ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - Those involved in the high-profile murder case against two, former Albuquerque Police Department officers were back in court, Thursday.The trial for former APD Officers Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez ended in a hung jury.During a hearing...
Mistrial for 2 Ex-Officers in Albuquerque Killing of Mentally Ill Man
Prosecutors Elicia Montoya, left, and Randi McGinn presenting a life-size cutout of a former Albuquerque police officer, Keith Sandy, in court in Albuquerque last week. Credit Juan Labreche/Associated PressALBUQUERQUE - After two full days of deliberations, a jury...
Hung jury in Sandy, Perez trial
Special prosecutor Randi McGinn addresses the media after jurors were deadlocked in the murder trial against two former police officers. A judge declared a mistrial in the case. (Marla Brose/Journal)ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The first murder trial involving an on-duty...
Hung Jury in Boyd Trial
Nine jurors wanted to acquit Keith Sandy and Dominique PerezDecision to Retry Case Rests with Next DAAlbuquerque learned how hard it is to convict police of murder, despite video evidence showing two Albuquerque police officers gunning down a homeless camper that many...
Former officer Perez asks for job back after James Boyd trial
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) - One day after a judge declared a mistrial in the murder trial of two former Albuquerque Police Department officers, one of those officers wants his job back.Dominique Perez was fired under APD policy after the murder charges were filed in...
Albuquerque Police Shooting Trial Ends In A Hung Jury
In a photo taken Oct. 6 during the trial, former Albuquerque police Officer Keith Sandy, demonstrates his position during a 2014 shooting. His attorney, on a table, plays the part of James Boyd, who Sandy and another former officer are accused of murdering.Juan...
Rolling Stone — When Cops Break Bad Inside a Police Force Gone Wild
When Cops Break Bad: Inside a Police Force Gone WildOver the past five years, police in Albuquerque have shot and killed 28 people and brutalized many othersBY NICK PINTO | January 29, 2015 Share Tweet Share Comment EmailIllustration by Patrick Concepciîn....
The New Yorker-Your Son is Deceased
Letter from Albuquerque FEBRUARY 2, 2015 ISSUEYour Son Is DeceasedThe city has one of the highest rates in the country of fatal shootings by police, but no officer has been indicted.BY RACHEL AVIVTABLE OF CONTENTSAfter nearly every death, the police...
Judge orders city to pay $6M in APD fatal shooting case
By Alex Goldsmith and Tina JensenPublished: June 10, 2014, 1:13 pm Updated: October 17, 2014, 1:01 pmALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - For three years, the Albuquerque Police Department has maintained that 27-year-old Christopher Torres, who suffered from schizophrenia, grabbed an...
Judge blasts officers in Torres shooting death-Albuquerque Journal
Renetta and Stephen Torres, left, and attorney Randi McGinn, right, discuss the $6 million that state District Court Judge Shannon Bacon awarded them over the death of their son, Christopher Torres. Christopher Torres was shot at the family's home by an APD officer....