Public Safety

Fraud Alert: Scam Phone Calls Impersonating Law Enforcement

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LAPD News:

The Los Alamos Police Department (LAPD) has recently received numerous reports from citizens about fraudulent phone calls.

The caller, a male, falsely claims to be from the Los Alamos Sheriff’s Department and states that there is an outstanding warrant that must be paid.

Please be advised: This is a scam.

If people receive a similar call, hang up immediately and do not provide any personal or financial information.

No legitimate representative from the Police Department, Sheriff’s Office, or the courts will ever call to request payment for a warrant.

Direct concerns or questions Read More

Laguna Fire Weekly Update: Aug. 18, 2025

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SFNF News:

Acres: 17,415

Start Date: 6/25/2025

Containment: 90%

Location: Located in the Coyote Ranger District, 8 miles north of New Mexico State Road 96 and west of the Chama River Canyon Wilderness.

Resources:1 engine | 1 water tender                     

Fuels: Oak brush, ponderosa pine, Piñon-juniper

Highlights: Updates will be provided once a week, unless significant activity or changes occur. The next Laguna Wildfire Weekly Update will be provided Monday August 25, 2025.

Over the weekend, the Laguna Wildfire transitioned command to a Type 5 Incident Commander.  A Type 5 incident Read More

FBI: Mescalero Man Sentenced To Prison For Violent Assault

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A Mescalero man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for a violent attack that left a victim seriously injured.

There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, Nov. 2, 2022, Spencer George Klinekole, 41, an enrolled member of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, assaulted Jane Doe with a baseball bat, causing serious bodily injury.

Upon his release from prison, Klinekole will be subject to three years of supervised release.

Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Acting Special Agent in Charge Philip Russell of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Read More

ABQ Man Sentenced For Violent Retail Robbery Spree

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque man was sentenced to 22 years in prison for committing a series of armed robberies that targeted retail stores across the city in 2023.

There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, between July 11 and September 16, 2023, Demetrius Antonnie Bailey, 41, and an accomplice committed a series of armed robberies at Harbor Freight Tools, multiple Metro by T-Mobile locations, a T-Mobile store, a Verizon store, and a JC Penney. During the robberies, they brandished a BB gun, a toy gun, and, in one instance, a real handgun to threaten employees Read More

Albuquerque Couple Indicted For Conspiring To Harbor Illegal Aliens And Laundering Human Smuggling Proceeds Through Real Estate

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque couple is accused of conspiring with human smugglers, turning their rental properties into stash houses for human smuggling operations, and laundering what they believed to be human smuggling profits through a real estate deal structured to avoid detection.

According to court records, between March 2023 and July 2025, Nan Zhang, 44, and her husband Sanjay Khurana, 62, both naturalized U.S. citizens, conspired with human smugglers to rent properties in Albuquerque to be used as stash houses for individuals who had been unlawfully brought into the Read More

Living With Wildlife: What Do Black Bears Do In August?

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COUNTY News:

How Bears Beat the Heat

Bears don’t have sweat glands, so they can’t cool off the way people do when it gets hot. They do lose much of the dense underfur that helps keep them warm when temperatures drop. Shedding lets air circulate while still “shading’ their skin from the sun.

Bears will also pant like dogs and dissipate heat through their paws and other areas with little hair. They avoid the hottest parts of the day and often relax in daybeds under a nice shady tree, or sometimes seek shelter from the sun on a shady patio, under decks and porches, or in crawl spaces. They’ve also been known Read More

Palestine Film Series: ‘The Encampments’ Tuesday At SALA

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COMMUNITY News:

The Palestine Film Series continues with the documentary “The Encampments” provided to the community free of charge at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, at SALA Event Center.

From Executive Producer Macklemore, “The Encampments offers an urgent, intimate portrait of America’s student movement, ignited at Columbia University as students protested their university’s ties to the war on Gaza. Their actions sparked a nationwide uprising, with encampments spreading across hundreds of campuses. Featuring detained activist Mahmoud Khalil, alongside professors, whistleblowers, Read More

MOWW To Feature Dr. Glen McDuff At Aug. 19 Meeting

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Dr. Glen McDuff

MOWW News:

This month’s meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) is Tuesday, Aug. 19, in conference room 203A at the Los Alamos Research Park. Dr. Glen McDuff will be the featured speaker. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of St. Andrews and a degree in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University, where he was also a professor. Dr. McDuff is retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Jan. 1, 1947, saw the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). Ownership of LASL was transferred from the Department Read More

Scenes From Summer Concert Aug. 15 At Ashley Pond Park

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Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos Key Club Coordinator Morrie Pongratz with LAHS Key Club Member Zoe Bent, center, and President Uxue Sansinena at the Summer Concert Friday at Ashley Pond Park. The LAHS Key Club is donating $3,000 to the Lincoln County Community Foundation for ‘Wildfire/Flood Relief’. The Key Clubbers sell cotton candy during the summer concerts. and although they collected only $152.05 in their donations jar in 2024, they voted to donate $3,000 to the ‘Wildfire/Flood Relief’ charitable cause. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Summer Concert headliner Lumbre Del Sol performing Read More

Las Cruces Man Gets 84 Months In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine And Fentanyl After Fleeing From Officers

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — A Las Cruces man was sentenced Friday to 84 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl after fleeing from officers attempting to arrest him on a warrant.

There is no parole in the federal system.

According to court documents, on May 15, 2024, Las Cruces Police Department officers attempted to arrest Guillermo Yanez, 47, on an outstanding warrant out of El Paso, Texas, for tampering with evidence in a narcotics case.

When officers approached, Yanez fled on foot, jumping a wall into an apartment complex. During the chase, officers saw him reach into Read More