THE PEDESTRIAN STRUCK AND KILLED BY A SPEEDING VEHICLE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE SATURDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 39 YEAR OLD ANGELICA BACA. APD SAYS TWO CARS WERE RACING ON LOUISIANA, NORTH OF GIBSON, WHEN BACA WAS HIT BY ONE OF THE VEHICLES. FOUR AIRMEN FROM KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE WERE IN THE VEHICLE INVOLVED…… MORE
Rape Suspect Released Again
ALBUQUERQUE RAPE SUSPECT NICOLAS WILLIAMS HAS BEEN RELEASED AGAIN…AND THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. SPOKESMAN MICHAEL PATRICK SAYS PROSECUTORS ARE FRUSTRATED. IT’S THE THIRD TIME THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE HAS SOUGHT “PREVENTATIVE RELEASE” BY THREE DIFFERENT JUDGES. PATRICK SAYS WILLIAMS HAS THREE PENDING RAPE CASES AND A FOURTH IS UNDER…… MORE
Sex Offenders Arrested at the Border
IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS, U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS HAVE RECENTLY ARRESTED TWO WANTED SEX OFFENDERS AS THEY CROSSED THE BORDER ILLEGALLY. ON FRIDAY, A MAN FROM ECUADOR WAS ARRESTED IN SUNLAND PARK, NEW MEXICO. HE WAS WANTED ON RAPE, INDECENT ASSAULT, AND BATTERY CHARGES…AND IS NOW IN THE DONA ANA COUNTY JAIL. THEN SUNDAY A MAN…… MORE
Commissioners Asked to Resign
GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM IS ASKING THAT MEMBERS OF THE NEW MEXICO GAME COMMISSION RESIGN. THOSE MEMBERS SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE GOVERNOR…AND THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT THE RESIGNATIONS OF THE SITTING COMMISSIONERS WERE REQUESTED LAST WEEK. LUJAN GRISHAM HAS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS, AND HAS BEEN WORKING TO…… MORE
Home Prices Expected to Keep Climbing
A LOW NUMBER OF HOMES ON THE MARKET IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO WILL CONTINUE TO PUT UPWARD PRESSURE ON SALES PRICES. THAT’S THE OPINION OF KENT CRAVENS, THE EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT FOR THE GREATER ALBUQUERQUE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS. HE SAYS INVENTORY LEVELS HAVE BEEN AT HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS, BUT HE SEES THE SITUATION IMPROVING. HE SAYS…… MORE
Reaction to Udall Decision to Not Run for Office Again
STATE OFFICIALS ARE REACTING TO SENATOR TOM UDALL’S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT HE WON’T RUN AGAIN IN 2020. ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER SAYS WHEN HE THINKS OF THE SENATOR, HE THINKS OF UDALL’S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT T OUR VALUES. KELLER THANKS UDALL FOR HIS DECADES OF SERVICE TO NEW MEXICO. STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL HECTOR BALDERAS ALSO THANKS UDALL…… MORE
Priest Released Until Trial
AN 81 YEAR OLD PRIEST ACCUSED OF REPEATEDLY RAPING AN ALTER SERVER OVER TWO YEARS IN THE LATE 1980S IS OUT OF JAIL. THE SERVER IS NOW IN HER LATE 30S. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THAT’S AFTER A JUDGE MONDAY RULED THAT SABINE GRIEGO WOULD BE ALLOWED OUT OF CUSTODY WHILE HE WAITS FOR HIS…… MORE
Medical Marijuana Decision This Week
SHOULD OPIOID ADDICTION BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF QUALIFYING CONDITIONS FOR NEW MEXICO’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM? THE STATE MEDICAL CANNABIS BOARD WILL MEET ON FRIDAY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. THE FINAL DECISION IS UP TO THE DEPT OF HEALTH CABINET SECRETARY. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 21 CONDITIONS THAT QUALIFY. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, OF…… MORE
APD on Combatting Road Rage
ALBUQUERQUE HAS SEEN A LOT OF ROAD RAGE INCIDENTS LATELY … AND APD SAYS SOME OF THE INCIDENTS START WHEN SOMEONE CUTS ANOTHER PERSON OFF IN TRAFFIC. APD SPOKESMAN OFFICER SIMON DROBIK TELLS CHANNEL 7 NEWS THAT ONE THING THAT’S HELPING APD CATCH OFFENDERS IS PEOPLE RECORDING THESE INCIDENTS WITH THEIR CELL PHONES. POLICE ARE…… MORE
Driver Involved in Shooting Identified
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE RIDE SHARE DRIVER WHO SHOT AND KILLED A PASSENGER ON THE SIDE OF I-25 NEAR MONTANO ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY. APD SAYS CLAYTON BENEDICT GOT INTO AN ALTERCATION WITH HIS TWO PASSENGERS…AND HE ENDED UP SHOOTING ONE OF THEM, 27 YEAR OLD JAMES PORTER. BENEDICT HAS NOT BEEN ARRESTED, BUT…… MORE
