WE START WITH KRISTEN
CURRIE.
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in
the mid 40s to lower
50s. West winds 10 to 15
mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows
15 to 25. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph in
the
evening.
AS YOU GET READY TO HEAD
OUT THE DOOR...WE )RE
FOLLOWING THE
DAY )S TOP LOCAL STORIES.
WE START WITH FERNANDA
LOPEZ IN THE NEWSPLEX.
NEW DETAILS IN THE MARK
REDWINE CASE -- ACCUSED
OF KILLING HIS 13 YEAR
OLD SON DYLAN DURING A
COURT ORDERED VISIT IN
SOUTHERN
COLORADO IN 20-12.
HIS ATTORNEYS ASKED THE
JUDGE IN COURT YESTERDAY
FOR (MORE TIME.
THEY WANT TO LOOK OVER
THE THOUSANDS OF POLICE
REPORTS
AND DOCUMENTS IN THE
CASE.
THAT )S ACCORDING TO THE
DURANGO HERALD.
A GRAND JURY INDICTED
REDWINE EARLIER THIS
YEAR ON CHARGES OF
SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND
CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN
DEATH.
WHEN REDWINE IS EXPECTED
BACK IN COURT AND HOW
LONG HE COULD
SPEND IN PRISON IF
CONVICTED COMING UP IN
THE FIVE FACTS.
CRYSTAL?
hawppening now...
THE GOP WANTS TO UNVEIL
ITS BILL (TODAY - HOPING
TO VOTE ON IT EARLY
NEXT WEEK,
BUT FLORIDA SENATOR
MARCO RUBIO IS
THREATENING TO
VOTE "NO" UNLESS THE
FINAL DEAL INCLUDES AN
EXPANDED CHILD TAX
CREDIT.
REPLUBLICANS HAVE A SLIM
MARGIN FOR PASSAGE ALONG
PARTY LINES. NOW MISSING
FROM THE COMPROMISE BILL
IS A PROVISION THAT
WOULD HAVE
ALLOWED CHURCHES TO
ENDORSE POLITICAL
CANDIDATES AND
(STILL RETAIN TAX-FREE
STATUS.
THIS MORNING THE MAN,
ACCUSED OF POINTING A
GUN AT POLICE, ( (IS
BEHIND
BARS.
HE IS NOW FACING
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
CHARGE.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO
THE OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE
NEAR
JEFFERSON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
THEY SAY 59 YEAR-OLD
LEONARD FLOYD WAS
THREATENING EMPLOYEES
WITH A
MACHETE AND A GUN.
POLICE SAY FLOYD POINTED
A GUN AT AN OFFICER
TELLING HIM TO DROP HIS
WEAPONS.
HAPPENING TODAY...
INVESTIGATORS IN
PORTALES, ARE STILL NOT
SURE IF A BURNING BODY
FOUND IN A CAR, IS THE
RESULT OF FOUL PLAY...
THEY HOPE BY THIS
AFTERNOON -- O-M-I WILL
BE ABLE TO REVEAL MORE
INFORMATION.
THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO
NEWS REPORTS,
THE BODY, FOUND TUESDAY
NIGHT, WEST OF TOWN --
WAS DISCOVERED
AFTER PORTALES FIRE
FIGHTERS PUT OUT THE CAR
FIRE.
AN UPDATE TO A STORY WE
BROUGHT YOU YESTERDAY
MORNING --
THE LAST OF THREE
ALBUQUERQUE
TEENS...CONVICTED OF
KILLING TWO
HOMELESS MEN, WILL SERVE
THE NEXT 20 YEARS BEHIND
BARS.
GILBERT TAFOYA WAS 15
WHEN HE AND TWO FRIENDS
AMBUSHED ALLISON
GORMAN AND KEE
THOMPSON... IN VACANT
LOT ON CENTRAL, AND BEAT
THEM TO DEATH WITH
CINDER BLOCKS AND POLES.
