KRQE News 13 - Crime

Teacher charged with choking student

Jessica Garate — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:07:07 GMT

Another teacher at Jimmy Carter Middle School is in trouble with law for alleged actions involving a student, KRQE News 13 has learned.

Golden loot easily sold in Albuquerque

Kim Holland — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:43:02 GMT

Burglary victims often wonder forever what happened to precious items, and now KRQE News 13 has followed the tracks of two accused crooks whose gold loot was sold for scrap and melted down.

Prison guard gets 18 years for rapes

Devon Armijo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:34:52 GMT

A judge sentenced a former correction officer who raped four female inmates to 18 years in prison after emotional pleas from his victims.

Jury convicts man of slaying 6-year-old

Kaitlin McCarthy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:56:42 GMT

On Friday, a jury found a man guilty of shooting and killing a 6-year-old girl as she slept in her bed.The girl's family said that they're upset the murder charge was lowered to second degree murder, meaning a shorter sentence.

Found DNA leads to murder arrest

Devon Armijo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:45:07 GMT

Bernalillo County Deputies said that DNA evidence helped them make an arrest in a nine-month-old murder case.

Feds: Investment figure ran Ponzi scam

Michael Herzenberg — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:37 GMT

Federal prosecutors accuse investment banker Hassan Nemazee of being a miniature version of swindler Bernard Madoff, but in political circles Nemazee was a giant.

Companion dog killed; reward offered

Jim Winchester — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:40:39 GMT

A stray dog named Sioux who had a knack for winning people over and was about to serve as a companion dog for a Vietnam vet was killed Friday for no apparent reason.

Holiday blitz targets DWI statewide

Bill Diven — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:24:11 GMT

More than a hundred people have been killed in alcohol related crashes in New Mexico so far this year, and the state doesn't want there to be anymore.

State breaks ground on treatment center

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:13:27 GMT

Officials on Wednesday broke ground on what they say will be a state-of-the-art substance abuse treatment and training center for New Mexico.

Father seeks new probe into son's death

Tim Maestas — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:12:57 GMT

A grieving father insists Ruidoso police botched the initial investigation they were forced to reopen into how his son died from a gunshot to the head while riding in a car with friends.

Child called too young for murder trial

Ian Schwartz — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:03:28 GMT

A lawyer for an 11-year-old boy police say shot and killed his father was in a Valencia County Court Wednesday arguing the child shouldn't stand trial for murder.

Indictment: Fake landlord duped tenants

Kim Holland — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:45:37 GMT

A purported landlord who used foreclosed homes to scam unsuspecting tenants will face charges once he is located, according to Albuquerque police.

Roswell man pleads no contest in murder

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:04:49 GMT

A Roswell man has pleaded no contest to six felony charges, including second-degree murder, in the slaying and dismemberment of a Roswell woman.

Do�a Ana Co. hasn't seized DWI cars

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:00:32 GMT

It's been on the books for two years, and so far, Doña Ana County officials have yet to seize any vehicles under an anti-DWI ordinance.

Guard accused of raping inmate

Jim Winchester — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:29:42 GMT

An Española jail guard is accused of letting a drunk woman out of her cell, taking her in his personal vehicle, and raping her before dropping her off at home.

Wounded Lincoln County officer moves up

Jeff Todd — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:19:21 GMT

More than a year and a half after a fugitive gunned him down Lincoln County sheriff's Sgt. Robert Shepperd is not only is back at work, he's been promoted.

Police hope body IDs crack mesa mystery

Maria Medina — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:18:48 GMT

One investigator calls the identification of two more of the 11 women murdered and buried on Albuquerque's southwest mesa a "huge" step in solving the mystery of who killed them.

Fire raging in downtown Albuquerque

Bill Diven — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:51:34 GMT

Albuquerque firefighters are battling a blaze at 2nd Street and Marble Avenue NW that is blanketing part of downtown in smoke.

Girl revived after fire that killed two

Kaitlin McCarthy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:16:31 GMT

Investigators believe an electrical problem started a fire that killed two adults and almost killed a 9-year-old girl in Farmington early Tuesday.

Woman comatose after police-car crash

Bill Diven — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:42:01 GMT

One of the five people in an SUV that police say ran a red light and hit a school police car Monday night, is in a coma.

Plea ends Roswell ax-murder case

Bill Diven — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:53:32 GMT

A Texas ex-con unexpectedly pleaded no contest Monday to charges he killed a Roswell woman who was trying to help him and cut up her body.

Convicted rapist gets 46 years

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:19:21 GMT

A San Juan County judge has sentenced a convicted rapist to 46 years in prison for criminal sexual penetration, kidnapping and false imprisonment.

CA homicide suspect waives extradition

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:44:03 GMT

A man suspected of killing his wife and stepdaughter has waived extradition in Deming, N.M. and will be returned to southern California.

Two more mesa victims identified

Todd Dukart — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:23:05 GMT

Police on Tuesday announced that two more victims whose bodies were found on Albuquerque's West Mesa have been identified.

Judge: Search of home unconstitutional

Todd Dukart — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:48:07 GMT

A U.S. district judge has ruled that the search of a suspected child pornographer's home was unconstitutional.

Hopes dashed that Calico photo had DNA

Kim Vallez — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:20:24 GMT

Police trying to solve the case of a woman who disappeared from Valencia County 21 years ago had their hopes pinned on finding DNA from a photo believed linked to the case, but forensic scientists on Monday found nothing usable on the photo.

Police raid frees boy's long-lost dog

Jim Winchester — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:52:42 GMT

A young Albuquerque boy has been reunited with his beloved dog more than a year after it disappeared and fell into the hand of someone who refused to give it up.

Man hit by bus can't cheat death twice

Maria Medina — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:45:05 GMT

The murder victim found in a trash bin last week was embroiled in a lawsuit with the city of Albuquerque after being hit by a bus last year, investigators confirmed Monday.

Cops: Gun tossed after SUV hits cruiser

Bill Diven — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:26:02 GMT

A collision involving an Albuquerque Public Schools police cruiser and an SUV carrying at least four people shut down Eubank Boulevard over Interstate 40 Monday night.

Man sentenced after faked death

Tim Maestas — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:08:24 GMT

A drunk driver who faked his own death to escape charges in a fatal crash was very much alive in court Monday, as a judge sent him off to prison.