Saturday, November 21, 2009 Ex-Cop Describes the 'Blue Wall' By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer           SANTA FE — As a sworn Albuquerque Police Department officer for two decades, Sam Costales said he saw dozens of instances of police misconduct but never saw anyone reported for ...
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... his computer. Investigators from the department's Internet Unit went to Norcott's home on Nov. 4 based on information it received from the Albuquerque Police Department on a child exploitation case.         Norcott gave Los Lunas police consent to search the computer. Police found images on ...
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... in Albuquerque since 2005.         Sometimes it makes more sense to go with what you know than to implement change for change's sake.         Albuquerque Police Chief Ray Schultz is more than a political retread. He's a career cop who knows the city, has made a difference in its safety, and ...
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Friday, November 20, 2009 Around New Mexico       Man Accused of Kidnapping     An Albuquerque man who allegedly shot at his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend and then forced the woman and her son into a car was arrested Wednesday.     Matthew Rippenberger, 23, is charged with two counts of kidnapping ...
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... his choice for the city's chief of police and his top deputies.        Like many citizens, I have had the occasional opportunity to observe the Albuquerque Police Department in action, and certainly the opportunity to read and listen to the media's observations of our men and women in blue. ...
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... was reported missing from Lawton, Okla., in 2003, had spent time in the Denver area during the spring and early summer of 2004, according to a tip Albuquerque police received this week.        Edwards' remains were uncovered from a shallow grave in a patch of the Far Southwest Mesa near 118th and ...
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... were allegedly speeding on 12th Street in Albuquerque. Pino and the other motorcyclist smelled of alcohol and failed field sobriety tests, Albuquerque police spokeswoman Nadine Hamby said.        Pino had blood-alcohol concentrations of 0.13 and 0.12, she said.        He was placed on administrative ...
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... was reported missing from Lawton, Okla., in 2003, had spent time in the Denver area during the spring and early summer of 2004, according to a tip Albuquerque police received this week.     Edwards' remains were uncovered from a shallow grave in a patch of the Far Southwest Mesa near 118th and Dennis ...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 Ex-Cop: I Broke 'Blue Wall of Silence' By Scott Sandlin Journal Staff Writer        What happened to former Albuquerque police officer Sam Costales after he testified against sheriff's deputies in a high-profile 2006 case provided plenty of fodder Wednesday for questioning ...
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... . So he got in the truck, put his keys in the center console, reclined the driver's seat and went to sleep.     A few hours later, he was awakened by Albuquerque Police officer Mark Aragon, who was knocking on the window of the truck. Aragon was in the middle of a crash investigation.     Sometime after ...
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