NEW MEXICO REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES TO LIVE IN THE U-S. THE FBI’S LATEST REPORT SHOWS NEW MEXICO HAD THE THIRD HIGHEST VIOLENT CRIME RATE IN THE COUNTRY LAST YEAR…WITH 783 VIOLENT CRIMES PER 100-THOUSAND RESIDENTS. ONLY THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND ALASKA HAD HIGHER CRIME RATES. WHEN IT COMES TO PROPERTY…… MORE
Priest to Remain Jailed
A FEDERAL MAGISTRATE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS RULED THAT, UNTIL HE GOES ON TRIAL FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE, FORMER PRIEST ARTHUR PERAULT WILL REMAIN LOCKED UP. THE 80 YEAR OLD PERAULT WAS CHARGED LAST WEEK IN FEDERAL COURT WITH SEXUALLY ABUSING A CHILD IN NEW MEXICO IN THE EARLY 90’S. IF CONVICTED ON THOSE CHARGES HE…… MORE
Life Sentence for Stabbing Death Suspect
A MAN GETS LIFE IN PRISON FOR A FATAL STABBING THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE AN ALBUQUERQUE GAS STATION IN MARCH OF 2017. AMEER MUHAMMAD WAS CONVICTED OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND ARMED ROBBERY IN THE DEATH OF 30 YEAR OLD AARON SIEBEN. POLICE SAY SIEBEN WAS STABBED AT A CIRCLE K NEAR LOMAS AND EUBANK FOLLOWING…… MORE
Youngblood Guilty of DWI
A STATE REPRESENTATIVE UP FOR RE-ELECTION IN NOVEMBER HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF DWI. THE TRIAL FOR MONICA YOUNGBLOOD WAS HELD BEFORE A METRO COURT JUDGE IN ALBUQUERQUE. YOUNGBLOOD WAS ARRESTED AT A DWI CHECKPOINT IN MAY. SHE REFUSED A BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST, AND THE ARRESTING OFFICER SAYS SHE SMELLED OF ALCOHOL AND MADE MISTAKES…… MORE
New Metro Detention Center Chief Named
BERNALILLO COUNTY’S METRO DETENTION CENTER WILL SOON HAVE A NEW CHIEF. COUNTY MANAGER JULIE MORGAS BACA APPOINTED THE MDC’S DEPUTY SECURITY CHIEF, RALPH FERNANDEZ, TO TAKE OVER THE POSITION WHEN CHIEF GREG REES RETIRES ON NOVEMBER 2ND. THE PAY FOR THIS JOB IS 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. THE COUNTY COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BACA’S APPOINTMENT THIS…… MORE
Market Approved for Albuquerque’s Sawmill District
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SHOP IN ALBUQUERQUE’S SAWMILL DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE. THAT’S SINCE THE BERNALILLO COUNTY COMMISSION THIS WEEK APPROVED A 10-MILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRIAL REVENUE BOND FOR THE DISTRICT .. .SPECIFICALLY THE SAWMILL BELLAMAH PROPERTIES. A NOTICE OF INTENT WAS APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION IN 2015. CONSTRUCTION CAN NOW BEGIN SINCE THE BONDS HAVE…… MORE
APD Investigates UNM-Area Shooting
ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ANOTHER SHOOTING IN THE CITY. APD OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE UNIVERSITY AREA AFTER GETTING REPORTS THERE WAS A SHOOTING. THERE THEY FOUND A SHOOTING VICTIM WITH CRITICAL INJURIES ABOUT SIX BLOCKS FROM THE 14-HUNDRED BLOCK OF CENTRAL AT YALE. THEY TRANSPORTED THAT PERSON TO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. THEY HAVEN’T RELEASED THE…… MORE
Matthew Chavez Trial Underway
THE MURDER TRIAL OF MATTHEW CHAVEZ HAS BEGUN IN ALBUQUERQUE . HE’S ACCUSED OF GUNNING DOWN ARMY VETERAN TYLER LACKEY AT AN ATM NEAR YALE AND GIBSON IN 2016. CHAVEZ WAS ARRESTED IN OKLAHOMA A MONTH AFTER THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. HIS ATTORNEYS SAY THE SHOOTING WAS IN SELF DEFENSE, SINCE LACKEY ALSO HAD A GUN.…… MORE
Duke City Sees Crime Decrease
THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO HAS SEEN AN OVERALL DROP IN CRIME OVER THE PAST YEAR. THAT ACCORDING TO BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A RAUL TORREZ WHO SAYS CRIME IS DOWN 17 PERCENT SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, MOSTLY DUE TO A DECREASE IN PROPERTY CRIMES. BUT HE SAYS GUN VIOLENCE AND MURDERS REMAIN A SERIOUS PROBLEM. HE SAYS…… MORE
APS Ups Security Measures
ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS IMPLEMENTING SOME CHANGES IN SCHOOL SAFETY. CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER SCOTT ELDER TELLS US ONE OF THE KEYS TO CREATING A SAFE SCHOOL IS TO GET THE CORRECT INFORMATION INTO THE HANDS OF FACULTY AND STUDENTS, AS WELL AS POLICE. HE SAYS ONE THING THEY’RE DOING IS IMPROVING CLASSROOM SAFETY. THEY’RE CHANGING…… MORE
