By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho’s automated license plate reader network has grown to 19 cameras citywide, and police say the system — all of it run through vendor Flock Safety — is paying off in stolen vehicle recoveries and arrests. Police told councilors during an Aug. 18 work session that the most recent […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho drivers are getting caught speeding at a record pace, and the city may soon have more camera-generated cash than it knows what to do with. The city’s newer speed camera network — 10 mobile towers citywide plus three red towers installed on Highway 528 in June — has […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Edgewood police say their network of license plate cameras exists to catch stolen cars and missing kids, not to watch residents — and Chief Aaron Frost wants the town to know the difference. In a public letter, Frost said the department’s Flock Safety cameras function as a public safety tool, […]
Estancia Mayor Pro Tem Amy Lynn May faces two fourth-degree felony counts of unlawfully selling alcoholic beverages, each carrying up to 18 months in prison and a $5,000 fine under New Mexico’s Liquor Control Act. Undercover buys built the case The charges trace back to the Blue Ribbon Bar & Grill, also known as the […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. A heavily armed man is still walking around Ventana Ranch, and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office wants residents to keep their distance if they spot him. Reports of the man walking the neighborhood came in Monday and as of 2 p.m. Tuesday, BCSO is still searching for him. BCSO describes […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Rio Rancho police responded to two reports of an armed subject threatening someone Monday morning, prompting a brief lockout at Rio Rancho High School, according to the Rio Rancho Police Department. Officers received a report around 8:07 a.m. that a man pointed a firearm at another person at Shining Stars […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. An armed man threatened a Rio Rancho High School employee Monday morning before leaving the campus, prompting a lockout while officers swept the area, according to the Rio Rancho Police Department. Officers responded to a report of a disorderly subject at approximately 8:25 a.m., RRPD said. The school was placed […]
When Jason Hurd, 45, was arrested in 2025 for stealing from an Albuquerque Target location he was already awaiting sentencing for stealing from Target 14 other times. This week, a Bernalillo County judge made sure Hurd will not be shoplifting again for a very long time. Hurd pled guilty in June to Organized Retail Theft, […]
By Kevin Hendricks New Mexico’s top prosecutor is taking the U.S. Department of Justice to federal court, accusing the agency of blocking access to unredacted Epstein investigative files the state says it needs to finish a criminal probe of Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed the complaint Aug. 5 in the U.S. […]
By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. A Rio Rancho teenager pleaded guilty Monday to first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the 2024 shooting death of an Albuquerque homeowner who stepped outside to stop his truck from being stolen. According to Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, the teen and several co-defendants were stealing […]
