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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 and aggravated assault against a household member. He also is charged with one count of child abuse and other charges, according to a criminal complaint.
Mobile Home Fire Kills 3
LAS CRUCES — Three people, including a 14-month-old girl, were killed Wednesday night when fire destroyed a mobile home in Chaparral.
The three victims, believed to be a 20-year-old woman, a 17-year-old boy and the toddler, were found in the back bedroom of the single-wide mobile home on Capital Drive.
A man living in the opposite end of the mobile home escaped uninjured, but bars on the windows and intense fire and smoke prevented the victims' escape or rescue, said Doña Ana County spokesman Jess Williams.
The cause of the fire, which was reported at 11:25 p.m. Wednesday, has not been determined. The identification of the victims was being withheld Thursday pending notification of relatives, Williams said.
Separate Hazing Trials Sought
The four remaining defendants in the Robertson High School football team rape and hazing case want to be tried separately.
And the attorney for one of the teens — referred to at a preliminary hearing as the ringleader in last year's attacks — wants a change of trial location for his client because of "excessive" media coverage that makes finding an impartial jury "extremely difficult, if not impossible."
The defendants — Michael Gallegos, Lucas Martinez, Steven Garcia, all 18, and Marcus Gutierrez, 17 — each face felony charges for their alleged roles in assaults where teammates were held down against their will and sodomized with broomsticks at the Cardinals football training camp in August 2008.
This week, attorneys for each of the remaining defendants filed motions to sever their trials from one another.
Lawyers Group Honors Iglesias
David C. Iglesias, a captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve Judge Advocate General's Corps, will be presented with the Professionalism and Ethics Award today by New Mexico Trial Lawyers Association during an ethics seminar in Albuquerque.
Iglesias was U.S. attorney for the District of New Mexico for six years, 2001-2006. He will be commended for his "honorable and professional conduct in the practice of law."
Officers Under Scrutiny Retire
Two longtime Rio Rancho police officers facing internal investigations recently retired following off-duty incidents.
Chris Pino turned in his retirement notice Nov. 12 before the Rio Rancho Police Department could launch an investigation into his DWI arrest earlier this month in Albuquerque, police spokesman John Francis said. As traffic sergeant, Pino oversaw all traffic related issues, including DWI enforcement. He had been with the department for 17 1/2 years, Francis said.
And Deputy Chief Scott Kellogg retired late last month after the department initiated an internal investigation into a fight he was allegedly involved in during a September concert at Journal Pavilion. Kellogg had been with the department for 20 years and therefore was eligible for retirement, Police Chief Robert Boone said.
Ski Pass Yanked Over Criticism
DURANGO, Colo. — A company that operates a ski area on U.S. Forest Service land has revoked the season ski pass of a woman who criticized changes to its operating schedule.
Excerpts of a Nov. 2 letter published by The Durango Herald quote Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort CEO Gary Derck saying he refunded the $539 paid by Lauren Slaff so she could find a resort that better met her expectations.
Slaff had raised concerns in a Herald article that the resort was reducing the season's ski days. Derck said the new schedule actually extended the number of ski days by three weeks.
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