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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Around New Mexico
Boy, 6, Wanders; Mom Jailed
An Albuquerque woman remained behind bars Tuesday after her 6-year-old autistic son was allegedly found alone and wandering a southeast Albuquerque neighborhood early Sunday in the rain, according to a criminal complaint.
Albuquerque police went to Amherst and Ross SE after receiving a call about the boy, who was unable to talk to police due to his autism. A passer-by directed police to a nearby apartment where the child stayed, and police spoke with a man there who appeared intoxicated and claimed to be the boy's grandfather, but said the child was not his responsibility.
A neighbor told police about a woman, later identified as Orlinda Plummer, 24, who also lives at the apartment and who was walking down the street. She appeared intoxicated, admitted to drinking, and claimed to be the boy's stepmother, but she had a tattoo of his name on her neck and provided police with a birth certificate listing her as his biological mother, according to the complaint. She was arrested on suspicion of child abuse and booked into the Metropolitan Detention Center, according to jail records. Bail was set at $2,500.
Word on F-35 Due Thursday
Air Force officials are expected to announce Thursday where they will base the nation's new F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighters, a decision that could mean changes at Holloman Air Force Base.
Holloman, currently home to two squadrons of F-22 Raptors, is on the short list of bases being considered as training sites for the stealthy new F-35s. But the Air Force is also considering consolidating its F-22 squadrons at three bases instead of four.
Of the four bases that have combat-ready F-22s — Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska; Langley Air Force Base, Va.; and Holloman — only Holloman is on the F-35 short list.
Eleven bases, five for training and six for operations, are being considered as potential sites for the F-35, according to Air Force officials.
Deputy Argues With Protesters
A Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy is the focus of an internal investigation after a confrontation with religious protesters outside a rock concert on July 17.
Deputy Jim Goff will not be working at the Hard Rock Casino Albuquerque Presents the Pavilion until the investigation is concluded, according to BCSO spokesman Deputy Lawrence Koren.
Goff was on duty when he got into a religious debate with Christian protesters, who were decrying the wickedness of rock music, and ended up asking one of the protesters if he was "a gay homosexual" because the protester was filming him.
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