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
Los Ranchos Mayor Dies
HE’D BEEN MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF LOS RANCHOS FOR YEARS. NOW, LARRY ABRAHAM HAS DIED. THE MAYOR PRO TEM OF LOS RANCHOS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT SUNDAY. DONALD LOPEZ SAID ABRAHAM DIED AT THE AGE OF 64 AT HIS SECOND HOME IN UTAH. ABRAHAM WAS FIRST VOTED IN AS MAYOR IN 2004 AND WAS IN…… MORE
Santa Fe Police Search for Shooting Suspect
SANTA FE POLICE ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A 44 YEAR OLD MAN INVOLVED IN SATURDAY’S SHOOTING AT THE BLAKE’S LOTABURGER JUST WEST OF AIRPORT ROAD AND HIGHWAY 14. NO WORD FROM POLICE YET IF ANYONE WAS INJURED. BUT JAMES JOCHEM IS ON THE RUN AND IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. IF YOU SEE HIM,…… MORE
Cibola County Teen Charged With Murder
A 15 YEAR OLD CIBOLA COUNTY BOY IS ARRESTED OVER THE WEEKEND ON A MURDER CHARGE. STATE POLICE WERE SENT TO A HOME NEAR THE VILLAGE OF FENCE LAKE VERY EARLY SUNDAY AT 1:45 AM. THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND 59 YEAR OLD SHARON RANKIN’S BODY. OFFICERS LATER ARRESTED RANKIN’S GRANDSON, NICKOLAS SAYERS OF FENCE LAKE.…… MORE
