Valencia County News

LEVI CHAVEZ. HE'S ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS WIFE AND MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A SUICIDE.

An Albuquerque cop accused of murdering his wife has always maintained he wasn't home the night she died in their Los Lunas home in 2007.

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While Jones was on the stand, prosecutors asked him about his work on the case and what led him to suspect Chavez committed murder.

Prosecutors on Tuesday played the recorded interview ex-cop Levi Chavez gave to an investigator on the night he claims his wife killed herself.

Former Albuquerque police officer Levi Chavez committed the perfect murder when he shot his wife in 2007 with his department-issued handgun and made it look like suicide, prosecutors said Monday.

The week-long process of selecting a jury to decide the fate of an ex-cop accused of murdering his wife wrapped up Friday.

A Valencia County man who made threatening phone calls to Gov. Susan Martinez about cows causing accidents in his neighborhood has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor charges.

One fire called the Bosque Fire is burning on the Bosque Trail on the eastside of the Manzanos.

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State Forest officials and Valencia County firefighters are en route to a 3-acre fire near Pecos along Highway 63.

A judge in the case of a former Albuquerque police officer accused of killing his wife has agreed to unseal most of the pre-trial documents sought by media outlets.

Ben Hilburn was 10-years-old when investigators said he shot his father in the head at their Valencia county home in 2009.