BY EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE SHOULD KNOW IF FORMER NEW MEXICO CONGRESSWOMAN HEATHER WILSON WILL BECOME SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A FINAL CONFIRMATION VOTE ON MONDAY. WHEN SHE APPEARED BEFORE THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, WILSON FACED QUESTIONS ABOUT HER…… MORE
D-A Wants Victoria Martens Murder Suspects Tried Separately
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE IS ASKING THAT THE THREE PEOPLE CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF 10 YEAR OLD VICTORIA MARTENS BE TRIED SEPARATELY. A DISTRICT COURT JUDGE HAS MADE NO FINAL DECISION. THE GIRL’S MOTHER, MICHELLE MARTENS…HER BOYFRIEND FABIAN GONZALES…AND GONZALES’ COUSIN JESSICA KELLEY ARE EACH CHARGED IN THE GIRL’S…… MORE
Albuquerque Boy Survives Run in With School Bus
A 10 YEAR OLD BOY WAS HIT BY A SCHOOL BUS THURSDAY MORNING ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE, BUT HIS INJURIES DO NOT APPEAR TO BE SERIOUS. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS IT HAPPENED AT COORS AND PASEO DEL NORTE WHEN THE CHILD REPORTEDLY WALKED OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUS. DROBIK SAYS…… MORE
Road Rage Suspect Arrested
A MAN IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND AFTER ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY HE FIRED SHOTS DURING TWO ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS WEDNESDAY. APD SAYS THE VICTIMS IN BOTH CASES HAD DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES, BUT WERE NOT HURT. KSHAWN CORNWELL WAS FINALLY ARRESTED AFTER CRASHING HIS CAR…FOR THE SECOND TIME…NEAR WASHINGTON STREET AND…… MORE
Tijeras Burned Body That of Missing Man
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED A MAN WHOSE BURNT BODY WAS FOUND IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS AS 56 YEAR OLD TERRY WILLIAMS OF A. HE’D BEEN REPORTED MISSING AFTER HIS APARTMENT WAS FOUND RANSACKED LAST WEEK. WILLIAMS’ BODY WAS DISCOVERED NEAR THE CIBOLA CAMPGROUND IN THE AREA OF JUAN…… MORE
“Bumper” Harvest of Coke Seized in NM
HOW MUCH COCAINE YOU CAN BUY FOR 352-THOUSAND DOLLARS? THAT’S THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF JUST OVER 11 POUNDS OF THE DRUG DISCOVERED IN A MINI-VAN ENTERING THE U-S FROM MEXICO ON TUESDAY. IT HAPPENED AT THE SANTA TERESA PORT OF ENTRY. AN OFFICER DETECTED ANOMALIES IN THE VEHICLE’S REAR BUMPER AND…… MORE
NM Gas Prices Down
AN UNUSUAL TREND IN GAS PRICES. USUALLY, THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE START TO SEE GAS PRICES RISE IN ANTICIPATION OF A BUSIER SUMMER DRIVING SEASON. SO FAR THIS YEAR, THAT’S NOT THE CASE. AAA NEW MEXICO REPORTS THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS NOW AT 2-33 A GALLON, TWO CENTS LOWER THAN LAST WEEK…… MORE
Two Shot and Injured in Albuquerque Overnight
TWO PEOPLE SHOT IN ALBUQUERQUE OVERNIGHT. POLICE SAY THE FIRST SHOOTING OCCURRED SOMETIME AFTER 11 WEDNESDAY NIGHT NEAR WYOMING AND CENTRAL, WHERE SHOTS WERE HEARD AND SOMEONE CALLED 911. OFFICERS SENT TO THE SCENE FOUND A MAN WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND AT THAT LOCATION. HE’S NOW IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION.…… MORE
APS Employee Back in Jail
A NOW FORMER EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT AT RIO GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL FACES A SECOND CHARGE OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL PENETRATION OF A MINOR. JUST DAYS AFTER LUIS CHAVEZ WAS ARRESTED IN THE ORIGINAL CASE, ANOTHER FORMER STUDENT CAME FORWARD SAYING HE WAS THE VICTIM OF AN ATTEMPTED RAPE BY CHAVEZ. CHAVEZ IS NOW…… MORE
APD Names Man Shot in Recent Officer-Involved Incident
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE IDENTIFYING A MAN SHOT BY OFFICERS TUESDAY AS 24 YEAR OLD JACOB PACHECO. HE’S IN THE HOSPITAL WITH WHAT APD DESCRIBES AS NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. OFFICERS WENT TO THE 200 BLOCK OF TRUMAN STREET NORTHEAST ON THE REPORT OF A BURGLARY, AND APD SAYS WHEN THEY ARRIVED, PACHECO…… MORE
