THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF LOBO BASEBALL PLAYER JACKSON WELLER. POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR 22 YEAR OLD DARIAN RASHAUD BASHIR, IDENTIFIED FROM A SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE MURDER. WELLER WAS KILLED LAST SATURDAY IN NOB HILL AT CENTRAL AND RICHMOND AROUND 2AM. APD SAYS BASHIR PULLED SOMETHING…… MORE
More Money to House Migrants in Albuquerque
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TAX REVENUES WILL BE USED TO HELP ASYLUM SEEKERS SENT TO BERNALILLO COUNTY. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY THEY PLAN TO USE 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE MIGRANTS … AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JO URNAL REPORTS IT MARKS THE SECOND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THAT EFFORT. THE JOURNAL REPORTS IT’LL INVOLVED EXPANDING THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD…… MORE
Security Increased After Councilors Threatened
THE VOTE THIS WEEK TO APPROVE 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP ASYLUM SEEKERS SENT TO BERNALILLO COUNTY FROM THE BORDER HAS LED TO CITY COUNCILORS GETTING THREATS. THOSE THREATS CAME EITHER BY PHONE OR EMAIL, AND THEY LED TO HIGHER SECURITY BEING USED NOW TO PROTECT COUNCILORS AND THEIR STAFF. THE FUNDING IS TO HELP HOUSE…… MORE
Man Critically Wounded in West Side Stabbing
A MAN IS LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN ALBUQUERQUE AFTER BEING STABBED ON THE CITY WEST SIDE. APD OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE AREA OF CENTRAL AND COORS JUST BEFORE 6PM THURSDAY IN REFERENCE TO MAN BEING STABBED THERE. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND THE MAN AND TRANSPORTED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.…… MORE
Drones Employed to Investigate Car Crashes
NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE ARE GETTING A BETTER LOOK AT CAR CRASHES. THAT COMES WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF DRONES TO THEIR INVESTIGATION EFFORTS WHEN CRASHES OCCUR. AND NOT ONLY DO POLICE GET A MORE ACCURATE LAYOUT OF THE ACCIDENT, IT NOW TAKES THEM LESS TIME TO INVESTIGATE. SERGEANT LAUREN MILLIGAN WITH STATE POLICE SAYS IT…… MORE
Woman Arrested in Twin Lakes Murder
TRUDY MARTINEZ HAS NOW BEEN ARRESTED. SHE’S ACCUSED OF KILLING ANOTHER ADULT IN TWIN LAKES, NEW MEXICO, ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION ON MAY 3RD. THE 28 YEAR OLD MARTINEZ WAS SOUGHT BY THE FBI ON A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT … AND FIB AGENTS FINALLY TOOK HER INTO CUSTODY IN GALLUP ON THURSDAY. MARTINEZ IS ALSO SAID…… MORE
Holloman Told to Clean up Contamination
ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS IS CALLING ON THE AIR FORCE TO CLOSE A PUBLICLY-ACCESSIBLE LAKE AT HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE DUE TO HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS AT THE SITE. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THAT BALDERAS TOLD THE AIR FORCE, IN A LETTER, THAT SAMPLING SHOWS CONTAMINATION 84 TIMES HIGHER THAN FEDERAL HEALTH ADVISORY LEVELS. THE A-G SAYS…… MORE
Guilty Pleas from Fatal Crash Suspect
DOMINIC ROUGEMONT OF ALBUQUERQUE COULD BE HEADED TO PRISON FOR 21 YEARS. HE’S ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS TO A NUMBER OF CHARGES, INCLUDING VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND ARMED ROBBERY, IN CONNECTION WITH A DEADLY CRASH IN OCTOBER OF 2017. AUTHORITIES SAY ROUGEMONT WAS DRIVING A JEEP THAT HAD BEEN STOLEN AT GUNPOINT WHEN HE SLAMMED INTO ANOTHER…… MORE
Search for Wanted Man Continues
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN NAMED JOSE RAMON CASTILLO. ACCORDING TO ALBUQUERQUE CRIMESTOPPERS, THE 35 YEAR OLD CASTILLO WAS SEEN FIRING SHOTS FROM A MOVING VEHICLE IN THE PARKING LOT OF ISLETA CASINO AROUND 2:00 AM LAST SATURDAY. FIVE PEOPLE, INCLUDING TWO CASINO EMPLOYEES, WERE NEARLY STRUCK BY GUNFIRE. CASTILLO NOW…… MORE
Former CIA Agent to Run for NM Congressional Seat
SHE MAY NO LONGER BE IN THE HEADLINES, BUT SHE IS IN THE RACE. FORMER C-I-A OFFICER VALERIE PLAME SAYS SHE’S RUNNING FOR THE 3RD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. PLAME GAINED NOTORIETY DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IN 2003 WHEN SHE WAS “OUTED” BY A BUSH ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL AFTER HER THEN-HUSBAND WROTE A STORY…… MORE
