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Suspicious Death Investigated
Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a suspicious death in the North Valley. Deputies found the victim at a residence in the 200 block of Ranchitos NW around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, but a BCSO spokesman declined to provide details about the victim or the circumstances around the death. (pat vasquez-cunningham/journal)
Landlord Faces Housing Suit
Federal authorities have filed a lawsuit against the owner and manager of rental property in Albuquerque for allegedly discriminating against a disabled tenant.
The civil complaint was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
It was brought on behalf of a tenant who became disabled as a result of a medical condition more than two years after living in a house he and his family rented from Michael Croom.
The suit alleges Croom violated the Fair Housing Act.
Croom allegedly evicted the tenant after he requested permission to make reasonable modifications to the rented house to accommodate his disability.
The lawsuit seeks a court order prohibiting future discrimination by Croom, monetary damages for the tenant and a civil penalty.
Driveway Accident Kills Teen
DEMING – Police in Deming say a teenager has been killed after his brother backed a car out of a driveway with the passenger door open and pinned him against a brick wall.
Ramon Aviles, 16, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the Wednesday afternoon accident, according to the Deming Headlight.
Police Chief Michael Carillo said officers found Aviles trapped with part of the wall collapsed onto him.
Carillo says Joseph Dominguez, 24, was backing the Cadillac out of the driveway when Aviles was trapped between the open door and the wall. When Dominquez tried to free his brother the car continued backing up and hit the wall, collapsing part of it onto him.
Facebook Bullying Subpoena
CLOVIS – Facebook officials did not meet the deadline for a subpoena seeking the identity of an account holder who police say used their page for online bullying, according to a police spokesman.
The deadline was the end of the business day Wednesday, according to Clovis Police Capt. Patrick Whitney said. Whitney said the District Attorney’s Office would decide the next step.
Facebook responded to a Clovis News Journal inquiry via email, saying that the company does not address individual cases.
Facebook had 30 days to respond to a court order asking for account information for a page called “Their Hand.” The page has been shut down since it was reported to police.
Clovis police on Sept. 27 received a complaint from a Clovis High parent who said her daughter was being harassed on Facebook, according to court documents. The documents said the 17-year-old was referenced on the Facebook page “Their Hand” by name and profanity, accused of engaging in multiple explicit sexual acts and exhibiting suicidal behavior.
