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7 arrested for heroin trafficking in Albuquerque
Federal authorities say seven people are in custody after a multi-agency investigation targeting heroin traffickers operating in Albuquerque. Friday's arrests are the result of a 15-month investigation by the DEA, Albuquerque police and Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office. Executed search warrants netted three pounds of heroin, a handgun and about $10,000 ...
Whole Foods revises employee language policy
Facing threats of national boycotts from Latino groups and a slew of online petitions, Whole Foods announced Friday that the organic grocery chain has revised its employee language policy following the suspension of two Spanish-speaking Albuquerque employees. Whole Foods Market Inc. Co-CEO Walter Robb said in a blog post Friday ...
Ex-mistress in NM officer murder trial takes stand
One of many mistresses of a former Albuquerque police officer accused of killing his wife testified Thursday that he told her he was in the shower when he heard a gunshot. In two days of testimony that concluded Friday, Rose Slama said Levi Chavez told her a number of times ...
NM court affirms conviction in Carlsbad killing
The state Supreme Court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a former police officer from Mexico for killing a Carlsbad man nearly four years ago. Fernando Lopez was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Rodolfo Murillo, who was shot in the chest and head on July 4, 2009. ...
Church Rock man gets prison for 2011 beating death
A Church Rock man has been sentenced to 13 ½ years in federal prison for second-degree murder. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Danny Dan Don Brown also was ordered by a judge Thursday to pay $1,200 restitution to cover the cost of the victim's funeral and related expenses. Brown and a co-defendant ...
2 found dead in area burned by Colo. wildfire
A voracious wildfire driven in all directions by shifting winds has killed two people and destroyed at least 360 homes — a number that was likely to climb as the most destructive blaze in Colorado history burned for a third day through miles of tinder-dry woods, a sheriff said Thursday. ...
Ex-detective back on stand in ex-NM officer case
A lead investigator in the case of a former Albuquerque police officer accused of killing his wife came under aggressive questioning Thursday from a defense attorney who suggested that the investigator was trying to anger and scare witnesses to get them to change their stories. During an often intensive round ...
Court rules against grandmother in child porn case
The state Supreme Court has ruled that prosecutors can use photographic evidence from a seized camera against an Albuquerque grandmother and her boyfriend, who allegedly had sex with the woman's 4-year-old granddaughter. The court ruled Thursday that authorities properly took the digital camera during a 2007 search of an apartment ...
'Tapia' film on late NM boxer set to premiere
A documentary on the rise and fall of Albuquerque-born, multiple-time world champion boxer Johnny Tapia premieres this weekend. KOAT-TV reports (http://bit.ly/19rx1eR ) that "Tapia" is scheduled to be shown Saturday at the Los Angeles Film Festival and will feature some of the late boxer's final interviews. His widow, Teresa Tapia, ...
Global defense contractor settles overbilling suit
Global defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. has agreed to pay $11.75 million to settle a federal civil claim alleging it overbilled the government for homeland security training programs under a more than decade-long scheme that was well-known among high-level executives. U.S. Attorney Ken Gonzales on Thursday announced settlement of ...
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