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By Jeff Proctor
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...Twelve Albuquerque firefighters have been arrested on drunken-driving charges since January 2009 Albuquerque Fire Department off...
03-18-10
...Suspect in West Side Jail   Police have identified the victims in a double slaying over the weekend as UNM English Professor Hecto...
03-09-10
...Attorney Asks For Ankle Bracelet; Judge Says No   Ellen Snyder, who is accused of killing her husband and burying his body in the ...
02-26-10
...Prominent real estate executive Doug Vaughan was arrested Thursday after driving away from state agents who tried to talk to him abou...
02-26-10
#... Well Known Real Estate Executive Under Investigation   Doug Vaughan, 62, was arrested by state agents this morning on suspicion ...
02-25-10
...La Cueva student used the moniker "Captain Chronic" on the social networking site; Chronic is a slang term used to describe high-grad...
02-24-10
...Lt. Martin Salazar accused of assaulting a Pojoaque Pueblo police officer over the weekend   Another Albuquerque firefighter h...
02-23-10
...Suspect being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center on a $200,000 bond on 74 felony counts Police have arrested the alleged ...
02-20-10
...Under legislation passed by state lawmakers, statewide guidelines would be set up to define who could tap into the ignition interlock...
02-20-10
...Woman Accused of Killing, Burying Husband Faces Seven Counts   A Bernalillo County grand jury has indicted accused husband-killer ...
02-18-10
...Another South Valley boy was arrested Tuesday in the November fatal shooting of Cameron Montoya Police initially believed 17-yea...
02-17-10
...Officers won't get special treatment You drink, you drive, you get caught, you go to jail -- even if you're a cop. That's been ...
02-13-10
...Suspects were arrested by Albuquerque police and are being held at Metropolitan Detention Center on $1M bonds   Rigoberto "Drago...
02-12-10
...Complex in northwest Albuquerque was shut down in December and the owner accused of violating the city's housing code Several in...
02-09-10
...Detectives expect to make an arrest in the case in the next 24 hours.     Police Chief Ray Schultz declined to say who will like...
02-05-10
...Albuquerque Police Department detectives are partnering with the Secret Service on the case Four major arrests. Thousands of do...
01-29-10
...Berry wants to make the city "a really, really bad place for criminals" Beginning in March, every person arrested in Albuquerque...
01-27-10
...Officials Release Name of 11th Woman Buried Near 118th and Dennis Chavez   Jamie Barela has been identified as the 11th and final ...
01-26-10
...A new criminal complaint filed this morning alleges that Volcano Vista teacher Patrick Matthews had sex with a 16-year-old student on...
01-14-10
...Legislation would centralize missing persons lists, mandate training on missing persons cases for law enforcement and allow for more ...
01-13-10
...Police have identified the man as 32-year-old Aaron Renfro The 32-year-old man fatally shot by an Albuquerque police officer aft...
01-12-10
...William Howden being held at Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center on $100,000 cash-only bond The first mayor of Rio R...
01-08-10
...Albuquerque police officer was charged in Dec. 3 indictment with obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI An Albuquerque pol...
01-08-10
...Former Bernalillo County undersheriff began the new job after resigning post at Sheriff's Office City officials have tapped an e...
01-07-10
...Rio Rancho police pick up teens who had walked away from a youth reintegration center Sunday night Richard Winters, 17, and Da...
01-06-10
...Police Trying to Determine if Walmart Supervisor, Suspect Scuffled Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy before they d...
01-06-10
...Several Other Vehicles Also Struck   Police are trying to figure out just exactly how many cars a possibly intoxicated man crashed...
01-05-10
...Cooking Incident Started Blaze   Four apartments were completely destroyed in a fire last night at a complex on the 8100 block of ...
01-05-10
... Man Dead Hours After Being Shot A man shot early Thursday has died at University of New Mexico Hospital. Javier Rosalez, 35, who ...
12-25-09
...Single-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon caused traffic back-up on I-40 westbound A 4-year-old boy was killed Tuesday after his...
12-16-09
...Mayor Wants Serial Killer Caught   City officials have placed an additional $35,000 into the reward fund for information leading t...
12-10-09
#...Suspect in West Side Girl's Murder Had Bond Lowered Late Last Week   Christopher Midyette, who faces evidence tampering charges in...
12-08-09
...Fire Department Checking Building   Albuquerque firefighters are currently on scene at the Metroplitan Courthouse at Fourth and Lo...
12-04-09
...Chris Rains was attacked in the video arraignment room at the Metropolitan Detention Center during his felony first appearance about ...
12-02-09
...The child was killed by a gunshot wound at a residence on General Chennault NE, police say.   No one is in custody, and the invest...
