ROBBING THREE BANKS --
OFF THE STREETS.
LESTER PADILLA IS FACING
FEDERAL CHAREGS FOR HIS
LATEST CRIMES. THE FEDS
SAY WHEN HE ROBBED THE
WELLS FARGO ON RIVERSIDE
DRIVE
IN ESPANOLA...
HE USED A NOTE TO DEMAND
MONEY... AND SIMILAR
NOTES WHEN ROBBING TWO
WELLS FARGO LOCATIONS IN
SANTA FE.
NEW VIDEO THIS MORNING -
THAT WILL LIKELY BE USED
IN THE CASE AGAINST A
WOMAN ACCUSED OF EXTREME
ANIMAL CRUELTY.
THE VIDEO -IN LATE
AUGUST-- SHOWS THE NIGHT
POLICE STOPPED 26-YEAR-
OLD ALIZANDRA REED LOPEZ
FOR DRIVING
ERRATICALLY...
OFFICERS SAY - THEY
WOULD LEARN THAT FAMILY
MEMBERS
HAD CALLED
BCSO EARLIER - CLAIMING
REED- LOPEZ KILLED THEIR
CAT.
POLICE ARE ASKING
VICTIMS OF A NEW MEXICO
MAN -- ACCUSED OF
PRETENDING TO BE A U-S
MARSHAL - TO COME
FORWARD. 38-YEAR-OLD
AARON STROUD WAS
ARRESTED MONDAY IN LAS
CRUCES.
HE )S ACCUSED OF DRESSING
UP IN UNIFORM
AND CONFRONTING A COUPLE
IN THEIR CAR. WHEN
POLICE ARRIVED ON
SCENE... THEY SAY STROUD
GAVE THE NAME OF A
REAL DEPUTY MARSHALL IN
EL PASO -- CLAIMING HE
WAS HIM.
TONIGHT...Windy.
Scattered showers and
thunderstorms in the
evening, then widespread
showers and
thunderstorms after
midnight.
Lows in the mid 50s.
Southeast winds 20 to 30
mph with gusts to
around 40 mph decreasing
to 15 to 20 mph after
midnight.
.FRIDAY...Widespread
showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in
the lower
70s. South winds 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly
cloudy. Chance of
showers and
WERE CANCELLED BECAUSE
OF WEATHER. IT )S AN
ANNUAL EVENT WHERE LOCAL
STUDENTS HELP KICK OFF
THE "UNOFFICIAL" START
TO BALLOON FIESTA...
WITH MORE THAN 90 METRO
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
TAKING PART.
STUDENTS CAN MEET PILOTS
AND CREWS. AGAIN...
ALBUQUERQUE ALOFT IS
CANCELLED THIS MORNING.
A CAREER CRIMINAL BACK
BEHIND BARS .
IN 2012 JOSHUA BENAVIDEZ
LED POLICE ON A HIGH
SPEED CHASE GOING THE
WRONG WAY ON I-25 WHILE
TRYING TO GET RID OF
MARIJUANA BY
EATING IT.
HE VIOLATED HIS
PROBATION WHEN HE TOSSED
FIREWORKS OUT A CAR
WINDOW AT A SLEEPING
HOMELESS MAN.. THOSE
CHARGES WERE DISMISSED.
IN AUGUST-- HE WAS AGAIN
ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING
PROBATION (AGAIN....
THE HISPANO CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE WANTS TO MARKET
THE
DUKE CITY AS A GREAT
PLACE TO VISIT AND LIVE.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THE
CITY TO
GIVE THE CHAMBER
350-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR
THE CAMPAIGN.
THEY )RE CONSIDERING
IDEAS LIKE VIDEOS TO
PROMOTE THE CITY.
THE CAMPAIGN WOULD EVEN
INCLUDE ASSISTING A-P-D
WITH
RECRUITING MORE DIVERSE
OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
THE STATE IS LOOKING TO
JUMP START SMALLER
OUTDOOR
RECREATION BUSINESSES.
IT IS AWARDING UP TO
50-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO
BUSINESS INCUBATORS WITH
THE BEST PROGRAMS TO
HELP - STARTUP OUTDOOR
RECREATION COMPANIES.
BUSINESS INCUBATORS HAVE
UNTIL THE END OF THE
MONTH TO
SUBMIT THEIR IDEAS.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
A TREE-CUTTING BAN IN
NEW MEXICO COULD AFFECT
THE CAPITOL FROM GETTING
THIS YEAR )S CHRISTMAS
TREE. A FEDERAL JUDGE
HALTED ALL TIMBER
MANAGEMENT AS A RESULT
OF A LAWSUIT, CALLING
FOR THE PROTECTION OF
THE MEXICAN SPOTTED
OWL.
