New Mexico
Domestic Violence Suspect Arrested Following Standoff at Mountain View Apartments – ABQ RAW
Albuquerque –
On January 4, 2025 at around 8:45 PM, law enforcement officers from the Albuquerque Police Department were dispatched to an apartment at 1333 Columbia Dr SE, Mountain View Apartments, in response to a domestic violence incident. Reports indicated that a male suspect, Marlon Brown, 45, had allegedly threatened to kill a female victim and her son. Brown was reportedly armed with two knives and refused to leave the residence.
Upon arrival, law enforcement personnel spoke with the victim, who stated she was engaged to Brown. She stated that Brown and her son had ongoing conflicts, and Brown did not want her son staying in the shared apartment. Earlier in the day, Brown had purportedly been released from the hospital and returned to the apartment, but the victim initially resisted allowing him inside. After he entered, she asked him to leave, but he refused.
The victim explained to APD officers that Brown locked himself in the master bedroom and appeared to believe she was accompanied by someone else. When Brown allowed her to partially enter the room, she observed him holding a hunting knife with a silver blade approximately 8-10 inches long and a handle wrapped in electrical tape. She attempted to calm Brown, but he pointed the knife at her and swung it in her direction. Fearing for her safety, the victim left the apartment and contacted law enforcement from her car outside.
Officers at the scene attempted to talk with and negotiate with Brown, but he barricaded himself in the apartment and did not respond to commands or public announcements. According to the criminal complaint, efforts by law enforcement to reach Brown by phone were also unsuccessful. At the time of this situation, APD contacted neighbors living in the neighboring apartment complexes, asking them to shelter in place. Following an investigation, probable cause was established to charge Brown with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a household member.
A neighbor living near the police activity reached out this morning and sent videos; they stated “there was a police standoff for about 4hours.” As this situation was going on, APD blocked off all of Santa Clara between Yale and Columbia and Kathryn between Yale and Columbia.
Brown was taken into custody and booked into MDC on January 5, 2025, at 4:57 AM.
Defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Virgin Galactic is partnering with the nonprofit group Operation Period to research menstruation in space.
NEW MEXICO – Virgin Galactic plans a research flight on menstruation in space, aiming to study how microgravity could affect hormones and menstrual cycles on longer trips.
Virgin Galactic is partnering with the nonprofit group Operation Period to research menstruation in space.
The company plans to launch flights next year, and one of them will focus on the effects of microgravity on menstruation.
Two women researchers are currently training for the flight.
They say they hope to reveal how future space travel could affect hormones and the menstrual cycle, especially over long durations in space.
Grant’s Thursday Evening Forecast
Showers and thunderstorms will continue in eastern New Mexico tonight into Friday. Breezy winds will bring an elevated fire danger in the western half of the state.
Thunderstorms are firing up Thursday afternoon along and east of New Mexico’s central mountain chain while gusty south winds over 30 mph are driving an elevated fire danger across western parts of the state. Storms will continue spreading across eastern New Mexico through this evening, bringing locally heavy rainfall, lightning, small hail, and gusty winds. The winds will weaken later tonight, but showers and thunderstorms will keep going across eastern New Mexico overnight into early Friday morning.
A few spotty storms will redevelop Friday afternoon across eastern New Mexico, with a couple near the Texas state line capable of turning strong to severe. At the same time, breezy southwest winds will ramp back up across western New Mexico, with gusts over 35 mph creating another round of elevated fire danger. Storms will push east out of New Mexico Friday evening while winds gradually ease overnight.
Quieter and drier weather takes over this weekend. Temperatures Saturday afternoon will cool a few degrees but still stay near average for late May. Breezy afternoon winds will continue Saturday before lighter winds and warmer temperatures return Sunday.
Moisture will start building back into eastern New Mexico Monday, bringing a slight chance for thunderstorms near the Texas state line. Monday will also be the hottest day of the warming trend statewide. More moisture spreads into the eastern half of the state Tuesday, increasing storm chances along and east of the Rio Grande Valley by afternoon. Even deeper moisture arrives statewide by Wednesday and Thursday, fueling more widespread showers and thunderstorms through the middle of next week.
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