afternoon.
THE OPERATOR OF THE LIMO
COMPANY INVOLVED IN LAST
WEEKEND )S DEADLY CRASH
IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, IS
OUT OF JAIL THIS
MORNING.
NAUMAN HUSSAIN WAS FREED
ON BAIL AFTER PLEADING
NOT GUILTY TO A
CHARGE OF CRIMINALLY
NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.
THE CRASH IN NEW YORK
KILLED 18 PEOPLE IN THE
LIMO AND TWO
PEDESTRIANS.
INVESTIGATORS SAY
HUSSAIN ALLOWED AN
UNSAFE VEHICLE TO BE
USED BY A
MAN WHO DID NOT HAVE THE
PROPER LICENSE TO DRIVE
IT.
THIS MORNING -- POLICE
ARE LIKELY PREPARING TO
INTERVIEW THE VICTIM
INVOVLED IN A SHOOTING
OUTSIDE THE FRONTIER
RESTAURANT ON TUESDAY
NIGHT.
POLICE WERE WATING FOR
HIM TO REGAIN
CONSCIOUSNESS
AFTER BEING RUSHED INTO
SURGERY.
A-P-D SAYS A MAN WAS
SHOT IN THE LEG SEVERAL
TIMES IN FRONT OF THE
RESTAURANT.
POLICE SAY NO ONE ELSE
WAS HURT.
NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN
MADE IN CONNECTION TO
THE SHOOTING.
LATER THIS MONTH -- THE
BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A )S
OFFICE SAYS IT WILL FILE
A FORMAL RESPONSE TO A
MOTION, filed BY THE
ATTORNEY FOR THE WOMAN
CHARGED WITH THE DEATH
OF 10-YEAR-OLD VICTORIA
MARTENS.
SHE IS ASKING JUDGE
CHARLES BROWN TO DROP
THE CHARGE OF
CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN
DEATH.
LAST MONTH - SHE WAS
WILLING TO SIGN A PLEA
DEAL FOR 49 YEARS IN
PRISON -- THE HIGHEST
CHARGE AS PART OF THAT
DEAL WAS CHILD ABUSE
RESULTING IN DEATH.
JUDGE BROWN REJECTED THE
DEAL. HER ATTORNEY SAYS
THE STATE
DOESN )T HAVE ENOUGH
EVIDENCE TO PROVE KELLEY
-- IS A KILLER OF ANY
KIND.
IN COURT DOCUMENTS,
PROSECUTORS ARGUE KELLEY
HAD
A RESPONSIBILITY TO
PROTECT VICTORIA...
THE CITY DIFFERENT CAN
START MAKING A CHANGE TO
GO GREEN... THIS AS
SANTA FE CITY COUNCILORS
COULD VOTE IN NOVEMBER
ON A PLAN TO
REDCUCE THE CITY )S
CARBON FOOTPRINT.
ACCORDING TO THE SANTA
FE NEW
MEXICAN.
THEY PLAN TO BE CARBON
NEUTRAL BY 2040, TO
FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE CITY )S PLAN INCLUDES
USING RENEWABLE ENERGY
AND REDUCING
WATER USE.
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABS
IS RESUMING REGULAR
WASTE SHIPMENTS
TO WIPP IN CARLSBAD.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
OVER FOUR YEARS -- LANL
ANNOUNCED THAT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE WAS
SUCCESSFULLY SHIPPED TO
WIPP LAST WEEK.
WIPP BEGAN ACCEPTING
SHIPMENTS (AGAIN LAST
YEAR AFTER
BEING CLOSED FOR THREE
YEARS.
THAT WAS REPORTEDLY DUE
TO LEAKED RADIATION FROM
A DRUM OF
WASTE SENT FROM LANL.
ADLIB
OWNER IS NOW HAVING TO
FIND DIFFERENT PLACES TO
PUT HIS LUXURY CARS --
AFTER HIS NEIGHBORS SAY
HE IS TAKING UP THE
WHOLE STREET.
STEVE PATERNOSTER OWNS
ITALIAN RESTAURANT
)SCALO )
IN NOB HILL.
HIS WESTSIDE NEIGHBORS
SAY THEY )VE TALKED TO
HIM ABOUT MOVING HIS
CARS OUT OF THE
STREET... BUT NO ACTION
HAS BEEN TAKEN.
PATERNOSTER SAYS HE IS
WORKING ON MOVING THE
CARS
ONTO HIS PROPERTY AFTER
THEY WERE ORANGE TAGGED
BY CODE
ENFORCEMENT.
THE CITY SAYS
VEHICLES CANNOT TAKE UP
MORE THAN 60 PERCENT OF
THE FRONT YARD.
THE STATE IS CELEBRATING
-- AFTER ANOTHER
RECORD-FOR TOURISM.
ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR
SUSANA MARTINEZ -- LAST
YEAR )S TOURISM
NUMBERS HAD THE LARGEST
ECONOMIC IMPACT IN STATE
HISTORY.... BRINGING
IN ABOUT SIX-POINT-SIX
(BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT )S A MORE THAN THREE
PERCENT INCREASE FROM
THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.
THAT COMES OUT TO NEARLY
753- THOUSAND DOLLARS
SPENT BY VISITORS
EVERY HOUR LAST YEAR.
WORK IS BEING DONE ON A
PROJECT THAT WILL NOT
ONLY BRING THE STATE )S
AGING ENERGY SYSTEM UP
TO DATE-- BUT ALSO
PROTECT IT FROM
CYBER ATTACKS.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY )LL BE
DOING THIS BY CREATING
)SMART" GRIDS.
