SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER TWO COUSINS WERE KILLED IN A CAR CRASH ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE, THE PERSON ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE HAS BEEN INDICTED. ATWENTY-TWO YEAR OLD DOMINIC MARTINEZ IS CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND DWI IN THE DEATHS OF JAKOB AND KAYDEN MONTOYA. POLICE SAY MARTINEZ CRASHED INTO THE MONTOYA’S VEHICLE ON THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING.…… MORE
No Injuries, One Arrest in West Side Shooting
NO ONE WAS INJURED DURING A RECENT SHOOTING ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE. IT HAPPENED LATE TUESDAY EVENING AROUND 9:40 PM NEAR COORS AND OURAY, PROMPTING POLICE TO SHUT THE INTERSECTION DOWN. MEANWHILE, THE SUSPECT WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS THAT SUSPECT HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT OUT FOR HIS ARREST AND THAT SHOTS…… MORE
Medical Cannabis Enrollment Puts Pressure on Supplies
PATIENT ENROLLMENT IN NEW MEXICO’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM GREW RAPIDLY LAST MONTH. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, MORE THAN 16 HUNDRED PATIENTS BECAME ELIGIBLE TO USE MEDICAL CANNABIS FOR THINGS LIKE CHRONIC PAIN, CANCER, AND P-T-S-D. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS TO MORE THAN 72-THOUSAND. BUT ALBUQUERQUE-BASED ULTRA HEALTH, NEW MEXICO’S LARGEST MARIJUANA…… MORE
Thursday Meeting on Atrisco Vista Boulevard Improvements
A MEETING THURSDAY WILL CLUE RESIDENTS IN RIO RANCHO AND NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE IN ON PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ATRISCO VISTA BOULEVARD CORRIDOR. THE MEETING WILL HIGHLIGHT OBJECTIVES FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. THEY INCLUDE PROVIDING THE COMMUNITY WITH BETTER CONNECTIONS TO MAJOR ROADS IN SOUTHERN RIO RANCHO AND ABQ’S NORTHWEST SIDE. IT’LL ALSO FOCUS ON IMPROVING DEVELOPING…… MORE
Northern NM Teacher Sentenced
A FORMER TEACHER AT MESA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR RAPING A STUDENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THE JUDGE SUSPENDED NINE YEARS OF AN 18 YEAR SENTENCE…AND FACTORING IN TIME-SERVED, IT MEANS MIGUEL GARCIA WILL SERVE SIX YEARS BEHIND BARS. GARCIA WILL ALSO HAVE TO REGISTER AS A…… MORE
More Hepatitis -A for NM
THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS REPORTING A SECOND DEATH ASSOCIATED WITH HEPATITIS “A”. DEPUTY STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST DOCTOR CHAD SMELZER SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 103 CONFIRMED CASES IN BERNALILLO COUNTY SINCE THE END OF LAST OCTOBER. HE SAYS THIS QUALIFIES AS AN “OUTBREAK.” HE SAYS WE GENERALLY DON’T HAVE VERY MANY HEPATITIS -A CASES…… MORE
Bike Patrols at UNM
SOME UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENTS FEEL AS IF CAMPUS POLICE AREN’T THERE WHEN THEY NEED THEM … AND SAY THEY SELDOM SEE POLICE OFFICERS ON CAMPUS. BUT LATER THIS MONTH, UNM POLICE WILL ROLL OUT THE BIKE PATROL, GIVING THEM BETTER ACCESS TO ALL PARTS OF UNM. POLICE LIEUTENANT TRACE PECK TELLS KOB TV…… MORE
Search Continues for Second Suspect Involved in Murder
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE WANTS TO GET 23 YEAR OLD D’ANGELO MCNEAL BACK IN COURT. PROSECUTORS BELIEVE MCNEAL MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MURDER OF UNM BASEBALL PLAYER JACKSON WELLER EARLIER THIS MONTH. ACCORDING TO CHANNEL 7 NEWS, IT’S BELIEVED MCNEAL WAS IN THE VEHICLE THAT SUSPECTED KILLER DAMIAN BASHIR DROVE AWAY IN…… MORE
Child Arrested for DWI, Police Chase
A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL IS ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING AND LEADING POLICE ON A CHASE. SHE HAD FRIENDS IN THE CAR WITH HER WHEN THE CHASE GOT UNDERWAY IN ALAMOGORDO RECENTLY. IT ALL STARTED WITH A PHONE CALL REPORTING A SUSPICIOUS CAR. OFFICERS TRIED TO PULL THE CAR OVER ON WEST U-S HIGHWAY 70,…… MORE
NM Rankings Down for Car Thefts
IN 2017, ALBUQUERQUE HAD A HIGHER CAR THEFT RATE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN AMERICA…AND NEW MEXICO RANKED SECOND AMONG ALL STATES. THAT ACCORDING TO A STORY IN MONDAY’S ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THOSE NUMBERS HAVE COME DOWN A BIT IN THE LAST YEAR. AND THE JOURNAL’S D’VAL WESTPHAL SAYS THAT INCLUDES THE…… MORE
