A WOMAN WHO CLAIMS STATE REPRESENTATIVE CARL TRUJILLO OF SANTA FE SEXUALLY HARASSED HER IS ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO INVESTIGATE HER ALLEGATIONS. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS THE ATTORNEY FOR LAURA BONAR, A FORMER LOBBYIST, REQUESTED THE INVESTIGATION IN A LETTER TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEGISLATURE’S LEGAL OFFICE. BONAR WENT PUBLIC LAST WEEK WITH CLAIMS…… MORE
Another Drug Bust on Interstate-40
ASK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY’LL TELL YOU I-40 IS A POPULAR ROUTE FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS. THAT WAS SEEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AROUND NOON WHEN A DEPUTY PULLED OVER A VEHICLE ON EASTBOUND I-40 NEAR SEDILLO HILL. THE DEPUTY SMELLED THE OVERWHELMING ODOR OF RAW MARIJUANA IN THE VEHICLE. A SEARCH WARRANT WAS OBTAINED AND A…… MORE
Bad Move for NM Man
A RIBERA, NEW MEXICO, MAN FACES DWI AND CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AFTER SHOWING UP DRUNK AT THE STATE POLICE OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE THIS PAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIRTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD RALPH GARCIA DROVE TO THE OFFICE WITH HIS 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO SPEAK WITH POLICE ABOUT A CHILD CUSTODY ISSUE. WHILE HE WAS TALKING TO…… MORE
Commission to Consider Firms to Review Sheriff’s Policies
A COMPANY TO REVIEW THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S POLICIES ON PURSUITS AND DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTINGS IS EXPECTED TO BE CHOSEN AT TUESDAY NIGHT’S COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. COMMISSIONER MAGGIE HART STEBBINS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF REVIEWING THOSE POLICIES WITH AN OUTSIDE FIRM AFTER RECENT CHASES AND DEPUTY INVOLVED SHOOTINGS THAT COST LIVES AND MILLIONS…… MORE
Nigerian Teen Drowns in Hotel Pool
A DROWNING AT AN ALBUQUERQUE HOTEL MONDAY. A TEEN FROM NIGERIA AND THREE OTHER TEENS WERE IN TOWN FOR A ROBOTICS COMPETITION AND STAYING AND THE WYNDAM HOTEL NEAR MENAUL AND CARLISLE. THEY WENT SWIMMING WITHOUT A CHAPERONE DESPITE THE FACT NONE OF THEM KNEW HOW TO SWIM. ONE OF THE TEENS STARTED DROWNING, BUT…… MORE
Another “No Show” For Sanchez
TERI SANCHEZ WAS A NO-SHOW IN COURT AGAIN MONDAY. NO REASON WAS GIVEN FOR HER ABSENCE, BUT SHE HAD MISSED EARLIER COURT DATES DUE TO MEDICAL ISSUES. SANCHEZ IS THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF FORCING HER SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO PANHANDLE ALONE. POLICE SAY THE GIRL’S FATHER, JAMES STEWART, MADE THE YOUNG GIRL PERFORM SEX…… MORE
Lymon Trial Delayed
DAVON LYMON’S TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF APD OFFICER DANIEL WEBSTER WAS TO START LATER THIS WEEK IN ALBUQUERQUE…BUT NOW THAT WON’T HAPPEN. A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW MEXICO ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE, WHICH IS PROSECUTING THE CASE, TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THE JUDGE IS PUSHING BACK THE TRIAL UNTIL NEXT MARCH. EARLIER THIS YEAR, LYMON’S PUBLIC…… MORE
Have a “Say” on the Next APD Chief
ALBUQUERQUE MAYOR TIM KELLER SAID LAST WEEK THAT A NATIONAL SEARCH IS NOW UNDERWAY FOR A PERMANENT CHIEF AT APD…AND YOU’LL GET A CHANCE TO HAVE A SAY. THE MAYOR’S OFFICE SAYS CITY RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PROVIDE INPUT ABOUT WHAT THEY’D LIKE TO SEE IN A CHIEF. YOU CAN DO SO ON LINE THROUGH…… MORE
Down to the Wire to Register
YOU HAVE UNTIL 5PM TODAY (TUESDAY) TO REGISTER TO VOTE OR UPDATE YOUR REGISTRATION FOR NEW MEXICO’S JUNE 5TH PRIMARY. ONLY DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, AND LIBERTARIANS ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY. ABSENTEE VOTING ALSO BEGINS TODAY. YOU CAN REGISTER AT THE BERNALILLO COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE, MVD, HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC…… MORE
Sunport Reopens Runway
IT’S BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT. THE MAIN EAST-WEST RUNWAY IS ONCE AGAIN OPERATIONAL. IT HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN AS 177 CONCRETE SLABS WERE REPAIRED OR REPLACED. WHILE IT WAS OUT OF COMMISSION, ALL AIR TRAFFIC HAD TO USE A RUNWAY THAT BROUGHT FLIGHTS OVER SEVERAL ALBUQUERQUE NEIGHBORHOODS. REOPENING THE MAIN…… MORE
