KRQE News 13 - Crime

Tipsy volunteers boost police training

Alex Tomlin — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:31:57 GMT

It's easy spot that driver who's so plowed he's all over the road, but what about the driver who's walking the fine line between buzzed and drunk?

Trashed Tajique store back in business

Dave Bohman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:23:27 GMT

Two young adults and a teen boy have been charged with the burglary that did so much damage to the only store in Tajique it nearly put the place out of business.

Man sentenced for hired killing

Jessica Garate — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:18 GMT

Santa Fe drivers may fix tickets

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:29:37 GMT

The warrants are ready in 1,600 traffic court cases in Santa Fe County. But first, drivers are being given the chance to settle their outstanding tickets before state police conduct a roundup.

Feds: Drugs, booze cited in nun murder

Jim Winchester — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:30:25 GMT

The man charged with killing a nun on the Navajo reservation told investigators he broke into her convent residence to steal money for drugs and alcohol, according to a criminal complaint.

Man arrested in fatal drive-by shooting

Crystal Gutierrez — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:25:46 GMT

Deputies arrested the man that they say killed a 19-year-old father in a drive-by shooting last week.

Burglar Bobo busted in tobacco heist

Maria Medina — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:01:19 GMT

Bernalillo County sheriff's investigators connected an easily recognizable face with a serious addiction to cigarettes and came up with a burglary suspect Wednesday.

Friends recall airman killed in Mexico

Jeff Todd — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:42:15 GMT

A welcoming mural calls Holloman Air Force Base 'The Friendliest Place on Earth,' but the mood beyond the gates Thursday reflected the loss of a popular airman gunned down in Mexico.

Sanchez moving on from murder charge

Dave Bohman — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:01:27 GMT

One day after being freed from a murder charge Luke Sanchez recalled the fatal shooting of a suspected burglar and said he remains convinced he did the right thing.

Boy missing after school found

Johnny Chandler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:16:45 GMT

An 8-year-old boy who failed to meet his mother after school was located early this evening.

Deal on tax debt keeps Gardu�o's open

Kim Holland — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:53:33 GMT

The state has backed off threats to shut down Garduño's Restaurants over nearly $1 million in unpaid taxes and fines.

Texas teen killed in NM rollover

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:25:36 GMT

A Texas teenager has died from injuries suffered when a sport utility vehicle he was riding in rolled numerous times on a southeastern New Mexico highway.

Salvation Army truck taken for joyride

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:27:40 GMT

Someone stole a Salvation Army truck from the charity's Farmington office and decided to take it off-roading.

Threats made against cleared suspect

Jim Winchester — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:16:15 GMT

Valencia County deputies are on alert after death threats came in Wednesday against a man who was cleared of charges for shooting to death a suspected burglar.

Police: Suspect drove slain nun's SUV

Ian Schwartz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:54:39 GMT

The FBI continues to be tight-lipped about the arrest early Thursday of a man believed to be connected to the murder of a nun in the Navajo Nation community of Navajo.

Sleeping women groped in UNM dorm

Ian Schwartz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:48:10 GMT

A man broke into several University of New Mexico student dorm rooms last week, groping two women while they slept, according to campus police.

Holloman Staff Sgt. killed in Juarez

Johnny Chandler — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:38:36 GMT

A member of U.S. military stationed at Holloman AFB has been killed at a strip club in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Wednesday.

Mc Collum Elementary placed on lockdown

Johnny Chandler — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:04:50 GMT

Collum Elementary was placed on lockdown at 2:30pm.

Murder charges file against 11yr old

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:08:34 GMT

The Valencia County District Attorney has filed murder charges against an 11-year-old Belen boy in the death of his father.

Ex-defendant: Self-defense my right

Dave Bohman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:08:57 GMT

Luke Sanchez emerged from a Valencia County courthouse Wednesday as a free man saying he never should have been charged with murder for killing a burglary suspect.

Police make arrest in Espanola murder

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:54:48 GMT

State police say a 31-year-old Espanola man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man in a public housing development in the city.

Priest: Slain nun believed in forgiving

Ian Schwartz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:07:13 GMT

FBI agents are sifting though new developments while trying to find the killer of a New Mexico nun murdered at her church on the Navajo Reservation.

Ex-wife: Rape suspect led double life

Jim Winchester — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:23:57 GMT

The ex-wife of Robert Bruce, suspected of being the serial rapist known as "Ether Man," began to sense something was going on when the couple was still married and living in Albuquerque.

Investigator absorbed in mesa murders

Maria Medina — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:48:22 GMT

An investigator who lives and breathes the West Mesa murder mystery case has come up with a list of 10 missing women who could be Jane Doe No. 7, the youngest of 11 victims.

Foresight saved "Ether Man" rape case

Kim Vallez — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:14:17 GMT

The Bernalillo county district attorneys office says it could be years before the man suspected of being a serial rapist dubbed Ether Man comes back to New Mexico to face charges, but the charges will be waiting.

Three charged as car chase injures cop

Kaitlin McCarthy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:56:57 GMT

Police have released the names of three people arrested Tuesday after a chaotic vehicle chase in northwest Albuquerque that sent one officer to the hospital after the suspects rammed his patrol car.

Hearing may settle self-defense claim

Dave Bohman — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:41:34 GMT

The public debate over whether Luke Sanchez is a murderer, vigilante or good citizen trying to protect himself moved to a Valencia County courtroom Tuesday where a judge will decide what to do next.

Former Air Force Sgt. guilty of murder

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:41:15 GMT

A former Air Force technical sergeant has been convicted of second degree murder in the stabbing death of another airman in Alamogordo, N.M. last year.

3 in custody from morning car chase

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:37:20 GMT

Suspects in a carjacking last week, including an alleged pregnant woman, led Albuquerque Police on a chase across the city's West Side Tuesday morning.

'Ether Man' faces charges in CO and NM

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:36:22 GMT

A suspect dubbed the "ether man" will be held in Pueblo, Colorado until he can be returned to New Mexico to face charges in the rapes of eleven Albuquerque women.