IT )S A PROJECT BEING
WORKED ON BY STUDENTS
AND FACULTY FROM N-M-
S-U-- U-N-M-- AND NEW
MEXICO TECH... THANKS
TO A FIVE YEAR -- 20
MILLION
DOLLARS -- NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
GRANT.
THROUGH THEIR
RESEARCH--EXISTIN G
ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION
FEEDERS WILL BE
TRANSFORMED INTO
INTERCONNECTED "SMART"
GRIDS.
NOW LET )S GET A LOOK AT
THAT MORNING DRIVE...
A FEW SLOW DOWNS BUT
MOSTLY GREEN.
SKITTLES IS GETTING A
SPOOKY TWIST...THAT MAY
MAKE YOU THINK
TWICE BEFORE TAKING A
HANDFUL...ZOMBIE
SKITTLES. THE NEW
SKITTLES WILL BE MADE UP
OF 5 FLAVORS LIKE
MUMMIFIED MELON
AND BOOGEYMAN
BLACKBERRY. ROTTEN
ZOMBIE FLAVORS WILL BE
MIXED INTO EACH BAG.
SKITTLES PARENT COMPANY
HAS NOT
COMMENTED ON WHAT THOSE
FLAVORS TASTE LIKE.
YOU )LL HAVE TO
WAIT TO NEXT HALLOWEEN
TO GIVE THEM A TRY- THEY
LAUNCH IN 2019.
AT NUMBER FIVE --
T )S THE SIXTH DAY...OF
THIS YEAR )S ALBUQUERQUE
INTERNATIONAL BALLOON
FIESTA,
AND TODAY IS THE SPECIAL
SHAPES RODEO.
YOU WILL SEE SOME FAN
FAVORITES LIKE DARTH
VADAR, THE
PENGUINS....AND THE
BEES.
THERE ARE ALSO 20
SPECIAL SHAPES MAKING
THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE.
LIKE BILA THE BEAR....
CYNTHIA THE SEAL...
A 140 FOOT TALL BALLOON
VERSION OF THE FAMOUS
STATUTE OF CHRIST THE
REDEEMER THAT LOOKS OVER
RIO DE
JANEIRO.
AND AN INFLATABLE
PORTRAIT OF VINCENT VAN
GOGH..
THERE IS ALSO A GLODEO
TONIGHT..
THAT )S SET FOR 6 PM..
AT NUMBER FOUR..
THE STATE IS STILL
LIKELY CELEBRATING THIS
MORNING -- AFTER ANOTHER
RECORD-BREAKING TOURISM
YEAR.
ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR
SUSANA MARTINEZ -- LAST
YEAR )S TOURISM
NUMBERS HAD THE LARGEST
ECONOMIC IMPACT IN STATE
HISTORY.... BRINGING
IN ABOUT SIX-POINT-SIX
(BILLION DOLLARS.
THAT )S A MORE THAN THREE
PERCENT INCREASE FROM
THE PREVIOUS
YEAR.
THAT COMES OUT TO NEARLY
753- THOUSAND DOLLARS
SPENT BY VISITORS
EVERY HOUR LAST YEAR.
ad-lib from balloon
fiesta
MOTION TO KEEP THREE --
OF THE (NOW SIX SUSPECTS
TIED TO THE
MURDER OF AN ESPANOLA
TEEN -- LOCKED UP UNTIL
TRIAL.
THE STATE HAS FILED A
PREVENTATIVE DETENTION
FOR
ANTON MARTINEZ, MARK
HICE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND
BRITTANY GARCIA.
PROSECUTORS SAY HICE WAS
SHOOTING AT PEOPLE HE
THOUGHT WERE
AFTER HIM.
CAMERON MARTINEZ WAS
KILLED IN A CASE OF
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
THREE OF THE ORIGINALLY
ARRESTED SUSPECTS
APPEARED IN COURT
YESTERDAY.
ON TUESDAY NIGHT --
STATE POLICE ARRESTED 17
YEAR-OLD KATRYNA
MOYA AND 16 YEAR-OLD
ALEJANDRA GONZALEZ --
WHO TOLD POLICE SHE
WAS DRIVING ONE OF THE
CARS.
AND NUMBER ONE..
A MAN POLICE KEEP HAVING
RUN-INS WITH... IS BACK
ON THE STREETS THIS
MORNING, AFTER NEW
ALLEGATIONS EMERGE.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO
CENTRAL AND ASH, LAST
WEEK ON A REPORT THAT
49-YEAR-OLD STEVEN
LEEWRIGHT WAS REPORTEDLY
CHASING A 9-1-1
CALLER ARMED WITH A
KNIFE.
HE WAS BOOKED ON AN
OUTSTANDING WARRANT FOR
A 2016 INDECENT
EXPOSURE CASE.
THAT )S ONE OF THREE
PENDING CRIMINAL CASES
AGAINST HIM.
YOU )LL REMEMBER IN
2017.. LEEWRIGHT PLEAD
GUILTY IN THE CRIMINAL
CASE TIED
TO THREATING PEOPLE WITH
A MACHETE,
AT A SHOPPING CENTER AT
LOMAS AND SAN PEDRO.
JUDGE CHARLES BROWN
SENTENCED HIM TO
TIME-SERVED.. HE WAS
BACK ON THE STREETS LAST
SEPTEMBER. COURT RECORDS
SHOW HE WAS RELEASED
FROM JAIL ON THE NEW
ALLEGATIONS ON SUNDAY
AFTER POSTING A 200
DOLLAR BOND.
WE TURN NOW TO KRISTEN