A MAN WHO COMMITTED THREE SEPARATE MURDERS IN ALBUQUERQUE IN MAY OF 2017 GETS LIFE PLUS 68 YEARS IN PRISON. YOAN SANTIESTEBAN PLEADED GUILTY ON WEDNESDAY TO TWO COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATHS OF JULIO CHAVEZ VALDEZ AND SAMIR AL-ABBOUDY. SANTIESTEBAN HAD ALREADY BEEN CONVICTED OF KILLING MATTHEW SEVERINGHAUS IN THE DRIVEWAY…… MORE
Deming Paying for Assisting Migrants
IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO, THE DEMING CITY COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED SPENDING A MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP MIGRANTS CROSSING THE BORDER. ACCORDING TO CHANNEL 7 NEWS, CITY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE GOVERNOR THAT THE FUNDS WILL BE GIVEN BACK TO THE CITY, EITHER THROUGH STATE FUNDING OR FEDERAL DOLLARS. A DEMING CITY SPOKESMAN SAYS…… MORE
Number of State Cops in Albuquerque Drops
HALF OF THE STATE POLICE OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO HELP ALBUQUERQUE DEAL WITH ITS VIOLENT CRIME SITUATION ARE BEING RETURNED TO WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE THAT ASSIGNMENT. JUST LAST WEEK, OFFICERS REPORTED THAT THEY WERE STARTING TO SEE THE IMPACT IN A POSITIVE WAY FROM THE STATE POLICE WHO WERE SENT TO ALBUQUERQUE. THE SO-CALLED SURGE…… MORE
Council Approves Payment for Pricey Crashes
THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL VOTES IN FAVOR OF THE COST RECOVERING ORDINANCE THAT’LL HAVE YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY PAYING IF YOU’RE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT THAT ENDS OF COSTING THE CITY MORE THAN 15-HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE PROPOSAL WAS DRAFTED BECAUSE OF CLEAN UP COSTS LINKED TO CRASHES INVOLVING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AND FUEL TANKERS THAT REQUIRE USING…… MORE
Who Picks Up the Tab?
ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW ALBUQUERQUE FIRE-RESCUE TO RECOVER SOME COSTS RELATED TO MAJOR CRASHES. LANGUAGE IN THE LEGISLATION HAS BEEN ADDED TO CLARIFY THAT THE EFFORT DOES NOT SEEK DAMAGES FROM CITIZENS, BUT FROM INSURANCE COMPANIES. THE NEW LEGISLATION ALSO STATES THAT COST RECOVERY WILL ONLY…… MORE
State Auditor Begins Special Audit Into Payments
STATE AUDITOR BRIAN COLON HAS LAUNCHED A SPECIAL AUDIT TO LOOK INTO 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN SECRET PAYOUTS MADE TO SIX STATE EMPLOYEES AT THE END OF THE MARTINEZ ADMINISTRATION. COLON SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW HOW THE GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HANDLED THE PAYOUTS. HE SAYS THE TRANSACTIONS TO BRING ABOUT THE 1-POINT-7 MILLION DOLLAR…… MORE
Otero County Wants Its State Cops Returned
BRING BACK ARE STATE POLICE OFFICERS … AND REINSTALL THE NATIONAL GUARD AT THE BORDER. THOSE ARE THE DEMANDS OF OTERO COUNTY SHERIFF DAVID BLACK AFTER THE STATE COPS WERE SENT TO ALBUQUERQUE TO HELP FIGHT CRIME IN NEW MEXICO’S BIGGEST CITY. SHERIFF BLACK SAYS REMOVING THE POLICE OFFICERS AND GETTING RID OF THE NATIONAL…… MORE
Mother, Son Face Decades of Prison Time
A MOTHER AND SON HAVE EACH PLEADED GUILTY ON TUESDAY TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY IN THE DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER. THE BERNALILLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE SAYS ALISSA BICKETT AND DRAKE BICKETT BEAT AND STABBED 65 YEAR OLD MARILYN GANDERT TO DEATH IN JANUARY OF 2018. THE VICTIM’S BURNED BODY WAS LATER…… MORE
Officer-Involved Shooting … Outside of Albuquerque
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING MONDAY INVOLVING SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, MELISCO GALLEGOS, A SUSPECT IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT, ALLEGEDLY RAMMED THREE PATROL VEHICLES WITH HIS PICKUP WHILE THE DEPUTIES WERE INSIDE THE CARS. ONE OF THE DEPUTIES THEN FIRED FROM INSIDE HIS VEHICLE, HITTING…… MORE
Officer-Involved Shooting Outside of Albuquerque
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING MONDAY INVOLVING SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. ACCORDING TO THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN, MELISCO GALLEGOS, A SUSPECT IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENT, ALLEGEDLY RAMMED THREE PATROL VEHICLES WITH HIS PICKUP WHILE THE DEPUTIES WERE INSIDE THE CARS. ONE OF THE DEPUTIES THEN FIRED FROM INSIDE HIS VEHICLE, HITTING…… MORE
