New Mexico
Albuquerque neighborhood on edge after multiple shootings at homes, vehicles
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A pair says they’re holding their 1-year-old son additional shut Monday evening after a capturing at their residence got here dangerously near what they cherish most. However they’re not the one household within the neighborhood close to Juan Tabo and Spain northeast which are on edge.
KOB 4 discovered neighbors have critical issues about a number of shootings over the previous few months.
“There’s right here, then there’s a bullet gap right here,” mentioned Ethan Grant, an Albuquerque resident.
After a household outing on Monday morning, Ethan and Melia Grant found their automobile, storage and even the room of their son, had been shot up with pellets from an air soft-type gun whereas they have been away.
“If he was in that room then it could have, it could have hit him,” mentioned Ethan.
The Grants say this isn’t the primary time this has occurred at their northeast heights residence. Ethan says somebody not too long ago shot at him whereas he was inside his automobile, simply driving to get groceries for his household.
“They shot at our driver aspect door, and if it was like inches over, it could have hit me within the aspect,” mentioned Ethan.
They mentioned they don’t imagine this was a drive-by.
In a Ring digital camera clip, from somebody residing a pair homes down from the Grants, folks can hear what seems to be gun photographs at 10:20 a.m., and once more at 10:45 a.m. – about an hour earlier than the Grants received residence.
In addition they say they’re not the primary household on this neighborhood to have this downside.
“We’ve linked with all these different neighbors and understand that that is one thing that’s taking place to everybody,” mentioned Grant.
Households spoke to KOB 4:
“Our home was shot in November, we got here residence to search out three rounds by means of our bed room window and two rounds by means of our lounge window. And later, we discovered one spherical by means of our toilet into an workplace,” mentioned Caitlin Bourgoin. “We’ve had fairly a couple of experiences with this.”
“We’ve a neighborhood stuffed with households, and we’re all terrified,” mentioned Holly Hargrove.
Holly Hargrove was from a narrative KOB 4 did in November. She and her boyfriend needed to minimize their Thanksgiving journey from Mexico brief, after their residence was shot, and their automobile totaled.
“We didn’t know that there was a sample rising. However because you’ve been right here, clearly this poor household has been one other sufferer – very scary. Photographs into their youngsters’s rooms identical to our home,” mentioned Hargrove.
Everybody KOB 4 spoke with believes the potential suspect is certainly one of their very own neighbors. They continue to be on excessive alert, taking additional precautions to maintain themselves secure.
“We’re gonna be staying in my mother and father tonight. If we do keep at our home, our son will probably be sleeping like in our bed room with us,” mentioned Melia. “We haven’t been capable of go for walks like we used to, we don’t really feel secure, like even being in our kitchen anymore, due to what this neighbor has accomplished. It’s simply irritating as a result of the police aren’t capable of do something about it at this level.”
KOB 4 did hear again from APD consultant Monday evening. They are saying officers have had contact with the neighbor these of us are involved about, however no fees have been filed.
APD says they’ve elevated patrols within the neighborhood and at the moment are trying to get disaster intervention concerned.
Whereas KOB 4 was out within the neighborhood Monday evening, crews noticed at the very least a handful of houses with injury.
New Mexico
Don't Mess With Truckers: One of the Craziest Police Chases Happened in New Mexico
When people think of New Mexico, you probably think of Roswell, the green chile peppers, or perhaps the show Breaking Bad. As someone who grew up watching police pursuits shows on tv like World’s Wildest Police Videos & Real TV, one of the first things that come to mind when thinking of New Mexico, is the iconic police pursuit involving a stolen car and a semi truck.
This crazy police pursuit took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico back in 1993.
The date is March 16, 1993 & the location is Bernalillo County/Albuquerque, New Mexico. Police were in hot pursuit of a stolen red car with 2 armed suspects inside. Realizing they needed help, the officer inside the car with the dashboard camera uses his radio to call any truck drivers ahead to offer some assistance. One truck driver hears the call, and offers to help by using his giant semi truck to help force the car off the road.
After a couple of minutes of avoiding the truck and by driving onto the other side of the highway, eventually the thieves gave up & pulled over. This allowed the officers to stop & arrest them. The best part of this whole story? The driver of the semi truck was actually a retired Sheriff’s Deputy from Alabama, so he’s had YEARS of experience stopping police pursuits.
The dashboard camera was uploaded onto YouTube in 2019; it has over 10 MILLION views (and has been featured in various blogs of the craziest police chases ever captured on video).All of which goes to show just how many people were amazed by this 30 year piece of police footage.
