THE ALBUQUERQUE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY NIGHT AGAIN CONSIDERED THE CONTRACT FOR THE COURT-APPOINTED MONITOR TO OVERSEE REFORMS AT APD. MOST COUNCILORS FEEL JAMES GINGER HASN’T ANSWERED ENOUGH QUESTIONS AND HASN’T ATTENDED MEETINGS WITH THEM. CITY COUNCILOR KEN SANCHEZ ALSO SAYS HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE EVERY DOLLAR IS ACCOUNTED-FOR BY JAMES GINGER AND HIS TEAM.…… MORE
BCSO Investigates Overnight Stabbing
TWO FEMALES ARE IN CUSTODY, BEING QUESTIONED ABOUT A STABBING INCIDENT EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S SERGEANT AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS DEPUTIES WERE SENT TO THE 100 BLOCK OF OSUNA ROAD NORTHEAST AROUND 3:30 AM IN REFERENCE TO A STABBING. THERE THEY FOUND A MAN WHO NOT ONLY HAD WHAT APPEARED TO BE STAB WOUNDS…… MORE
CIty Council Backs Pay Equity Proposal
ALBUQUERQUE’S MAYOR SAYS THE CITY COUNCIL IS LENDING ITS SUPPORT TO A WOMEN’S PAY EQUITY PROPOSAL FROM HIS ADMINISTRATION. IN A STATEMENT RELEASED MONDAY NIGHT, BERRY SAYS IT’S THE FIRST INITIATIVE OF ITS KIND , FOLLOWING 52 YEARS OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT HE SAYS HAVEN’T WORKED. BERRY SAYS HE’S PROUD THE CITY IS TAKING THE…… MORE
Alleged Rapist off Duke City Streets
A MAN ACCUSED OF BRUTALLY BEATING AND RAPING AN ELDERLY WOMAN IN NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE IS NOW IN CUSTODY. A-P-D SAYS 56 YEAR OLD ERNEST CASIAS WAS SUPPOSED TO TURN HIMSELF IN SATURDAY, BUT NEVER DID. HE WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AT A HOME IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. POLICE SAY CASIAS ATTACKED THE 75 YEAR OLD WOMAN IN…… MORE
Search for Skate Park Shooter Continues
FOR THE SECOND TIME IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS THERE’S BEEN A SHOOTING AT AN ALBUQUERQUE SKATE PARK. A-P-D SAYS AN UNIDENTIFIED MALE SUSTAINED A NON LIFE THREATENING GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE EAR SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE TOWER SKATE PARK AT 86TH AND TOWER. THE SHOOTER REPORTEDLY GOT AWAY IN A WHITE, SILVER OR TAN…… MORE
Santa Fe Losing Millions in Uncollected Funds
SANTA FE MAY GET TOUGHER ON PEOPLE WHO OWE THE CITY MONEY. SOME CITY COUNCILORS ARE ADVISING A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH, AFTER IT WAS LEARNED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS COLLECTING LESS THAN HALF THE MONEY IT’S OWED IN AMBULANCE FEES. COUNCILOR RON TRUJILLO TELLS 770 KKOB THERE’S REALLY NO INCENTIVE TO PAY. HE SAYS THE…… MORE
One Year in Lockup for Convicted Embezzler
ONE YEAR IN PRISON. THAT’S THE SENTENCE HANDED 45 YEAR OLD LEONARD BRIDGE MONDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR STEALING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS WHEN HE WAS THE ORGANIZATION’S BUSINESS MANAGER. HE’LL ALSO HAVE TO PAY MORE THAN 140-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RESTITUTION. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY BRIDGE STOLE FROM THE UNION ON 20 SEPARATE OCCASIONS…… MORE
LANL Investigates Accident that Injured Employees
THE QUESTION NOW IS WHAT CAUSED SUNDAY’S ACCIDENT AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABS THAT INJURED EIGHT OR NINE LAB WORKERS. ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. AN INFORMATION MEMO RELEASED AT THE LABS SAYS SEVEN OF THE OTHERS EMPLOYEES WERE TREATED AT LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER AND RELEASED. THE EMPLOYEE IN CRITICAL CONDITION…… MORE
Bernalillo County Deputy-Involved Shooting Investigated
A BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS ON PAID LEAVE AFTER A SHOOTING IN THE SOUTH VALLEY SUNDAY. SERGEANT AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS THEY WERE SENT TO TAPIA AND ARENAL AROUND 3 AM IN REFERENCE TO A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE AND SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE. THEY FOUND THE VEHICLE ABANDONED … BUT THEN A SECOND VEHICLE SHOWED UP DRIVEN BY…… MORE
Impaired Driving Crackdown Continues in Rio Rancho
MORE DWI CHECKPOINTS AND SATURATION PATROLS IN RIO RANCHO THIS MONTH. BUT ALCOHOL ISN’T THE ONLY SUBSTANCE YOU’LL NEED TO AVOID BEFORE GETTING BEHIND THE WHEEL. POLICE CAPTAIN PAUL ROGERS TELLS US DRIVERS IMPAIRED ON OVER-THE-COUNTER OR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS WILL ALSO BE ARRESTED. DETERMINING IF TOO MUCH OF A DRUG HAS BEEN TAKEN ISN’T UP…… MORE
