IT’S ANOTHER LIFE SENTENCE FOR JESSE HANES, THE MAN WHO HAD EARLIER PLED GUILTY TO KILLING HATCH POLICE OFFICER JOSE CHAVEZ IN AUGUST OF 2016. ON THURSDAY, HANES WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR HIS CONVICTIONS ON FEDERAL FIREARMS AND CAR-JACKING CHARGES THAT AROSE OUT OF THE SHOOTING OF CHAVEZ. …… MORE
Alleged Child Killer Pleads “Not Guilty”
AN ACCUSED CHILD KILLER IN SANTA FE COUNTY PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MULTIPLE CHARGES…INCLUDING FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. THOMAS FERGUSON MADE A COURT APPEARANCE ON THURSDAY, AND A JUDGE ORDERED THAT HE REMAIN LOCKED UP UNTIL HIS TRIAL. FERGUSON IS ACCUSED OF TORTURING, BEATING, AND KILLING…… MORE
Man Shot by BCSO Deputies Now Jailed
TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD ADRIAN CHACON IS NOW IN JAIL AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. CHACON WAS SHOT AND INJURED BY BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES LAST WEEK AFTER BCSO SAYS HE RAMMED A DEPUTY’S VEHICLE FOLLOWING A PURSUIT. CHACON FACES A NUMBER OF CHARGES INCLUDING AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER…… MORE
Pet Food Sales Tax Hike Vetoed
CALLING IT MISGUIDED, GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS VETOED A PET FOOD TAX INTENDED TO RAISE MONEY FOR SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAMS IN NEW MEXICO. SUPPORTERS SAY THE TAX WOULD HAVE RAISED 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. IN ANNOUNCING THE VETO, MARTINEZ SAID LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE BETTER POSITIONED THAN THE STATE TO PROMOTE SPAYING…… MORE
Former Senator Due in Prison Next Week
FORMER STATE SENATOR PHIL GRIEGO GETS A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK BEFORE HE’S DUE TO REPORT FOR PRISON. GRIEGO WAS CONVICTED OF BRIBERY, FRAUD, AND UNLAWFUL INTEREST IN A PUBLIC CONTRACT AT THE END OF HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL. NOW A JUDGE HAS ORDERED HIM TO REPORT TO THE STATE CORRECTIONS…… MORE
Arrest Made in Double Murder
A MAN IS NOW IN CUSTODY, CHARGED WITH MURDERING TWO ALBUQUERQUE ROOMMATES WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED IN SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY LAST WEEK. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THEY’VE ARRESTED 32 YEAR OLD JAMES KNIGHT…ALSO KNOWN AS CHARLES SPIESS…AND CHARGED HIM WITH MURDER AND EVIDENCE TAMPERING. SEVENTY YEAR OLD EUGENE CARRELL RAY AND…… MORE
New Lawyers Needed for Accused Cop Killer
JUST WEEKS BEFORE DAVON LYMON IS SET TO GO ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF AN APD OFFICER, LYMON’S DEFENSE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN KICKED OFF THE CASE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS A JUDGE HAS RULED THAT THE LAW OFFICES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER CAN NO LONGER REPRESENT LYMON BECAUSE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST…… MORE
Meet-and-Greet for New UNM President
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF GET A CHANCE TO MEET THE SCHOOL’S NEW PRESIDENT ON THURSDAY. IT’S GARNETT STOKES FIRST DAY ON THE JOB AT UNM. THERE’S A MEET AND GREET AT THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING STARTING AT 10:00 AM. STOKES REPLACES THE ACTING SCHOOL PRESIDENT CHAOUKI ABDALLAH…… MORE
APD Shares Ideas with NYPD
SHARING IDEAS IS WHAT THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE AND HIGH RANKING MEMBERS OF THE NYPD DID LAST WEEK. APD SPOKESMAN SIMON DROBIK TELLS US THEY COULD SWAP IDEAS, DESPITE THE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BUDGETS. NEW YORK HAS A 5-POINT-7 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET. DROBIK SAYS SUGGESTIONS FROM NYPD THAT APD LIKED INCLUDED…… MORE
NM Governor Vetoes Politician Pay Hikes
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS VETOED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE RAISED THE PAY OF STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PUBLIC REGULATION COMMISSIONERS. THE GOVERNOR SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THROUGH RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER MONEY, NEW MEXICO HAS A BUDGET SURPLUS OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS…AND SHE WON’T WASTE A DIME OF IT ON…… MORE