12-01-09
...Man Was Found Monday Near Second and Delamar NW   Albuquerque police have identified the man found Monday afternoon laying unconsc...
11-25-09
...Cmdr. Jim Breen Is Veteran of Katrina, 9/11   Mayor-elect R.J. Berry has tapped Cmdr. Jim Breen as new fire chief, the Journal has...
11-24-09
...Authorities use DNA to link suspect to killing of man on Isleta SW   Bernalillo County Sheriff's detectives arrested 36-year-old C...
11-20-09
#...Just One More Victim Remains Unidentified   Authorities today released the names of two more victims of the West Mesa serial kille...
11-17-09
#... Ryan Vigil Had Been On Suicide Watch; Was Then Taken Off     Bernalillo County officials have said Vigil was pronounced dead...
11-12-09
...Judge Raises Bond To $1 Million Cash-Only   Metropolitan Court Judge Daniel Ramczyk raised the bonds about an hour ago on Ryan Vig...
11-09-09
...17-year-old Charged With Open Count of Murder   Bernalillo County Sheriff's detectives located 17-year-old Roberto Gonzalez in a h...
11-06-09
...Deputies Still Searching For One Suspect   Bernalillo County Sheriff's spokeswoman released the names of three suspects in yesterd...
10-29-09
...I-40 Westbound Closed West of Albuquerque   Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies are handling their second fatal crash of the day,...
10-23-09
...One Man Dead; One Child Hospitalized In Crash Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies are working a crash on North 14 near Sangre d...
10-23-09
...Reports of "suspicious powder" actually cereal After evacuating the Molina Healthcare building at 8801 Horizon NE (near Alamed...
10-16-09
#...Man Told Teller He Needed Money To Bury His Dead Mother Officials are looking for a Hispanic male in his mid 30's; about 5-feet 10-...
10-15-09
...U.S. Attorney General Will Decide Whether Death Penalty Is Sought   A federal grand jury returned indictments about an hour ago ag...
10-08-09
#... Man was being sought as a "person of interest"   Honolulu police say they have in custody a man sought as a "person of inter...
10-06-09
...Elias Urioste, 24, found guilty of 10 charges, acquitted of eight   Prosecutors had mixed feelings this afternoon after a jury con...
08-31-09
...Blaze at The Castle Apartments Began With Faulty Electricity in North Building Investigators say they'll never be 100 percent ce...
08-06-09
...Two Who Entered Restaurant Held Without Bond; Man Who Aided Third Suspect Held on $200,000 Cash Only Pablo Ortiz, 32, and Marvin...
07-20-09
...Still No Suspects, Detectives Still Searching for Clues The 14-year-old boy who was fatally shot late Tuesday in front of his So...
07-16-09
...14-year-old Shot in Front of His Home; Pronounced Dead at UNMH This Afternoon  Shots rang out near Isleta and Arenal around 10:3...
07-15-09
...The crash appeared to be on Sandia Pueblo land, and tribal authorities were working the accident. No injuries reported Officials...
07-01-09
...Officials announced a few hours ago that Valle de Atrisco has been chosen as the name for the proposed incorporated South Valley.The ...
06-30-09
#...Body found several years ago on Isleta Pueblo, ID'd today  A few hours ago, authorities positively identified Sonia Bernade...
06-18-09
...Police Believe Argument Was Over Allegation of Sexual Assault; Shooter ID'd Police detectives believe an argument occurred betw...
06-09-09
...Suspect was upset that Larry was shutting off his cable; now faces felony assault charge Larry Stansel, a Comcast Cable worker, ...
06-04-09
...Seven victims have been identified; University of North Texas forensic experts working with APD to identify the final four victims.&n...
04-30-09
...Man had medical condition Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies have identified the man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash ...
04-23-09
...Four sets of remains still unidentified; police tight-lipped on investigation into mass grave. Albuquerque police have identifie...
04-21-09
...90 warrant cleared; 68 arrests made Bernalillo County Sheriff’s detectives made 68 arrests and seized drugs, guns and cash in ...
04-15-09
...Names of Victims Just Released. Body Count reduced by one.  Police have identified two more of the women buried in a remote area...
04-03-09
...Reward for information leading to arrest of "perpetrator or perpetrators of crimes against women whose remains have been found" on Me...
03-18-09
...Three of four women identified so far knew each other.  Julie Nieto, born in August 1980, becomes the fourth woman identified fr...
03-11-09
...Albuquerque police tactical units are using dogs right now to search for a robbery suspect near Coors and Central SWPolice have set u...
03-05-09
...Detectives manning information line from noon to midnight today and tomorrow. Authorities have set up a tip line to gather infor...
03-04-09
...Two victims have been found in the past 24 hours.   The body count at the Southwest Mesa crime scene near 118th Street and ...
02-27-09
...Police also confirm remains of an 11th victim One of two sets of remains investigators found while excavating a patch of the far...
02-25-09
