TWENTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD APD COP RYAN HOLETS AND HIS WIFE, REBECCA, ARE HONORED DURING PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TUESDAY NIGHT FOR TAKING IN THE NEWBORN OF A HEROIN ADDICT. THIS TOOK PLACE AFTER HOLETS MET THE MOTHER AS SHE WAS SHOOTING UP HEROIN BEHIND AN ALBUQUERQUE STORE LAST FALL. …… MORE
New Mexican Replaces FBI Deputy Director
A FORMER ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER IS APPARENTLY IN LINE TO BECOME THE SECOND HIGHEST RANKING AGENT IN THE FBI. DAVID BOWDICH IS EXPECTED TO REPLACE FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR ANDREW MCCABE, WHO RETIRED THIS WEEK. BOWDICH CURRENTLY IS HEAD OF THE FBI’S LOS ANGELES FIELD OFFICE. BOWDICH BEGAN HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER…… MORE
Burned Body in Sandoval County Identified
THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RELEASING NEW INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BURNED BODY OF A WOMAN FOUND IN SANDOVAL COUNTY ON SATURDAY. APD SAYS THE WOMAN, IDENTIFIED AS 65 YEAR OLD MARILYN ROSE GANDERT, WAS CONNECTED TO A MISSING PERSONS CASE. THERE IS NOW AN ACTIVE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY. POLICE HAVE NOT…… MORE
Lotto Scholarship Bill Approved in Committee
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD SEPARATE NEW MEXICO’S LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIPS FROM THE COST OF TUITION IS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IN THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY. IT NOW HEADS TO THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE BILL COULD GUARANTEE ALL STUDENTS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TUITION A YEAR BASED…… MORE
MDC Guard Sentenced to Prison
A FORMER GUARD AT THE METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER IS GOING TO PRISON FOR 10 YEARS AFTER HIS SENTENCING TUESDAY. ENOCK ARVIZO WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING ONE FEMALE INMATE AND ASSAULTING ANOTHER AT THE M-D-C IN 2015 WHEN HE WORKED THERE AS A GUARD. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE HAD ASKED FOR THE…… MORE
Settlement Reached in Cibola County Jail Death
A MAN’S DEATH IN THE CIBOLA COUNTY JAIL IN 2016 HAS LED TO A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AND RECORDS SHOW THAT DOUGLAS EDMISTEN WAS REPEATEDLY DENIED MEDICAL CARE AFTER HE BECOME VIOLENTLY ILL INSIDE THE JAIL. HE LATER DIED OF A BURST BLOOD VESSEL IN HIS…… MORE
Stolen Valor Act Endorsed by Legislative Committee
IN SANTA FE, A HOUSE COMMITTEE HAS ENDORSED A BILL KNOWN AS THE NEW MEXICO STOLEN VALOR ACT. IT WOULD MAKE IT A MISDEMEANOR CRIME TO MISREPRESENT ONE’S MILITARY SERVICE WITH THE INTENT OF SECURING BENEFITS BASED ON THAT SERVICE. THE BILL IS SPONSORED BY ROSWELL REPUBLICAN BOB WOOLEY. TWENTY-SIX STATES…… MORE
Woman Jailed for Giving Daughter Drug Gummies
A SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WOMAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY GAVE HER DAUGHTER CANDY LACED WITH MARIJUANA LAST NOVEMBER. IT WAS FOUND IN THE GIRL’S POSSESSION AT SCHOOL. WHEN QUESTIONED BY POLICE, 38 YEAR OLD SYLVIA RUBIO OF RADIUM SPRINGS TOLD DETECTIVES SHE HOLDS A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD AS WELL…… MORE
Three “Cuffed” in Teen’s Death
WE’RE HOPING TO LEARN MORE tODAY (TUES) ABOUT A CASE IN SANTA FE COUNTY IN WHICH A 35 YEAR OLD WOMAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE DEATH OF HER 13 YEAR OLD SON. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE TELLS US TRACY ANN PENA AND 42 YEAR OLD THOMAS WAYNE FERGUSON WERE BOTH ARRESTED IN CONNECTION…… MORE
APD Officer Invited to President’s Speech
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER RYAN HOLETS IS IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL TUESDAY WITH HIS WIFE AND THEIR NEWLY ADOPTED NEWBORN OF A DRUG ADDICT. HOLETS AND HIS FAMILY ARE IN DC FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH. HOLETS WAS ON DUTY WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED CRYSTAL CHAMP LAST FALL BEHIND A…… MORE
