New Mexico women's soccer defender Elizabeth Lambert has been suspended indefinitely after engaging in rough play -- including hauling an opposing player to the ground by her pony tail -- in the Lobos' 1-0 loss to BYU in the Mountain West Conference semifinals. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WNAC FOX 64 Providence]
For those who do not live in the Rio Grande valley, the river with the same name, is just a water barrier with Mexico; but for small town police officers like Joe Cantu of La Joya, Texas, the Rio Grande is also a last line of protection. [www.clipsyndicate.com | FOX KRIV Houston, TX]
Police wouldn't say which murders they believe the suspect is linked to, but 12 News learned one of those killings dates back to this past July. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WISN ABC 12 Milwaukee WI]
Bernalillo County commissioners have named Capt. Manuel Gonzales as the county’s new sheriff. The commission initially considered two other candidates Monday evening, but neither got enough votes. In a later vote, Gonzales received the required three votes from five of the commissioners, who then decided to make it a unanimous decision. Gonzales is a veteran deputy with the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. He will take over for Darren White, who resigned as sheriff to become the City of Albuquerque’s Director of Public Safety. "I’m happy. I’m very happy. I want to go out there and start up right now. I just feel very fortunate… and I want to go out there and execute to the best of my ability," said Gonzales. Commissioners praised Gonzales not just for his law enforcement experience, but also for his administrative skills. Gonzales was sworn in Monday night shortly after his selection. He will oversee the department's force of 300 deputies in New Mexico’s most populous county. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
A group of New Mexico defense attorneys is pushing to change DWI laws after an Edgewood man was recently convicted for DWI even though he wasn’t driving. Fidencio Francia was convicted of DWI a few weeks ago after he was caught by police drunk and sleeping in his truck. Francia admits he drank, but he insists he did not drive. He lost the case anyway. That has many New Mexicans outraged. “People should be rewarded, to some degree, for acknowledging the fact that they should not be driving. Even if they made the initial mistake of starting to drive but they realize it,” said Ousama Rasheed of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Rasheed says Francia’s case is an example of someone who did the right thing but was convicted of DWI anyway. Rasheed now wants to propose a change to DWI laws that would make what Francia did a petty misdemeanor instead. He proposed a penalty of up to 90 days in jail, a $500 fine and attending a DWI school. However, you would not end up with a DWI on your record. “Had Dana Pabst slept in his vehicle instead of driving, had Gordon House slept in his vehicle instead of driving, had Lloyd Larson slept in his vehicle instead of driving, that would have been a lot of lives that would have been saved,” said Rasheed. But the DWI Resource Center is absolutely against the proposal. Officials say DWI laws need to stay exactly the way they are. “When someone’s passed out, sleeping in their vehicle, who has the crystal ball to say they’re not going to wake up and drive down the road still impaired,” said Linda Atkinson. Rasheed says he’s in the process of drafting a bill and finding a state legislator to sponsor it. He expects it to be introduced in the January legislative session. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KOB Albuquerque]
A man who claimed to hate Christmas shoved a Salvation Army bell ringer to the ground and swiped one of the charity's red kettles stuffed with hundreds of dollars, police said. (Nov. 30) [www.clipsyndicate.com | Associated Press]
The Bernalillo County Commission late Monday chose Manuel Gonzales to be the new sheriff of Bernalillo County. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KRQE CBS 13 Albuquerque]
Arson investigators are charging William Peyton Smith for the fire at AAA Limo two weeks ago. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Police arrested two teens for a burglary at Widen Elementary School. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
A significant pot bust in North Austin. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
The small town of just 9000 west of Austin had an average of one car burglary every two days. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Police are investigating 14 car break-ins that occurred in Blanco in November. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
Police arrested a Cedar Park High School student after the student allegedly brought a gun to school. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KXAN NBC 36 Austin]
pellet gun shootings [www.clipsyndicate.com | WALA FOX 10 Mobile, AL]
Berlin police say two men stole a pure-bred puppy early Monday morning. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WTNH ABC 8 New Haven]
SUV crashes into house [www.clipsyndicate.com | WISH CBS 8 Indianapolis]
robertsdale shooting [www.clipsyndicate.com | WALA FOX 10 Mobile, AL]
Seattle police are still looking for a suspect who shot and killed four police officers at a coffee shop. Police in the Twin Cities are reviewing how to protect themselves now. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KMSP FOX 9 Minneapolis]
Atlanta's top cop defended his record Monday. The two candidates for mayor have both indicated Atlanta needs a new and different kind of police chief, but Chief Richard Pennington said his tenure has was about substance over style. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WAGA FOX 5 Atlanta, GA ]
Police in Colchester have arrested and charged a man in connection with a theft of an ATM. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WPTZ NBC 5 Burlington VT]
Austin Police say a drunk driver turned a north Austin car dealership into a monster truck show by running over a dozen cars. The manager of Long Motors said there was more than $50,000 worth of damage. [www.clipsyndicate.com | KTBC FOX 7 Austin, TX]
Family, friends and colleagues gathered Monday night to remember a Bow police officer killed in a chainsaw accident last week. [www.clipsyndicate.com | WMUR ABC 9 Manchester NH]
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