ALBUQUERQUE — Authorities say a student at an Albuquerque charter school has been fatally stabbed, allegedly by another teenager.
Albuquerque police say a 17-year-old boy is in custody in connection with Thursday’s incident outside César Chavez Community School.
KRQE-TV reports that tension between the two students was building all day and the two fought outside the school about 3 p.m.
The names of the victim and suspect haven’t been released by police.
Authorities say the suspect is facing a homicide charge.
WASHINGTON — A House committee looking into the flawed gun-smuggling investigation called Operation Fast and Furious has subpoenaed a federal prosecutor in Arizona for questioning.
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Thursday that Patrick Cunningham repeatedly refused to testify voluntarily about his role in the operation that relied on a controversial law enforcement tactic designed to identify and prosecute major weapons traffickers.
According to Issa, the committee has information that Cunningham played a role in approving the tactic, which resulted in federal agents losing track of weapons that later ended up at crime scenes in Mexico and the U.S.
Cunningham, who is resigning effective Jan. 27 to take a job in the private sector, has been chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Phoenix for the past two years.
Justice Department spokeswoman Tracy Schmaler declined to comment about the subpoena.
SANTA FE — New Mexico State Police are joining efforts to ramp up drunken driving patrols along U.S. 550 in San Juan County.
State Police Major Darren Soland announced Thursday that the department has secured additional funding and reached agreement with the Navajo Nation, San Juan Sheriff’s Department and DPS Special Investigations Division to increase patrols from Bloomfield to Cuba.
The operational plans are being drawn up and should be in place by Jan. 27.
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Local law enforcement agencies have already increased their presence on the rural four-lane stretch of road after six drunken driving-related deaths in six weeks.
ALBUQUERQUE — A Bernalillo County grand jury has indicted a woman on charges that she stabbed her 8-year-old son with a screwdriver in his head, neck and chest.
Thirty-one-year-old Liesha Henderson was charged in Wednesday’s indictment with child abuse, kidnapping, aggravated battery and aggravated assault.
Albuquerque police say Henderson was under the influence of methamphetamines when she stabbed her son on Dec. 30.
The boy’s injuries weren’t life-threatening.
It is not known whether Henderson has a lawyer.
She is being held in jail on a $100,000 bond.
FARMINGTON — The executive director of the Farmington Convention and Visitors Bureau has resigned amid an investigation into embezzlement allegations.
The Farmington Daily Times reports that Debbie Dusenbery resigned Tuesday and delivered a check for more than $100,000 to police.
Police began investigating Dusenbery on Friday after several employees reported the possible crimes.
Dusenbery’s attorney Victor Titus says his client is going to do what’s right and that a full audit will need to be conducted to determine the full scope of the situation.
Police have seized Dusenbery’s computers and financial documents.
Farmington Police Sgt. Robert Perez, who leads the investigation, declined to release specific information about the investigation.
Investigators also were reluctant to give a specific dollar amount they believe was embezzled. – AP