RIGHT NOW -- PEOPLE CAN
ONLY CUT FIREWOOD FOR
PERSONAL USE... ALL
OTHER CUTTING IS BANNED.
THE CAPITOL CHRISTMAS
TREE IS SCHEDULED TO BE
CUT FROM THE
CARSON NATIONAL FOREST
NEXT MONTH.
LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS
THEY )RE STEPPING UP
EFFORTS TO KEEP
MASSIVE CROWDS SAFE
DURING BALLOON FIESTA.
THIS INCLUDES THE NEWLY
INSTALLED METAL
DETECTORS..AND
THEIR TAG YOUR TOTS
SYSTEM..
THEY ALSO REMINDING
PEOPLE NOT TO BRING
WEAPONS
INCLUDING GUNS, KNIVES
LONGER THAN 4 INCHES, OR
SPIKED JEWELRY.
THE FIVE FACTS IN 90
SECONDS.
AT NUMBER FIVE --
ALL ALBUQUERQUE ALOFT
EVENTS ARE CANCELLED FOR
THE MORNING BECAUSE
OF WEATHER.
THIS IS WHERE ELEMENTARY
STUDENTS ACROSS
ALBUQUERQUE AND
RIO RANCHO WOULD
NORMALLY GET AN UP CLOSE
CHANCE TO SEE A BALLOON
LAUNCH.
ALBUQUERQUE ALOFT IS THE
"UNOFFICIAL" START TO
BALLOON FIESTA.
MORE THAN 90 AREA
SCHOOLS ARE TAKING PART
IN ALOFT THIS
MORNING, GIVING
STUDENTS, PARENTS AND
TEACHERS THE CHANCE TO
LEARN
HOW FIESTA )S BALLOONS
TAKE FLIGHT. AGAIN...
ALL ALBUQUERQUE ALOFT
EVENTS ARE CANCELLED
THIS MORNING.
AGAIN... ALL ALBUQUERQUE
ALOFT EVENTS ARE
CANCELLED THIS MORNING.
AT NUMBER FOUR --
IF YOU )RE GOING TO
BALLOON FIESTA OVER THE
NEXT NINE DAYS... YOU
WILL
SEE MORE POLICE
PRESENCE.
AS LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS
THEY )RE DOING EVERYTHING
TO KEEP MASSIVE CROWDS
SAFE DURING BALLOON
FIESTA.
CITY, COUNTY, AND
FEDERAL AGENCIES
HIGHLIGHTED THEIR
EFFORTS TO ENSURE
VISITORS HAVE A FUN
BALLOON FIESTA...
THIS INCLUDES THE NEWLY
INSTALLED METAL
DETECTORS..AND
THEIR TAG YOUR TOTS
SYSTEM..
THEY ALSO REMINDING
PEOPLE NOT TO BRING
WEAPONS OF ANY
KIND..
THAT INCLUDES GUNS,
KNIVES LONGER THAN 4
INCHES, AND EVEN
SPIKED JEWELRY.
AT NUMBER THREE--
AT NUMBER TWO --
THE ALBUQUERQUE WOMAN --
ACCUSED OF KILLING A CAT
AND FLEEING FROM
OFFICERS -- IS SCHEDULED
TO APPEAR IN COURT LATER
THIS MONTH.
THIS MORNING -- WE )RE
SEEING NEW VIDEO OF THE
NIGHT SHE WAS ARRESTED.
IN LATE AUGUST-- POLICE
STOPPED 26-YEAR-OLD
ALIZANDRA REED
LOPEZ FOR DRIVING
ERRATICALLY... AND
LEARNED SHE WAS ON THE
RUN.
EARLIER IN THE DAY -- A
FAMILY MEMBER CALLED
B-C-S-O CLAIMING SHE
KILLED THEIR CAT BY
SLASHING IT )S THROAT.
REED-LOPEZ HAS PLEADED
NOT GUILTY TO EXTREME
ANIMAL CRUELTY... AMONG
OTHER CHARGES.
AND AT NUMBER ONE --
THE FEDS ARE NOW TAKING
OVER THE CASE OF THE
SANTA FE MAN ACCUSED OF
ROBBING THREE BANKS.
LESTER PADILLA IS FACING
FEDERAL CHAREGS FOR HIS
LATEST CRIMES... BUT HIS
RECORD GOES BACK MORE
THAN TWENTY YEARS.
THE LATEST CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT FROM THE F-B-I
SUGGESTS PADILLA
HASN )T LEARNED HIS
LESSON.
THE FEDS SAY WHEN HE
ROBBED THE WELLS FARGO
ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN
ESPANOLA...
HE USED A NOTE SAYING --
"GIVE ME YOUR LOOSE CASH
OR I )LL SHOOT YOU." THEY
Y HE TH ESIMILAR
TES WHEN ROBBING THE
L RGO
RTH GUADALUPE IN SANTA