KRQE Newsfeed: Enhancing charges, Life sentence, Sunnier and mild, Covid relief funding, BioPark Exhibit
[1] Bernalillo County DA proposes changes to children's code to legislative committee – Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman is presenting lawmakers with a plan to tackle juvenile crime in New Mexico. Bregman says from January of last year to November of this year, there have been over 1,000 juvenile cases. Bregman proposed amendments to the children's code to crack down on youth crime. Changes he'd like to see include expanding what juvenile's can be charged for as adults.
[2] Man sentenced for 2023 murder of Alamogordo police officer – The man convicted of killing an Alamogordo police officer will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Investigators say Officer Anthony Ferguson was chasing Dominic De La O following a crash after a traffic stop. They say Officer Ferguson was fatally shot by De La O during the chase. Prosecutors said De La O was recorded on a jail call bragging about the murder. De La O to life in prison plus six and a half years for killing Officer Ferguson.
[3 ]Calm and warmer weather through end of the week – Temperatures will warm up again later this weekend ahead of another storm. The warmer weather will stick around into Saturday, along with the wind. Moisture from the storm starts moving in Saturday night. There is a lot of inconsistency with this upcoming storm system though. What we know is there will be a storm and it will bring in widespread chances for rain and higher elevation snow.
[4] Albuquerque and Bernalillo County set to use up COVID-19 relief funds before deadline – City and county leaders are working to spend millions of dollars in federal COVID relief funding before the December 2026 deadline. Albuquerque got more than $200 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in 2021. Bernalillo County got nearly $132 million in ARPA funds. All ARPA funds have to be spent by December 2026 deadline.
