MADD New Mexico along with the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office invite you to our 3rd Annual Spring Picnic! The event will take place Saturday, April 12, 2025, from 11am-2pm. Join us for this family-friendly event including food, fun activities, and quality time outdoors. This is a celebratory gathering for victims/survivors of DWI crashes, as well as the local community and partners t... See MoreSee Less
JURY CONVICTS MAN OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AFTER STALKING EX-GIRLFRIEND THEN KILLING HER FRIEND
Today a jury convicted Chase Brandon Cuffie of Second-Degree Murder and 3 counts of Aggravated Assault (Deadly Weapon).
The murder happened in July, 2023 at an apartment complex in northwest Albuquerque. Cuffie hid in his ex-girlfriend’s apartment after stalking her for several months. He then forced he... See MoreSee Less
OPERATION ROUTE 66 -- WORKING TO FIGHT CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY - SO FAR - WE'VE ARRESTED 300 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FIVE PEOPLE CONNECTED TO HOMICIDES.
Operation Route 66 is a collaborative effort with the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office, the New Mexico State Police, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, and the New Mexico Corrections Department's Probation and Parole Division. The goal ... See MoreSee Less
MAN WHO RAPED 10-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL IN 1992 — SENTENCED TO NEARLY TWO DECADES IN PRISON Today a judge sentenced Freddy Valenzuela to 18 years in the New Mexico Corrections Department. In 1992, the little girl was walking in her neighborhood in the middle of the day, when Valenzuela grabbed her, pulled her into an alley, threatened to kill her, then raped the child.
You can have behavioral health treatment AND consequences for juveniles who commit violent crimes. To do nothing is unacceptable…..  please watch this report.  ... See MoreSee Less
"They did nothing to address juvenile crime. That's alarming. I think it's alarming to the citizens of New Mexico," Bernalillo County District Attorney told KOAT.
MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS FORMER SEX PARTNER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON Today a judge sentenced Jose Mendoza Espinoza to life in the New Mexico Corrections Department, plus 12 additional years for tampering with evidence.
BACKGROUND: In February, a jury convicted Jose Mendoza Espinoza of First-Degree Murder and 4 counts of Tampering with Evidence. In September 2023 Mendoza Espinoza brutally m... See MoreSee Less
OPERATION ROUTE 66 - WEEK 5 Since Operation Route 66 began five weeks ago, law enforcement arrested more than 300 people.
200 of those arrested had warrants. Five of those suspects were wanted in connection with homicides. Deputies, Agents, and Officers have seized: 19 guns 20 stolen vehicles
Operation Route 66 is a collaborative effort with the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office, the New... See MoreSee Less
JURY CONVICTS MAN OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN REVENGE KILLING. Today a jury convicted Theodore Toney of First-Degree Murder for the shooting death of Kenneth Ellis. The crime happened on April 6, 2024, at a dance event in the 500 block of San Pedro in NE Albuquerque. Investigators say Toney committed the murder because Ellis testified against Toney's son in a 2016 homicide trial. Theodore Toney ma... See MoreSee Less
THIRD TEEN INVOLVED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD -- SENTENCED This afternoon, a judge sentenced Yahir Carballo to 16 years in prison. August 13, 2023, Carballo and four other teens were in stolen vehicles when they drove by a mobile home park in southwest Albuquerque and opened fire. 5-year-old Galilea Samaniego was sleeping inside the home when she was shot and killed. She was not their... See MoreSee Less
MADD New Mexico along with the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office invite you to our 3rd Annual Spring Picnic! The event will take place Saturday, April 12, 2025, from 11am-2pm. Join us for this family-friendly event including food, fun activities, and quality time outdoors. This is a celebratory gathering for victims/survivors of DWI crashes, as well as the local community and partners t ... See MoreSee Less
JURY CONVICTS MAN OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AFTER STALKING EX-GIRLFRIEND THEN KILLING HER FRIEND
Today a jury convicted Chase Brandon Cuffie of Second-Degree Murder and 3 counts of Aggravated Assault (Deadly Weapon).
The murder happened in July, 2023 at an apartment complex in northwest Albuquerque. Cuffie hid in his ex-girlfriend’s apartment after stalking her for several months. He then forced he ... See MoreSee Less
OPERATION ROUTE 66 -- WORKING TO FIGHT CRIME IN OUR COMMUNITY -
SO FAR - WE'VE ARRESTED 300 PEOPLE, INCLUDING FIVE PEOPLE CONNECTED TO HOMICIDES.
Operation Route 66 is a collaborative effort with the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office, the New Mexico State Police, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, and the New Mexico Corrections Department's Probation and Parole Division. The goal ... See MoreSee Less
Neighbors see difference with Operation Route 66 in International District
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Agencies are in week six of Operation Route 66 to clean up the Central Avenue corridor. They've made more than 300 hundred arrests.MAN WHO RAPED 10-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL IN 1992 — SENTENCED TO NEARLY TWO DECADES IN PRISON
Today a judge sentenced Freddy Valenzuela to 18 years in the New Mexico Corrections Department. In 1992, the little girl was walking in her neighborhood in the middle of the day, when Valenzuela grabbed her, pulled her into an alley, threatened to kill her, then raped the child.
The Bernalillo County Distri ... See MoreSee Less
You can have behavioral health treatment AND consequences for juveniles who commit violent crimes. To do nothing is unacceptable…..  please watch this report.  ... See MoreSee Less
2025 Legislative Session: Juvenile crime failures in New Mexico
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"They did nothing to address juvenile crime. That's alarming. I think it's alarming to the citizens of New Mexico," Bernalillo County District Attorney told KOAT.MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING HIS FORMER SEX PARTNER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
Today a judge sentenced Jose Mendoza Espinoza to life in the New Mexico Corrections Department, plus 12 additional years for tampering with evidence.
BACKGROUND:
In February, a jury convicted Jose Mendoza Espinoza of First-Degree Murder and 4 counts of Tampering with Evidence.
In September 2023 Mendoza Espinoza brutally m ... See MoreSee Less
OPERATION ROUTE 66 - WEEK 5
Since Operation Route 66 began five weeks ago, law enforcement arrested more than 300 people.
200 of those arrested had warrants.
Five of those suspects were wanted in connection with homicides.
Deputies, Agents, and Officers have seized:
19 guns
20 stolen vehicles
Operation Route 66 is a collaborative effort with the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office, the New ... See MoreSee Less
JURY CONVICTS MAN OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN REVENGE KILLING.
Today a jury convicted Theodore Toney of First-Degree Murder for the shooting death of Kenneth Ellis.
The crime happened on April 6, 2024, at a dance event in the 500 block of San Pedro in NE Albuquerque.
Investigators say Toney committed the murder because Ellis testified against Toney's son in a 2016 homicide trial.
Theodore Toney ma ... See MoreSee Less
THIRD TEEN INVOLVED IN SHOOTING DEATH OF 5-YEAR-OLD CHILD -- SENTENCED
This afternoon, a judge sentenced Yahir Carballo to 16 years in prison.
August 13, 2023, Carballo and four other teens were in stolen vehicles when they drove by a mobile home park in southwest Albuquerque and opened fire.
5-year-old Galilea Samaniego was sleeping inside the home when she was shot and killed. She was not their ... See MoreSee Less