LAST WEEK’S RAID BY THE D-E-A AND OTHER AGENCIES AT THE BEST CHOICE INN ON CENTRAL HAS RESULTED IN FEDERAL CHARGES BEING FILED AGAINST THREE MEN. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT 40 YEAR OLD KAMAL BHULA, 50 YEAR OLD WILLIE HORTON, AND 32 YEAR OLD JONATHAN CRAFT ARE ACCUSED OF SELLING DRUGS AND WOMEN OUT…… MORE
Guilty Plea in Ayudando Case
DAVID HARRIS OF ALBUQUERQUE FACES SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MONEY LAUNDERING AND TO DEFRAUD THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. HARRIS IS THE HUSBAND OF SUSAN HARRIS, THE FORMER C-E-O OF THE NOW DEFUNCT AYUDANDO GUARDIANS…A NON PROFIT THAT PROVIDED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS…… MORE
Bond Set for Martha Crouch
THE NEW MEXICO COUPLE CHARGED IN A DISTURBING CHILD ABUSE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY CASE CAN BE RELEASED ON BOND. THAT WAS THE RULING WEDNESDAY FROM A JUDGE IN AZTEC. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, BOND FOR MARTHA CROUCH WAS SET AT 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS. SHE’S ACCUSED OF ABUSING HER CHILDREN AND EVEN KILLING THEIR PETS TO…… MORE
Better Way to Report Illegal Fireworks
EVERY 4TH OF JULY, ALBUQUERQUE FIRE RESCUE RESPONDS TO HUNDREDS OF REPORTS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. BUT LT. TOM RUIZ WITH A-F-R SAYS DON’T CALL 9-1-1 IF YOU SPOT SOMETHING. INSTEAD USE THE CITY’S ONE A-B-Q APP. RUIZ TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THAT WILL ALLOW FIREFIGHTERS TO RESPOND TO MORE PRESSING EMERGENCIES. TWO YEARS AGO, RUIZ SAYS…… MORE
Parents Charged with Cruelty
A BIZARRE STORY OF CHILD ABUSE AND ANIMAL CRUELTY COMING OUT OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. MARTHA AND TIMOTHY CROUCH OF AZTEC WERE ARRESTED MONDAY. MARTHA CROUCH IS ACCUSED OF BEATING AND TORTURING HER CHILDREN…AND FORCING THEM TO WATCH HER KILL THEIR PETS. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT ONE DAUGHTER TOLD AUTHORITIES…… MORE
Pine Lodge Fire Update
THE PINE LODGE FIRE IN THE LINCOLN NATIONAL FOREST HAS GROWN TO MORE THAN NINE THOUSAND ACRES…AND THERE NOW IS FIVE PERCENT CONTAINMENT. MORE THAN 500 PERSONNEL ARE NOW WORKING THE FIRE NEAR THE CAPITAN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. NEW MEXICO STATE ROAD 246 FROM CAPITAN TO ROSWELL REMAINS CLOSED, EXCEPT FOR LOCAL ACCESS. FOREST OFFICIALS SAY…… MORE
First Hantavirus Death Reported
THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS REPORTING THE FIRST DEATH OF THE YEAR FROM HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME. A 42 YEAR OLD MCKINLEY COUNTY WOMAN DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THIS WAS THE SECOND CASE REPORTED SO FAR THIS YEAR WITIH THE FIRST ONE ALSO IN MCKINLEY COUNTY. STATE VETERINARIAN CAROL STEWART SAY IS URGING NEW…… MORE
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One Crash Victim I-D’d
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE SAYS ONE OF THE PEOPLE KILLED IN SUNDAY’S BUS CRASH IN SOUTHERN COLORADO WAS SEMINARIAN JASON PAUL MARSHALL. THE OTHER PERSON KILLED HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE BUS, CARRYING A YOUTH GROUP FROM UNM’S AQUINAS NEWMAN CENTER, WAS RETURNING TO ALBUQUERQUE FROM A CONFERENCE IN DENVER WHEN IT REPORTEDLY HIT…… MORE
Suspect In Double Homicide Arrested
DETECTIVES WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE HEADING TO EL PASO TO MEET WITH DETECTIVES THERE REGARDING THE ARREST OF 20 YEAR OLD JESUS CARTAGENA JUNIOR. HE IS THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE MURDERS OF LAURA HANISH AND HER DAUGHTER SHANTA HANISH. THE TWO WERE FOUND DEAD FRIDAY MORNING AT THEIR HOME ON MONTEREY AVENUE…… MORE