...Victim found over the weekend was pregnant A few hours ago, investigators discovered the remains of a 10th victim buried on the ...
02-23-09
#...Police still saying same person responsible for putting bodies on the mesa; no suspects identified  Investigators have found the...
02-17-09
...Cartel was "sending a message" with man shot 22 times, set on fire and left in far West Mesa roadway; one suspect in custody, three m...
02-13-09
..."Known drug user and prostitute" was reported missing in 2005. Victoria Chavez is the woman police found in a shallow grave on t...
02-10-09
...Police believe one person responsible for deaths Authorities working one of the largest violent crimes scenes in recent memory o...
02-10-09
...No weapon found near the victim Police have identified the man fatally shot by an officer after an 11-minute chase through southwest...
02-10-09
...Victim who made "aggressive move," officer who shot him, circumstances not releasedAlbuquerque Police spokeswoman Nadine Hamby says d...
02-09-09
...Manager of "Desert Divas" prostitution ring faces up to 12 years behind bars; further arrests in Albuquerque, Phoenix possibleJames B...
02-06-09
...Man had 'no reason' to be in house on 700 block of Cromwell SW that burned Monday night.A man who apparently broke into a home on t...
02-03-09
...Police investigating death as suspicious  A man who apparently broke into a home on the 700 block of Cromwell SW late last night...
02-03-09
#...New York officials drop hate crime charge  Ian Robert Norstad is awaiting extradition to the Empire State, but not for the ...
02-02-09
...Second Chance officials pulled the last of their inmates out of the old West Side jail building Saturday, marking an abrupt end to th...
01-25-09
...A family of seven and their menagerie -- including cockatoos, ferrets, hamsters and rabbits -- made it safely out of their South Vall...
01-22-09
...A former substitute teacher accused of videotaping up an Atrisco Elementary student’s skirt in 2007 has pleaded no contest to a voy...
01-21-09
...A county SWAT team responded to a home with a barricaded suspect near Paradise and Lyon NW about 45 minutes ago, Bernalillo County Sh...
01-13-09
...State investigators and Bernalillo County Sheriff's deputies took 77 roosters out of a South Valley home this morning, and two men ar...
01-07-09
#...If you've dealt with public issues on the West Side in the past few decades, you probably know Louis Tafoya.  Heck, if ...
10-09-08
...5:15 p.m. Northbound Coors has been re-opened to traffic as police investigate a double shooting from a few hours ago. Two men w...
09-10-08
...Albuquerque firefighters have put out a garage fire that flared up at 313 Garcia NE around 1:30 p.m., fire department spokeswoman Mel...
08-28-08
...2:37 p.m.: The brush fire on Pajarito Mesa is 100 percent contained as of about 10 minutes ago, officials said.The blaze consumed mor...
08-26-08
...Coors Boulevard is shut down in both directions from Eagle Ranch to La Orilla on the West Side due to a gas leak, PNM spokesman Kevin...
08-18-08
...More than 60 firefighters from Bernalillo County, the city of Albuquerque and Los Ranchos responded to a blaze that erupted at a home...
08-15-08
...Viola Trevino pleaded guilty this morning to numerous felony counts stemming from a multi-faceted scam in which she invented an imagi...
08-01-08
...Victim and alleged offender were living at home for mentally ill patients.1:42 p.m.:Andres Eligeo Ortega, 27, was booked into the Met...
07-30-08
...Police have identified the woman and her ex-boyfriend who allegedly shot her, then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-su...
07-25-08
...The elderly woman killed in a house fire yesterday afternoon near 2nd and El Pueblo NW has been identified as 88-year-old Rosauria Ar...
06-27-08
...UPDATE 5:36 p.m. An elderly woman was confirmed dead in the fire that damaged parts of a home at 207 Wayne NW earlier this after...
06-26-08
...Robert Joseph Grado, who is accused of two Albuquerque area homicides, remains in the Metropolitan Detention Center this evening foll...
06-23-08
...Mayor Martin Chavez doesn't want Mora County convicted sex offender Clifford Gutierrez in Albuquerque.In a plea deal, Gutierrez, ...
04-25-08
... Brandi Koch, 23, ordered to Metro Court's first-offender program. Brandi Koch, the 23-year-old daughter of Bernalillo Count...
08-30-07
...Albuquerque police are investigating a shooting in the Ridgecrest area ...  ... that left a man dead about 8 p.m. Monday.Authori...
07-10-07
...Two people were killed Friday afternoon when the pickup truck they were traveling in rear-ended a semi-truck on Interstate 40 near Se...
06-29-07
...Traffic moving, but being re-routed   Traffic was moving again on Southbound 14, although Northbound was closed. North...
06-15-07
...Authorities are investigating a possible structure fire in a warehouse behind a Northeast Albuquerque Wal-Mart.Firefighters were disp...
05-24-07
...Albuquerque boxing legend Johnny Tapia's brother-in-law and another relative were killed early Tuesday in a single-vehicle roll o...
03-13-07
...Lockdown at St. Pius X High School just lifted after more than an hour. St. Pius X High School was placed on temporary lockdown start...
02-05-07


Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories

1. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Cameras Ordered Removed

Friday, March 19, 2010 Cameras Ordered Removed By Jeff Proctor Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           The state Transportation Commission slammed the brakes on red light camera programs around New Mexico on Thursday, banning their use on state or federal highways.     Affected ...
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2. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Another Firefighter Charged With DWI

Thursday, March 18, 2010 Another Firefighter Charged With DWI By Jeff Proctor Journal Staff Writer           Albuquerque Fire Department officials for the past few months have been wrestling with how to write some teeth into a policy that deals with firefighters who get arrested driving drunk.     ...
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3. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/METRO: Higher Bond for Stalker Sought

Saturday, March 13, 2010 Higher Bond for Stalker Sought By Jeff Proctor Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           Albuquerque Police Det. Trey Economidy says the system failed Bernalillo High School teacher Stefania Gray.         Police found Gray and her boyfriend, well-known ...
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4. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Stalker's Record Wasn't Available

Friday, March 12, 2010 Stalker's Record Wasn't Available By Jeff Proctor Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           A Metropolitan Court judge didn't have serial stalker Ralph Montoya's full domestic violence history in front of her when she allowed him to remain ...
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5. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Serial Stalker Suspect in Double Murder

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Serial Stalker Suspect in Double Murder By Jeff Proctor Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           Double-homicide suspect Ralph Montoya has a long history of stalking and threatening ex-girlfriends and other women that dates back to 1993 and stretches ...
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6. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Serial Stalker Suspect in Double Murder

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Serial Stalker Suspect in Double Murder By Jeff Proctor Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           Double-homicide suspect Ralph Montoya has a long history of stalking and threatening ex-girlfriends and other women that dates back to 1993 and stretches ...
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7. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Raid Ends With Man's 125th Arrest

Friday, March 05, 2010 Raid Ends With Man's 125th Arrest By Jeff Proctor Journal Staff Writer           Police arrested Kevin Garner early Thursday — for the 125th time.         Garner's criminal history dates back to November 1985, and includes convictions for kidnapping, extortion, child ...
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8. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: FBI May Aid in Case of Fake Cop

Thursday, March 04, 2010 FBI May Aid in Case of Fake Cop By Jeff Proctor Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           Other law enforcement agencies will work with the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department to investigate what involvement sheriff's deputies had with alleged ...
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9. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Wannabe Cop May Have Had Help

Wednesday, March 03, 2010 Wannabe Cop May Have Had Help By Jeff Proctor Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           A Bernalillo County sheriff's sergeant is on paid leave while investigators look into her possible role in helping wannabe deputy Orlando Jaramillo impersonate ...
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10. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: Officer's DWI Arrest Probed

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 Officer's DWI Arrest Probed By Jeff Proctor Copyright © 2010 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales initially said his officers acted properly when they issued then-APD Sgt. Richard Guzman a summons instead of booking him ...
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