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New Mexico
New Mexico mother accused of allowing her 5-year-old son to slowly starve to death
In the years prior to the boy’s death, state investigators with the Children, Youth, and Families Department had responded to at least four reports of neglect involving the child.
A New Mexico mother has been arrested after authorities say she is suspected of allowing her 5-year-old son to slowly die by starvation.
Marecella Vasquez Montelongo, 23, was arrested in late February months after her son, who had Cerebral Palsy and other disabilities, was found in July unconscious and not breathing at her Albuquerque home. The boy was pronounced dead and an autopsy later determined that he died of starvation and dehydration due to neglect, according to a criminal complaint provided to USA TODAY.
In the years prior to the boy’s death, state investigators with the Children, Youth, and Families Department had responded to at least four reports of neglect involving the child, according to the complaint.
Montelongo had her first court appearance Wednesday in a Bernalillo County court room on a charge of child abuse resulting in death. A judge ruled that Montelongo must remain in custody until the start of her trial and complete an addiction treatment program, according to KOAT-TV, which was the first to report on the case.
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Child appeared to be ‘skin and bones’ at his death
Albuquerque police were dispatched to Montelongo’s home on July 16 after receiving a report of the unresponsive child. While paramedics attempted life-saving measures, the boy was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the complaint, dated Feb. 26.
Montelongo told police at the scene that she had fed her son but that he had vomited. Shortly after, she noticed he was not breathing and called 911, the complaint states.
At the time of his death, the boy appeared as “skin and bones,” with his hip bones clearly defined and open ulcers on his tailbone, according to the complaint. When medical examiners conducted a preliminary autopsy, they discovered that the boy had dropped to a weight of about 13.6 pounds.
The final autopsy, which was completed in October, concluded that Montelongo’s son had died from starvation and dehydration, and ruled that the manner of death was a homicide.
‘Red flags’ surfaced before boy’s July death
The boy was nonverbal, blind, used a wheelchair and required round-the-clock care, according to investigators. Montelongo was required to give her son medication three times a day through a gastrostomy tube, otherwise known as a G-tube.
However, Montelongo routinely missed her son’s doctor’s appointments, including five since December 2022. While she noticed her son was losing weight, she told investigators that she did not think it was a concern, the complaint states.
Since the boy’s birth, the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department received four reports of medical neglect, including one report that was substantiated, according to the complaint.
Though the child was enrolled at he New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, records provided to investigators showed that he only reported for on day of school in September 2022 and never showed up again.
“This defendant made efforts to hide the abuse and this child’s demise from medical advisors and the school,” Bernalillo County Judge David Murphy said at Montelongo’s hearing, according to video aired by KOAT-TV.
Some advocates went so far as to question how Montelongo was able to retain custody of her son following the series of red flags.
“We had medical providers, educational providers, service providers and family members raising flags,” Maralyn Beck, founder and executive director of the nonprofit New Mexico Child Network told KOAT-TV. “Yet here we are.”
Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at elagatta@gannett.com
New Mexico
New Mexico Restaurant Settles Wage-Theft Complaint After Prolonged Legal Battle
New Mexico labor announced a legal settlement that resolves longstanding accusations of unpaid wages against a restaurant business in northwestern New Mexico.
The Workforce Solutions Department said in a news release that 505 Burgers Farmington LLC has agreed to pay out $100,000 to resolve claims by two former employees that they received only a small portion of the wages they were due for more than 3,000 hours of work, including overtime.
The settlement resolves a complaint originally filed in 2017 by Francisco and Sandra Olivas with the state labor relations division that wound its way through an administrative investigation before going to trial in 2022. The New Mexico Court of Appeals rejected a challenge by the employer before a final settlement was reached.
505 Burgers owner Morgan Newsom declined to comment on the settlement.
Workforce Solutions Secretary Sarita Nair said her agency strives to provide education and training to businesses to ensure employees are paid fairly.
“But when prevention does not work, our capable team will pursue these cases for workers, no matter how long it takes,” she said in a statement.
New Mexico workplace regulators have struggled in the past to keep pace with complaints of alleged wage theft linked to enforcement of the state’s minimum wage law.
The state labor relations division said it collected more than $689,000 during the 12-month period ending in June 2023 for New Mexico workers claiming underpayment or nonpayment of wages. Most of the complaints have raised allegations of unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage and an employer withholding a final paycheck.
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