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Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital, not Caseman, as a Moriarty woman accused of forging a medical note to avoid eviction spelled it.
Posted inMoriarty

Forged medical note leads to charge for Moriarty woman

by nm.news October 1st, 2025October 1st, 2025

By Lauren Lifke A Moriarty woman was charged with forgery after she allegedly fabricated a medical excuse letter to avoid being evicted from her home, according to a criminal complaint. On Aug. 29, police officers and community service aides showed up to the woman’s home to execute a court-ordered eviction and nobody was there, though […]

Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a former Sandoval County Sheriff's Office detective was sentenced Friday to six years in prison after pleading no contest to charges related to child sexual exploitation material. (NMDOJ)
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico

New Mexico attorney general warns against online immigration attorney scams

by nm.news September 29th, 2025September 29th, 2025
Late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge William P. Johnson of the U.S. District Court of New Mexico granted a petition for a writ of habeas corpus directing the federal government to immediately release 28-year-old Paulo Cesar Gamez Lira from the Otero County Processing Center in Chaparral, where he had been held for 42 days.  
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Federal judge orders DACA recipient detained by ICE released from New Mexico detention center

by Alex Ross September 25th, 2025September 25th, 2025
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico Legislature #nmleg, NM Political Report

State Rep. Eleanor Chávez: “I’m gonna call it what it is… ICE is acting like the KKK”

by NM Political Report September 24th, 2025
Posted inNM Political Report

State Rep. Eleanor Chávez: “I’m gonna call it what it is… ICE is acting like the KKK”

by NM Political Report September 24th, 2025September 25th, 2025
During raids in January, federal agents seized more than 8,500 pounds of marijuana and found 10 Chinese nationals working illegally Dineh Benally's Estancia operation. (Roberto E. Rosales)
Posted inEstancia

Dineh Benally pleads guilty in Estancia marijuana scheme, using illegal Chinese workers

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news September 24th, 2025September 25th, 2025
Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAlbuquerque

Furniture store fined after employee crushed to death

by Josh Lee, nm.news September 24th, 2025September 24th, 2025
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Albuquerque mayoral candidate charged for inappropriate touching of former campaign staffer

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news September 24th, 2025September 24th, 2025
Bernalillo County will host a free overdose recognition and response training this week as part of ongoing efforts to address the community's drug overdose crisis. The Behavioral Health Education and Awareness Council will conduct the training Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the CARE Campus, 5901 Zuni Rd. SE. The session will also be available virtually via Microsoft Teams.
Posted inBernalillo County

Bernalillo County to offer free overdose response training Wednesday

by City Desk ABQ September 24th, 2025September 24th, 2025
New Mexico National Guard troops could soon be deployed to Española and Rio Arriba County to address a surge in crime and public safety concerns.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Española police chief addresses unease over National Guard deployment

by Alex Ross September 23rd, 2025September 23rd, 2025
New Mexico National Guard troops could soon be deployed to Española and Rio Arriba County to address a surge in crime and public safety concerns.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico

Española police chief addresses unease over National Guard deployment

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news September 23rd, 2025September 23rd, 2025
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Imposter nurse nearly kills Albuquerque patient with fatal morphine dose

by Josh Lee, nm.news September 22nd, 2025September 23rd, 2025
The Albuquerque Police Department has officially launched a drone program that has already assisted in four arrests and conducted more than 200 flights in its first month of operation, city officials announced Thursday.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Albuquerque police deploy drone program, report four arrests in first month

by City Desk ABQ September 19th, 2025September 19th, 2025
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

4 days after mistakenly releasing an inmate, MDC finally notifies the public

by City Desk ABQ September 19th, 2025September 19th, 2025
Corrales police.
Posted inCorrales

Albuquerque drivers arrested on DUI-related offenses in Corrales

by Corrales Comment Staff September 17th, 2025September 17th, 2025
A single-engine aircraft crashed in a field near McNabb and New Mexico Highway 41 on Tuesday afternoon, killing one person and injuring another, according to the Moriarty Fire Department. (Moriarty Fire Department)
Posted inMoriarty

