Residents filed far fewer complaints about illegal fireworks on July 4th and the days leading up to it this year than they did last year — and there were significantly fewer outside fires. Lt. Jason Fejer, a spokesperson for Albuquerque Fire Rescue, said in a news release that all reports of illegal fireworks were routed […]
Category: Courts, Justice & Safety
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, National News, Syndicated
Why mass shootings and violence increase in the summer
By JOHN SEEWER Violence and mass shootings often surge in the summer months, especially around the Fourth of July, historically one of the deadliest days of the year. A flurry of shootings around the holiday a year ago left more than a dozen people dead and over 60 wounded. Just two years ago, another mass shooting at a […]
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Prosecutor won’t oppose Trump sentencing delay in hush money case after high court immunity ruling
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity protections to presidents. In a letter filed with the New York court, prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s […]
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Sandoval County
Jemez Springs Man Accused of Giving Crack and Alcohol to Los Alamos Teen
A man from Jemez Springs was arrested by the Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) June 17 and charged with criminal sexual penetration of a minor, as well as 10 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Matthew Levi Trujillo, 25, was arrested after his girlfriend allegedly discovered text messages from a 16-year-old girl […]
Posted inBernalillo County, Courts, Justice & Safety, Local Gov.
Sheriff’s Office, nonprofit partner for gun buyback event
Turn in your firearms for cash this weekend at a gun buyback event hosted by a local nonprofit, in partnership with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. In a news release, New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence (NMPGV) said it doesn’t keep any information on participants and they can turn in as many guns as they’d […]
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Judge alters Trump’s gag order, lets him talk about witnesses and jurors after hush money conviction
By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump’s gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction but keeping others connected to the case off limits at least until he’s sentenced July 11. Judge […]
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Man Accused of Attempting to Run Over Santa Ana Police Officer
Santa Ana police say an officer was nearly run over on May 31 at the Santa Ana Star Casino in Bernalillo by a man who allegedly tried to cash a fraudulent check. According to court documents, Eberado Ruiz Valdez, 45, of Carlsbad, went to the casino around 2 a.m. and tried to cash a check […]
Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety
Hot town, summer in the city: APD expands resources Downtown
The Albuquerque Police Department will start increasing its presence Downtown this summer with specialty units, including horse mounted, tactical and traffic officers and those who are assigned to the Targeted Enforcement Active Monitoring (TEAMS) overtime program. According to APD, at the beginning of summer, they noticed an increase in people gathering Downtown. Officers since then […]
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Man who alerted FBI to possible corruption in APD’s DWI unit speaks out
In the early morning hours of April 22, 2022, Jaden Brown was driving home from Bar Uno in Downtown Albuquerque — 100 mph on Interstate 25 — when he was pulled over. The Albuquerque police officer, Joshua Montaño, gave the 21-year-old University of New Mexico student a field sobriety test and then took him to […]
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President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial
By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER / Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally […]