TWO MEXICAN NATIONALS, IN THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, HAVE PLEADED GUILTY TO OPERATING A COUNTERFEIT AUTOMOBILE AIRBAG BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR HOME IN ALBUQUERQUE. THE U.S. ATTORNEYS OFFICE SAYS THE GUILTY PLEAS WILL RESULT IN THE DEPORTATION OF 24 YEAR OLD DINA GONZALEZ-MARQUEZ AND HER 22 YEAR OLD BROTHER EMILIO GONZALEZ-MARQUEZ. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY THE TWO…… MORE
NM, Southwestern U-S Buck the Trend
GOVERNMENT FORECASTERS SAY, FOR THE CONTIGUOUS 48 STATES, LAST MONTH WAS THE COLDEST APRIL IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES SAYS THAT WASN’T THE CASE IN THE SOUTHWEST, INCLUDING NEW MEXICO. IN FACT, LAST MONTH WAS THE EIGHTH WARMEST APRIL EVER IN ALBUQUERQUE. AND THE TREND IS CONTINUING INTO…… MORE
No Jail Time for APD Cop Who Admits to DWI
JOSHUA MALECKI IS NO LONGER AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER. HE PLEADED GUILTY ON WEDNESDAY IN METRO COURT TO DRIVING HIS PATROL CAR LAST AUGUST WHILE HE WAS DRUNK. HE CRASHED THE VEHICLE INTO A CURB NEAR WYOMING AND I-40 AFTER HE GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH HIS WIFE AND DROVE OFF. POLICE SAY MALECKI CALLED…… MORE
County Hires Counsel to Sue Drug Companies
THEY WANT THEIR MONEY BACK. BERNALILLO COUNTY IS GOING AFTER DRUG COMPANIES THAT AGGRESSIVELY MARKETED OPIOIDS AS NOT BEING ADDICTIVE TO PATIENTS WHO LATER BECAME ADDICTED TO THE DRUGS. THE COUNTY COMMISSION LAST (TUES) NIGHT APPROVED HIRING A LOCAL LAW FIRM TO TARGET THE DRUG COMPANIES AND RECOVER RELATED COSTS. THOSE INCLUDE HOSPITAL STAYS, INCARCERATION,…… MORE
Twelve More Years for Convicted Killer
MORE PRISON TIME FOR AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN WHO KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND’S YOUNG DAUGHTER IN 2012. DANIEL ARAGON SERVED FIVE YEARS AFTER PLEADING NO CONTEST TO ABANDONMENT OF A CHILD AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF THE 22 MONTH OLD. NOW, A JUDGE HAS SENTENCED ARAGON TO AN ADDITIONAL 12 YEARS BEHIND BARS FOR…… MORE
APD Searching for Road Rage Suspect
AN ARREST WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING SHOTS AT A SANTA FE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTY DURING A PURSUIT TUESDAY. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 29 YEAR OLD RANDY BRANCH IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. IT ALL BEGAN WHEN BRANCH ALLEGEDLY POINTED A GUN AT ANOTHER MOTORIST DURING A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT…… MORE
No Truck Stop for Santa Fe County
IT APPEARS THERE WON’T BE A TRUCK STOP BUILT IN THE AREA OF I-25 AND NEW MEXICO 14 IN SANTA FE COUNTY. A LARGE CROWD SHOWED UP FOR TUESDAY’S SANTA FE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING, MANY OF THEM OPPOSED TO THE PILOT FLYING “J” TRUCK STOP PLAN. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT AFTER NEARLY…… MORE
Sunport Cell Phone Waiting Area Moves Temporarily
THERE WILL BE A TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF THE CELL PHONE WAITING AREA AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT. STARTING THURSDAY, MAY 10TH. THE WAITING AREA WILL BE LOCATED NORTHWEST OF ITS CURRENT LOCATION OFF SUNPORT BLVD AT GIRARD. YOU’LL NEED TO FOLLOW THE DETOUR SIGNS. THE TEMPORARY RELOCATION IS A RESULT OF THE ONGOING IMPROVEMENTS AT THE…… MORE
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Another Duke City Homicide
THERE’S NOT MUCH INFORMATION ON ALBUQUERQUE’S MOST RECENT HOMICIDE. ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF TOWN. OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE 11-HUNDRED BLOCK OF MADEIRA SOUTHEAST ON A “SHOTS FIRED” CALL. THERE THEY FOUND A MAN WHO WAS LIFELESS. THEY TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT BUT THE…… MORE