One dead after single-engine plane crashes in Torrance County

by nm.news September 16th, 2025September 25th, 2025
The Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office has been named a finalist for a national award recognizing how deputies used drone technology to safely disarm two young children who were armed with a loaded handgun.
Posted inBernalillo County

Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office nominated for national drone award after disarming children

by City Desk ABQ September 16th, 2025September 17th, 2025
Jill Gatwood, an Albuquerque resident represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, alleges in the lawsuit that she was unlawfully arrested Feb. 22 while holding a handmade sign advocating for restrictions on assault-style weapons on a public sidewalk outside the Moriarty Civic Center. (Still from Moriarty Police Officer’s body camera)
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

New Mexico woman’s gun show protest triggers constitutional case after arrest

by nm.news September 15th, 2025September 25th, 2025
The First Judicial District Court has announced a new program designed to divert people with severe mental illness away from the criminal justice system and into treatment services.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Santa Fe County

Santa Fe court launches mental health diversion program for arrestees

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news September 15th, 2025September 15th, 2025
Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a former Sandoval County Sheriff's Office detective was sentenced Friday to six years in prison after pleading no contest to charges related to child sexual exploitation material. (NMDOJ)
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Sandoval County

Former Sandoval County detective sentenced to 6 years for child exploitation crimes

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news September 9th, 2025September 9th, 2025
Posted inAlbuquerque, Courts, Justice & Safety

Albuquerque man pleads guilty to federal charge for online threats against Trump 

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news September 5th, 2025September 5th, 2025
Cibola County Correctional Center in Milan, N.M.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

FBI investigates staff for drug trafficking at New Mexico private prison after wrongful-death lawsuits

by Josh Lee, nm.news August 25th, 2025August 27th, 2025
An Albuquerque Police Department (APD) cruiser with a license plate reader attached to the roof. Photographed in downtown Albuquerque. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales/The City Desk.
Posted inCity Desk ABQ

Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding to more ‘sanctuary cities,’ including Albuquerque, for now

by Pat Davis August 25th, 2025August 25th, 2025
At West Mesa High School, a teacher used the district's new Centegix alert badge system to summon police after being told a student was seen with a gun in a bathroom. The badge allows staff to activate emergency protocols and alert police by clicking a button multiple times.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Superintendent after five APS students were arrested with guns Wednesday: ‘Something is broken in our society’

by City Desk ABQ August 22nd, 2025August 22nd, 2025
All but one of Rio Rancho Public Schools' middle and high schools have Evolv weapons detection systems, like this one at Independence High School, this year. (RRPS)
Posted inRio Rancho

RRPS keeping guns away through manpower and technology

by Rodd Cayton, nm.news August 22nd, 2025August 22nd, 2025
Bernalillo Public Schools has announced a clear backpack policy for students in Grades 4 through 12.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Town of Bernalillo

Bernalillo schools to require clear backpacks

by Rodd Cayton, nm.news August 22nd, 2025August 22nd, 2025
A two-year-old died in this parking lot Saturday after falling from a moving vehicle and being hit by the same car. (Staff photo)
Posted inEdgewood

Toddler dies after falling out of moving car, getting hit by vehicle in Edgewood parking lot

by nm.news August 21st, 2025August 21st, 2025
Pictured is a speed camera set up along Gibson Blvd in SE Albuquerque. January 17th, 2024. Photo by Roberto E. Rosales/The City Desk
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Albuquerque to install 8 more speed cameras by year’s end

by City Desk ABQ August 21st, 2025August 21st, 2025
Two firearms were discovered at West Mesa High School on Wednesday in unrelated incidents that prompted lockdown protocols
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Five guns seized from APS students

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news August 20th, 2025August 21st, 2025
Matthew McLaughlin
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Missing Army vet found dismembered along New Mexico highway

by nm.news August 18th, 2025August 18th, 2025
Mesilla Valley Hospital in Las Cruces.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Teen patient abused at Mesilla Valley Hospital, lawsuit claims

by Josh Lee, nm.news August 18th, 2025August 18th, 2025
Corrales Police Department
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Corrales police warn of bail scam

by Rodd Cayton, City Desk ABQ August 18th, 2025August 18th, 2025
Corrales police.
Posted inCorrales

