RRPD arrest records: Jan. 29 to Feb. 4
Jan. 29 Mercedes Gallardo, 30, Rio Rancho, was arrested for battery upon a peace officer and...
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Shooting claims at local high schools unsubstantiated
Police have responded to Rio Rancho, Cleveland and Bernalillo high schools as a precautionary...
Read MoreWoman attempts to hide meth from police in bra
A woman faces new charges after attempting to bring methamphetamine into jail. During a routine traffic patrol near Star Heights Jan. 29, Rio Rancho Police officers saw a vehicle drive by with a license plate belonging to...
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US Marshals operation nets arrest in Rio Rancho
Members of the Southwest Fugitive Task Force arrested a man in Rio Rancho last month as part of...
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RRPD arrest records: Jan. 22-28
Jan. 22 Gary Gurule, 64, Rio Ranchot, was arrested for battery against a household member near...
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UPDATE: Documents outline arrest of Ponderosa murder suspect
A Ponderosa man is facing a first-degree murder charge with court records indicating a depraved...
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Man still searching for his blind dog that was in his truck when it was stolen in Rio Rancho
Paul Rush is hoping to give his mom the best birthday present on Wednesday. All she wants for her...
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UPDATE: Details emerge in Sunday homicide
A man peacefully surrendered to the Rio Rancho Police Department Sunday morning in a homicide...
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UPDATE: Man in custody in homicide investigation
A man peacefully surrendered to the Rio Rancho Police Department Sunday morning in a homicide...
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Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office arrests Ponderosa resident on murder charges
Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office reported Jan. 31 that a Ponderosa resident has been arrested on...
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Residents turn out for Coffee with a Cop
There was a constant hum of conversation at Thursday morning’s Coffee with Cop at the...
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UPDATE: 23-year-old killed in altercation with police
The Rio Rancho Police Department was involved in a fatal shooting at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. A...
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SCDC mourns retired K-9 Officer, welcomes new K-9 Officer
The Sandoval County Detention Center announced Friday that retired K-9 Officer Candace died....
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Village of Corrales Crime and Safety Update: Jan. 16-22
The village of Corrales reported the following incidents for the week of Jan. 16-22: On Tuesday, ...
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Residents report marked mail boxes
Last week, residents of Northern Meadows took to Nextdoor to complain about a written message left...
Read MoreRRPD arrest records: Jan. 1-14
Desiree Carpenter, 31, Georgia, was arrested for shoplifting once on Jan. 1 and then on Jan. 4 at the Target on Crestview Drive. Zachary Gamblain, 31, Florida, was arrested for shoplifting at 11:54 a.m., 12:56 p.m. and 12:58...
Read MoreMan accused of 2022 murder at Allsup’s to stand trial in March
Two middle-aged men turned themselves in last March after one used a gun to kill a man at the Bernalillo Allsup’s. One of those men, Daniel Benjamin McCellan, of Albuquerque, now faces a March trial for first-degree murder...
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Learn about interacting with the police
A Police Information Exchange (PIE) on “interacting with the police” is set for...
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High school campuses hit by burglary, vandalism
Enraged by more senseless incidents of vandalism at two of its campuses, Rio Rancho Public Schools...
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Update: Western RR takes tire slashing hit for Christmas
Updated Dec. 28 at 9:00 am Over the Christmas weekend, 15 people reported their tires had been...
Read MoreFBI warns against sextortion
The New Mexico FBI is alerting parents and children about an increase in the number of sextortion reports during the past year. From Jan. 1 to Dec. 19, 2022, the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center (NTOC) received 168...
Read MoreTeen accused of killing mother’s boyfriend
A 17-year-old was charged Sunday with an open count of murder in the fatal shooting of his mother’s boyfriend, who upset the teen by doing drugs with his mother, according to Albuquerque police and court records. Ruben...
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FBI warns against Holiday scammers, “Pig Butchering” new way to scam
(Photo provided by FBI) The Albuquerque FBI Division released their annual warning against...
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RRPD: 19-year-old fatally shoots dad, waits 24 hours to call 911
A 19-year-old Rio Rancho man has been charged in the Dec. 9 murder of his father. Zane Skinner has...
Read MoreGun safety bills could spark debate at Roundhouse amid rise in firearm deaths
Copyright © 2022 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Over the last three years, New Mexico lawmakers have passed bills expanding background check requirements for firearm purchases and allowing guns to be seized from individuals...
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Suspect in RRHS threat identified by police
The Rio Rancho Police Department has identified a suspect in the threats of violence recently...
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Albuquerque police shootings spike
A crime scene investigator photographs evidence after officers shot and killed a man in the...
Read MoreGirl found on city bus after Amber Alert issued
In 2019, Albuquerque police responded to a fight between Nicholas Clinton and Kimberly Mariano at the Imperial Inn. Officers found the couple – both bruised, scratched and “highly intoxicated” – with their young daughter in a...
Read MoreUNM shooting: NMSU suspends basketball player Mike Peake
New Mexico State University Aggies basketball player Mike Peake has been suspended indefinitely for his involvement in the Nov. 19 fatal shooting on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque. “Mike Peake is indefinitely...
Read MoreDozens of migrants allegedly abused, held hostage in the city
Federal agents discovered 60 migrants packed into a mobile home in Southeast Albuquerque, where the alleged captors are accused of holding them hostage for weeks – starving and beating them and raping at least one woman. Rolando...
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