770 KKOB THE INFECTED PERSON HAD TAKEN PART…… MORE
Warning for East Mountain Residents
RESIDENTS OF THE EAST MOUNTAINS ARE BEING CAUTIONED BY HEALTH OFFICIALS. TWO DOGS HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR TULAREMIA, A HIGHLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE SIMILAR TO PLAGUE. THE BACTERIAL DISEASE CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMANS THROUGH TICK OR DEER FLY BITES AS WELL AS CONTACT WITH AN INFECTED ANIMAL.… MORE
Former White House Chef Drowned Near Taos
WE NOW KNOW WHAT KILLED A FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHEF. THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR SAYS WALTER SCHEIB DROWNED, AND IT WAS ACCIDENTAL. HE WAS 61. SCHEIB WAS REPORTED MISSING ABOUT A WEEK AGO. HIS BODY WAS FOUND THIS PAST SUNDAY. IT WAS LOCATED ABOUT 25 YARDS OFF THE YERBA CANYON HIKING TRAIL NORTH…… MORE
Council Votes to Put “Chiefs” Question on Ballot
ALBUQUERQUE VOTERS WOULD DECIDE THIS OCTOBER IF THE CITY COUNCIL GETS FINAL “SAY” ON WHO SERVES AS POLICE AND FIRE CHIEF. THE COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT VOTED TO PUT THE QUESTION ON THE UPCOMING BALLOT. IF VOTERS APPROVE IT, COUNCILORS WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO FIRE EITHER CHIEF. THE COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED A 750-THOUSAND DOLLAR PAYOUT…… MORE
Charges Against Cops Downgraded
THE TWO APD COPS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HOMELESS CAMPER JAMES BOYD TO DEATH LAST YEAR ARE NO LONGER FACING FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. FORMER OFFICER KEITH SANDY AND OFFICER DOMINIQUE PEREZ WILL INSTEAD FACE 2ND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES. SPECIAL PROSECUTOR RANDI MCGINN WILL FILE 2ND DEGREE MURDER, VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER, INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT CHARGES…… MORE
Lab Employee Breaks Glass Ceiling at Sandia
ON JULY 17TH, SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES GETS A NEW DIRECTOR. JILL HRUBY HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE TO JOB AT THE LAB. SHE BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN TO RUN ANY OF THE NATIONAL LABS. HRUBY HAS BEEN PART OF SANDIA AS A STAFF MEMBER OR MANAGER FOR 32 YEARS. MOST RECENTLY SHE SERVED AS VICE-PRESIDENT…… MORE
Sandoval County Investigates Body Found on Freeway
SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 27 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND ON THE SHOULDER OF I-25 NORTH OF ALGODONES MONDAY MORNING. THE BODY WAS IN THE GRASS NEXT TO A WHITE TOYOTA 4RUNNER. IT’S UNKNOWN HOW THE MAN DIED … OR EVEN IF HIS DEATH SHOULD BE…… MORE
