The Crime Bureau

Daniel Bourne On September 23, 2022, around 10:00PM a Calvary Church security team member noticed a suspicious truck in their parking lot. The vehicle did start to leave the parking lot, but then for some reason the vehicle turned around and purposely ran over the security officer. The assailants kept running over his body until he died. The offenders then purposely dragged his body to a nearby ditch on the north side of the church campus in some sort of effort to conceal the body. The security guard had not checked back in for some time and his cell phone location had not changed. It raised concern for family and a lead security officer, which prompted the search. The lead security officer and another officer eventually located the other male security officer already deceased in the ditch with massive trauma.

A trio of Albuquerque Police Department officers shot and killed a Black and Hispanic man who was lawfully keeping a gun in his car and was cooperative with them during what was supposed to be a welfare check at a gas station in August, according to a witness and an attorney for the man’s family. Keshawn Thomas had “always been respectful with police officers,” and by all accounts was a responsible gun owner. He had a concealed carry license, always carried his magazine for his gun in his trunk, and would keep the gun in the cab of his vehicle, said Taylor Smith, one of the attorneys representing his surviving family More here ...

  Joseph Gonzales, the brother of convicted murderer Fabian Gonzales, will remain behind bars until trial. The state asked the court to keep 44-year-old Gonzales locked up after Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies say he shot and killed Abner Antillon in the South Valley in August over an argument about speeding, reports KRQE TV. Prosecutors showed security camera footage that captured the killing of Antillon and Gonzales’s reaction. Antillon sped by in his truck and Gonzales yelled at him to slow down. Antillon then put the pickup in reverse, stopped, and the two began arguing.

The ABQ Journal reports Federal search warrant returns unsealed Friday revealed the discovery of up to $4 million in bulk cash and what authorities said could be a record amount of fentanyl pills at one of 15 Albuquerque locations searched Thursday as part of an ongoing FBI investigation into a new evolving alliance among street and prison gangs in the state. The deadly pills, believed to be destined for distribution in New Mexico, totaled more than 1 million. About 142 pounds of methamphetamine was also recovered, along with two hand grenades, ballistic vests, a bulletproof baseball cap, 37 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

The Albuquerque Police Department in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office working an organized retail crime operation arrested 16 repeat offenders for shoplifting. On August 24th and 25th, officers with Northeast and Northwest PRT were working with the Organized Crime Unit and the Attorney General’s Office on a shoplifting tact plan with two local big-box retailers. During the two-day operation, the following individuals were arrested: Paul Valenzuela – misdemeanor shoplifting and eluding/evading police (on foot)  Jennessa Garcia - misdemeanor shoplifting (identified repeat offender) David Valencia - misdemeanor shoplifting (identified repeat offender) Juvenile Offender –misdemeanor shoplifting (repeat offender- Juvenile sent to JPO)  Pedro Apachito - felony shoplifting (repeat offender)  Lindsay Marshall - felony shoplifting and conspiracy to commit a felony Marcella Becenti - felony shoplifting and conspiracy to commit a felony Saladono Cortez - felony shoplif...

Court records show Sylvan Alcachupas, the man accused of shooting and killing a pizzeria owner, has a long criminal record. He even had a warrant out for his arrest at the time of the murder and was on probation. So why was he on the streets in the first place? asks KQRE TV. Video shows arrest of Albuquerque bosque stabbing suspect Alcachupas was charged in August 2020 with armed robbery for robbing a Speedway in Valencia County. He was given a plea deal just this year to be on ‘supervised probation’ and given no jail time.