Corrales police report DUI crash, scam and thefts in busy week

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news August 18th, 2025August 18th, 2025
Bernalillo PD.
Posted inTown of Bernalillo

Investigation continues in deadly Bernalillo park shooting as suspect remains at large

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news August 15th, 2025August 15th, 2025
Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department
Posted innm.news

“I want my mom!”: Grown street racer cries, begs for mom after being busted by BCSO

by nm.news August 13th, 2025August 13th, 2025
National Guard members train for Operation Zia Shield continues, this time with instruction from the New Mexico State Police. (National Guard)
Posted inAlbuquerque

Governor, Albuquerque mayor blast Trump’s ‘executive overreach’ in D.C. National Guard deployment

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news August 12th, 2025August 13th, 2025
emergency signage
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Lawsuit: New Mexico patient dies after hospital ignores fall, internal bleeding

by Josh Lee, nm.news August 8th, 2025August 11th, 2025
The Rio Rancho Police Department launched a School Zone Speed Blitz this week ahead of classes starting on Aug. 7. The enforcement campaign increases patrols during morning and afternoon hours across all city schools.
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Rio Rancho

Rio Rancho police launch zero-tolerance school zone speed enforcement

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news August 6th, 2025August 6th, 2025
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, New Mexico

State lawsuit escalates ‘forever chemical’ dispute with Air Force

by Josh Lee, nm.news August 5th, 2025August 5th, 2025
Bernalillo PD
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Town of Bernalillo

Bernalillo police to host National Night Out at Rotary Park a week after deadly shooting

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news August 5th, 2025August 5th, 2025
Corrales Police Department
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Corrales police officers praised for crisis intervention in Albuquerque arrest

by Corrales Comment Staff August 4th, 2025August 4th, 2025
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

Cancer spreads after hospital fails to inform patient of diagnosis

by Josh Lee, nm.news August 4th, 2025August 4th, 2025
A Bernalillo High School student's family received a $1.8 million jury verdict this week after proving school officials failed to prevent a violent assault despite receiving evidence of persistent bullying and threats. (Bernalillo Public Schools)
Posted inTown of Bernalillo

Jury awards Bernalillo family $1.8 million in school bullying, assault case

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news August 1st, 2025August 4th, 2025
Bernalillo PD
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Town of Bernalillo

Suspect still at large in deadly Bernalillo shooting

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news July 31st, 2025July 31st, 2025
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Scalo Restaurant, alleging the Albuquerque establishment's male managers sexually harassed female employees and then retaliated against workers who complained about the abuse.
Posted inNob Hill & UNM

Albuquerque restaurant facing lawsuit for sexual harassment, retaliation

by City Desk ABQ July 30th, 2025August 5th, 2025
Posted inCity Desk ABQ

AFR rescues a person from an underground storm drain downtown. How did they get in there?

by City Desk ABQ July 30th, 2025July 30th, 2025
Town of Bernalillo
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety, Town of Bernalillo

Deadly shooting at Bernalillo park prompts manhunt, shelter-in-place order lifted

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news July 29th, 2025July 29th, 2025
Police investigate a fatal shooting on UNM's campus Friday. (Kevin Hendricks)
Posted inCourts, Justice & Safety

UNM President: ‘Our thoughts are with families’ after fatal shooting on campus

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news July 25th, 2025
Posted inNob Hill & UNM

University of New Mexico shooting leaves one dead, one injured with suspect still at large

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news July 25th, 2025July 25th, 2025
Sandoval County held a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 24 to celebrate its new dispatch center, even as the facility remains unable to independently handle approximately 85% of 911 calls from the county's estimated 42,000 non-Rio Rancho residents.
Posted inSandoval County

Sandoval County celebrates opening of dispatch center that can’t handle most 911 calls

by Kevin Hendricks, nm.news July 24th, 2025July 25th, 2025

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