Bernalillo County News

A ruling by a federal judge in a child porn case could put key evidence in jeopardy.

Health officials say seven more people have died in New Mexico due to the swine flu.

The state has reinstated an Albuquerque-based private Motor Vehicle Department contractor that was temporarily suspended after an employee was suspected of issuing titles and registrations for stolen vehicles.

A young Albuquerque boy has been reunited with his beloved dog more than a year after it disappeared and fell into the hand of someone who refused to give it up.

A sheriff's deputy was taken to an Albuquerque hospital after being involved in an accident while working the motorcade for Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke at a campaign fundraiser to benefit two New Mexico Democrats.

Bernalillo County has an idea for how to grow the area's economy and rebound from the recession.

A 16-year-old Westminster girl who ran away with a 57-year-old Albuquerque man had threatened to kill herself if he did not pick her up, according to a search warrant.

An Albuquerque man -- arrested in a woman's murder last weekend -- has been hospitalized after jailers found him hanging from a sheet inside his cell.

Authorities have arrested a 57-year-old Albuquerque man after police say he met a 16-year-old Westminster girl on the Internet and drove her to New Mexico, where they had sex and the man took bondage fetish photos of her.

Bernalillo County sheriff's deputies are continuing to investigate after a 16-year-old Los Angeles girl was rescued from the Albuquerque home of a 57-year-old man in a situation deputies said was chilling and dangerous.

Authorities have arrested a 57-year-old Albuquerque man after police say he met a 16-year-old California girl on the Internet and drove her to New Mexico, where they had sex and the man took bondage fetish photos of her.

Deputies arrested the man that they say killed a 19-year-old father in a drive-by shooting last week.

Gov. Bill Richardson attended a listening session in Albuquerque on Wednesday. While he is facing a financial crisis in balancing the state budget, he is also learning that many New Mexicans are finding it hard to make ends meet at home.

A third teen wanted in an Albuquerque-area shooting has been arrested. Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Erin Kinnard Thompson said detectives located 17-year-old Roberto Gonzalez Friday morning.

A drive-by shooting in southwest Albuquerque Thursday afternoon killed a teenager and locked down a school for about 90 minutes, according to the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Department.

The Bernalillo county district attorneys office says it could be years before the man suspected of being a serial rapist dubbed Ether Man comes back to New Mexico to face charges, but the charges will be waiting.

New Mexico health officials say an 11-year old boy from Bernalillo County has died from the swine flu.

A 20-year-old man remains on the loose after a shooting at Picacho Vista Mobile Home Community on Thursday, Las Cruces police said.

The state has temporarily terminated its relationship with an Albuquerque-based private Motor Vehicle Department contractor after one of its employees was suspected of issuing titles and registrations for stolen vehicles.

Lynette Tafoya's baby shower ended with a knife, Taser and handcuffs when Bernalillo County deputies stormed the party Saturday arresting seven people including Tafoya, her boyfriend and another mother-to-be. Now the South Valley couple claims deputies took things too far when they broke up their celebration.