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
Burned Body Identified
THE SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS THE BURNED BODY FOUND IN A REMOTE AREA WEST OF RIO RANCHO SATURDAY WAS THAT OF A WOMAN… BUT SHE’S NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE BODY WAS BURNED BEYOND RECOGNITION. THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL INVESTIGATOR WILL TRY TO DETERMINE HOW THE WOMAN DIED. THE SHERIFFS…… MORE
More Warm-Up Thefts
IT JUST KEEPS HAPPENING. AT LEAST FOUR TIMES MONDAY MORNING IN ALBUQUERQUE, A VEHICLE WAS STOLEN AS IT WAS LEFT RUNNING UNATTENDED. AND APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS IT WENT TO ANOTHER LEVEL IN ONE CASE. A WOMAN STOLE A CAR AND THE OWNER SHOT AT THE VEHICLE AS IT FLED. BUT DROBIK SAYS…… MORE
Lawmakers Consider Public Safety Bills
LEGISLATORS ARE MAKING FAST WORK OF PUBLIC SAFETY BILLS AT THE ROUND HOUSE IN SANTA FE. ONE MEMORIAL REQUESTS THE FEDS TO CURB GUN VIOLENCE. THE HOUSE MEMORIAL CALLS ON THE FBI TO NOTIFY LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHEN SOMEONE IS PROHIBITED FROM BUYING A FIREARM. IT’S NOW MADE IT TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. …… MORE
Home Sales, Prices on the Rise
A BIG JUMP IN HOME SALES ACROSS THE STATE IN 2017. THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION OF NEW MEXICO SAYS MORE THAN 22-THOUSAND SALES WERE REPORTED…UP MORE THAN 11-PERCENT FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THE BIGGEST INCREASES WERE SEEN IN BERNALILLO, SANTA FE, VALENCIA, EDDY, DONA ANA, AND SAN JUAN COUNTIES. THERE WAS ALSO…… MORE
Shooting Victim I-D’d
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY THE PERSON WHO WAS DROPPED OFF AT PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND SUNDAY…AND LATER DIED…HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 30 YEAR OLD KRYSTAL AGETHA ARAGON. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE ON CENTRAL NEAR SPRUCE…ABOUT A BLOCK FROM THE HOSPITAL. DETECTIVES ARE NOW LOOKING TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT. ANYONE WITH…… MORE
Shooting Near Albuquerque Hospital
A SHOOTING INCIDENT REPORTED AT PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN ALBUQUERQUE. APD OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CENTRAL AVENUE SUNDAY AND ON ARRIVAL, LEARNED THAT THE SHOOTING HAPPENED NEAR SPRUCE AND CENTRAL. ONE PERSON WAS CONFIRMED INJURED WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND AND ONE VEHICLE WAS SECURED IN…… MORE
Safe Surrender in Santa Fe
IT’S CALLED SAFE SURRENDER, AND IT’S GOING ON IN SANTA FE THIS WEEK. SAFE SURRENDER IS ESSENTIALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN SANTA FE WITH WARRANTS OUT FOR THEIR ARREST TO GET A BREAK. SANTA FE POLICE LT. MARVIN PAULK TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THAT ANYONE WITH A BENCH WARRANT OR COURT ORDER CAN…… MORE
NM Elections Will See More Libertarians for Office
YOU’RE LIKELY TO SEE MORE LIBERTARIANS ON THE BALLOT IN NEW MEXICO DURING THIS YEAR’S ELECTION CYCLE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF NEW MAJOR PARTY STATUS THAT BECOMES OFFICIAL WHEN GOVERNOR MARTINEZ ISSUES THE ELECTION PROCLAMATION FOR 2018 ON MONDAY. LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATES HAVE ALREADY…… MORE
Undersheriff Out in Dona Ana County
DONA ANA COUNTY UNDERSHERIFF KEN ROBERTS HAS BEEN STRIPPED OF HIS SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES DUE TO SEXUAL HARRASSMENT ALLEGATIONS. ROBERTS WILL BE SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY FOR 10 DAYS STARTING ON JAN. 29TH. HE WILL HAVE TO UNDERGO SEXUAL HARRASSMENT TRAINING, IS NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE ANY CONTACT WITH HIS ACCUSERS AND MUST…… MORE