THE OTHER TEENS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED.
MORA COUNTY IS SUING THE
DESIGN TEAMS WHO WORKED
ON ITS CRUMBLING
COURTHOUSE -- AND THEY
WANT AT LEAST TWO-POINT-
NINE MILLION DOLLARS IN
DAMAGES. COMMISSIONERS
HAD $5 MILLION DOLLARS
TO BUILD A
STATE-OF-THE-ART
GOVERNMENT CENTER, BUT
THE BUILDING THEY
DESIGNED COST $12
MILLION.
CONSTRUCTION STOPPED
WHEN MONEY TO BUILD IT--
RAN OUT.
IN A NEW LAWSUIT, THE
COUNTY CLAIMS WHAT HAD
BEEN BUILT -- ISN )T UP
TO
CODE...
.TODAY...Sunny. Highs in
the mid 40s to lower
50s. West winds 10 to
15 mph in the afternoon.
.TONIGHT...Clear. Lows
15 to 25. Southwest
winds 10 to 15 mph in
the
evening.
TOSS TO CRYSTAL
A LOCAL 4TH GRADER IS
MAKING A BIG DIFFERENCE
AT HIS SCHOOL--
MAKING RECESS MORE
ENJOYABLE FOR HIS
CLASSMATES.
GAVIN GALLEGOS AND HIS
FRIENDS PLAY ON THE
BASKETBALL
COURTS EVERYDAY...
BUT THE COURTS HAVE A
LOT OF DAMAGE TO THEM
INCLUDING
VANDALISM-- TORN OR
MISSING NETS-- AND
FADING PAINT LINES.
SO HE AND A FEW FRIENDS
WROTE A LETTER TO THE
PRINCIPAL ASKING TO
FIX THOSE ISSUES.
INSTEAD REBEL BARBERSHOP
STEPPED IN TO HELP AND
BOUGHT BRAND NEW NETS--
BALLS AND HIRED A
COMPANY TO PAINT LINES
ON THE COURT.
THE JOURNAL IS REPORTING
APPEALS JUDGE TIMOTHY
GARCIA, HAS
ANNOUNCED HIS
RETIREMENT.
GARCIA SERVED ON THE
COURT SINCE HIS
APPOINTMENT IN NOVEMBER
2008 BY
GOVERNOR BILL
RICHARDSON.
GARCIA )S LAST DAY ON THE
COURT WILL BE FEBRUARY
SECOND 2018.
A-O-L )S INSTANT
MESSENGER "AIM" SIGNS
OFF FOR THE LAST TIME
TODAY.
THE CHAT APP IS ENDING A
20 YEAR RUN.
ALL PERSONAL DATA
ASSOCIATED WITH AIM WILL
BE DELETED AFTER
TODAY, NOTHING WILL BE
TRANSFERRED.
THAT INCLUDES THOSE
BUDDY LISTS.
IN THE TIME BEFORE
SMART-PHONES, AIM WAS A
PIONEER IN ONLINE
CHATTING
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, NEW
VIDEO EMERGING THIS
MORNING.
THESE HIKERS WERE MAKING
THEIR WAY PAST
INDONESIAN
VOLCANO, MOUNT AGUNG THE
MOMENT, IT ERUPTED.
IT )S A RARE THING TO
CATCH ON CAMERA, THE
VOLCANO LAST ERUPTED IN
1963.
LAST MONTH THAT
ERUPTION, FORCED MORE
THAN 29,000 PEOPLE TO
EVACUATE THEIR HOMES.
THINGS ON THE ISLAND
HAVE SINCE CALMED DOWN.
WHAT )S BETTER THAN
ENJOYING A MOVIE WITH A
BIG TUB OF WARM BUTTERED
POPCORN?
HOW ABOUT MIXING IN SOME
CHEETOS?
