4 month agoIt was a devastating crash involving an Albuquerque officer and a family in an SUV. Now KOAT has learned Officer Jonathan McDonnell has been involved in a handful of other car wrecks. In 2012, McDonnell hit another officer’s car near Central Avenue and 55th Street. According to reports, McDonnell was responding to a call outside of his area command and driving 50 to 60 miles per hour when he quickly changed lanes without looking. McDonnell hit the other officer’s cruiser so hard, the airbag deployed.
The man accused of beating and nearly killing a 17-year-old Cibola High School student is expected in court today. Justin Hansen’s trial is set to begin in April, but today his attorneys will go before a judge requesting a change of venue. They believe Hansen will not receive a fair trial here in Albuquerque due to the national attention this case has received.
4 month agoMaine native killed in New Mexico gas station robbery, shooting
4 month agoI-4O Eastbound at 12th Street is back open after an early morning crash. The crash was reported around 4:00am Tuesday morning.
4 month agoNew Mexico State Police say they are investigating an armed robbery that turned into a fatal shooting at the Smith's Fuel Center in Edgewood on Sunday evening. According to state police, a man armed with a handgun robbed the attendant at the fuel center. At some point during the robbery the attendant was shot. The attendant was taken to the hospital and later died.
Albuquerque: Police and fire department are on scene of an accident at I40 Eastbound and Lousiana Albuquerque Fire
The FBI needs helping finding a man who robbed a northwest Albuquerque credit union Wednesday. Agents say a Hispanic male who is approximately 5-foot-4 to 5-foot 6, walked into Mountain America Credit Union on 9200 Golf Course Road NW around 5:30 p.m. demanding cash.
A man is charged in the death of his mother. Police say Hortensia Jimenez was found with a head wound in the area of Malaga. She was rushed to the hospital where she died last Friday.
4 month agoThe Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office arrested two men and a woman they say fled from a traffic stop in a stolen truck and crashed into a deputy’s car Friday afternoon.
4 month agoThe Bernalillo County Fire Department is fighting a large fire in the Pajarito Mesa that has destroyed one mobile home and ignited the surrounding dry grass and brush. Several firefighting agencies are assisting with the blaze, which began around 6 p.m.
Police will be responding to an accident with injuries on I40 EB at Rio Grande Boulevard
4 month agoA fire started at an Albuquerque Church's Chicken. It started around 3:00 Thursday morning near Gibson and Broadway. When crews arrived, they saw flames and smoke coming from the roof of the restaurant.
4 month agoKrystal Aragon, 30, was shot and killed near Central Ave and Spruce St. NE, prompting Presbyterian Hospital to be put on lock down for about an hour and a half Sunday morning January 28, 2018.
A vehicle was just stolen while left warming up from the area of Gibson and Blake
A man accused of trying to snatch a little girl outside her home in the heights is expected to plead guilty Monday. Police say 29-year-old Dustin Sherman tried to kidnap Kadisha Medina’s daughter in 2016
Sandoval County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a badly burned body that was found Saturday in Rio Rancho. Sheriff's officials say the body was found near Northern and Encino. The body has not been identified nor have they identified a gender.
New Mexico State Police are investigating after a Santa Fe Police officer fired their weapon while responding to barricaded subject. According to NMSP, Santa Fe Police responded to a domestic violence call that began in the early morning hours on Saturday. When Santa Fe Police arrived on scene a female victim escaped the residence.
APD and AFD are enroute to an accident at I40 Westbound at Rio Grande Albuquerque Fire
5 month agoFamily sues APD Officer and City over deadly crash
5 month agoNewly released body camera videos show the moments after Albuquerque police are called to a shooting at an apartment complex near Montgomery and Carlisle boulevards.
Police Department is responding to thousands of additional calls. In 2016, APD responded to 500,494 calls for service. But in 2017, that number jumped to 529,477.
5 month agoAlbuquerque police arrested a man they say robbed a Starbucks coffee shop at gunpoint to settle a heroin debt near Coors Blvd NW and St. Joseph’s Dr NW.
The FAA is trying to figure out what caused a helicopter crash that killed five people Wednesday in New Mexico. The victims include two men from Houston who have deep roots in the city.
A helicopter crashed in a mountainous rural area of northern New Mexico, killing five people and seriously injuring the sixth person aboard, a New Mexico State Police spokeswoman said Thursday
New Mexico Authorities say five people have died and one was seriously injured after a helicopter crashed in northern New Mexico, among the killed is key Zimbabwean opposition leader Roy Bennett.
5 month agoThis new police body cam video is shedding light on the moments after a man driving drunk with his two kids in the car caused a deadly crash
Police say a woman rammed two police cruisers in a grocery store parking lot. Albuquerque Police and Bernalillo County deputies were following the car when it pulled over into the Smith’s at Coal and Yale.
Albuquerque police will be responding to an accident with injuries on I40 EB at 2nd.
Albuquerque: Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a missing endangered woman. Police say 66-year-old Dora Marquez was last seen downtown, near where she lives, Sunday afternoon
Rio Rancho, New Mexico shooting at Riverside Dr: 1 killed