THAT )S RIGHT... STARTING
TOMORROW, REGAL CINEMA
THEATERS
NATIONWIDE WILL START
SELLING CHEETOS
POPCORN...
POPCORN FLAVORED WITH
THE POPULAR ORANGE
DUSTED CHIP.
NO WORD YET HOW LONG IT
WILL BE AVAILABLE... OR
IF A HOT CHEETOS
POPCORN VARIETY IS IN
THE WORKS.
TIME FOR THE FIVE
FACTS..
AT NUMBER FIVE..
ITS BEEN NEARLY A DECADE
AFTER "BREAKING BAD"
DEBUTED... AND AMC
IS CELEBRATING... WITH A
MARATHON.
STARTING DECEMBER
31ST... A-M-C WILL START
AIRING ALL 62
EPISODES OF THE SERIES
THAT TURNED WALTER WHITE
FROM A
CHEMISTRY TEACHER... TO
A DRUG LORD.
"BREAKING BAD" WAS BASED
AND FILMED IN
ALBUQUERQUE AND
RAN FROM 2008 UNTIL
20-13.
AT NUMBER THREE
TWO ALBUQUERQUE CITY
COUNCILORS ARE TRYING TO
GIVE A SICK LEAVE
ORDINANCE ANOTHER SHOT -
THROUGH THE COUNCIL THIS
TIME --
(NOT VOTERS.
AND THEY )RE PITCHING THE
IDEA ON MONDAY. CITY
COUNCILORS KEN SANCHEZ
AND DON HARRIS ANNOUNCED
THEY
WILL PROPOSE A BILL ON
MONDAY THAT WOULD
REQUIRE COMPANIES WITH
50
OR MORE EMPLOYEES... TO
PROVIDE UP TO 40 HOURS
OF PAID SICK
LEAVE PER YEAR.
VOTERS NARROWLY REJECTED
A SIMILAR PROPOSAL
DURING THE MUNICIPAL
ELECTION IN OCTOBER.
AT NUMBER THREE..WEATHER
AT NUMBER TWO..
THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR
FRANCISCO PACO -
FERNANDEZ, ONE OF
TWO TEENS KILLED IN THE
SHOOTING AT AZTEC HIGH
SCHOOL IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN IN JUST HOURS.
THE MEMORIAL SERVICE,
FOR FERNANDEZ, BEGINS AT
10 THIS MORNING.
IT WILL BE HELD AT PINON
HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH
IN FARMINGTON.
HIS FAMILY SAYS HIS
CASKET WILL BE ESCORTED
BY LOW RIDERS.
IT )S ONE OF THE MANY
TYPES OF CARS, HIS
FAMILY SAYS HE LOVED.
AT NUMBER ONE..
THE DEFENSE TEAM FOR
MARK REDWINE, THE MAN
ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS
SON DYLAN IS NOW ASKING
THE COURT FOR MORE TIME
TO EXAMINE
THOUSANDS OF PAGES OF
POLICE REPORTS AND OTHER
DOCUMENTS
IN THE CASE BEFORE
HEADING TO TRIAL.
REDWINE IS SUSPECTED OF
KILLING DYLAN IN
NOVEMBER OF
2012...AFTER THE BOY
DISAPPEARED DURING A
COURT-ORDERED VISIT TO
HIS DAD )S COLORADO HOME.
SOON AFTER DYLAN )S
REMAINS WERE FOUND IN
THE WOODS...MARK WAS
SLAPPED WITH CHARGED,
INCLUDING SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER.
MARK )S ATTORNEY TOLD THE
COURT -- THEY )RE STILL
LOOKING THROUGH
DOCUMENTS THAT TOOK
INVESTIGATORS 4 YEARS TO
COMPILE. A SECOND STATUS
IS SET FOR APRIL.
MARK FACES 16 TO 48
YEARS IN PRISON IF
CONVICTED ON EITHER
COUNT.
HE MAINTAINS HIS
INNOCENCE.