Police: woman dumps boyfriend via cops
UNMPD responded to a call April 18 from a woman who reported that another woman was stalking her job. According to the police report, the caller was at her job when the woman in question arrived, the report said. When confronted, the woman said she was sent by the caller’s boyfriend to check on her whereabouts because he no longer trusted her. Police advised the woman and the boyfriend to stay away from the caller, and advised the boyfriend that the caller no longer wanted to be his girlfriend, the report said. Police then informed the woman how and where to file a restraining order. The case is considered closed.
Cops: patient struck nurse at UNMH
Police responded to an alleged battery April 18 at UNMH between a nurse and patient. According to the police report, a nurse said she was attempting to give medication to the alleged attacker, Juan Francisco Garcia, when he hit the stretcher he was in with his fist and then punched her on the right arm with his closed fist. Garcia said he was only trying to inform the nurse that he was in pain and that he was afraid they were giving him medication that would only make him sicker, officials said. The police sent a report to the district attorney’s office for review, according to the police report. The case has been closed.
APD: Hot dog vendor hit rival with his cart
An Albuquerque hot dog vendor faces a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after police say he rammed his food cart into a competing vendor.
Police say Eric Kilmer used his hot dog cart to run over the legs and feet of rival Vincent Montoya. Other vendors told KOB-TV that Montoya is seeking a restraining order against Kilmer.
If Kilmer is convicted, he could face up to three years in prison. It was unclear if he had an attorney.
Sergeant and his wife indicted in abuse case
LAS CRUCES — A U.S. Air Force sergeant and his wife have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to the 2007 death of their infant daughter.
The U.S. attorney’s office says 27-year-old John Zayas and 30-year-old Sophia Monique Zayas appeared in federal court in Las Cruces on Thursday. They were ordered held at least until a May 1 detention hearing.
The seven-count indictment alleges the couple tortured and abused their 2-month-old daughter until she died.
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Sgt. Zayas is stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, where the abuse allegedly occurred.
Sophia Zayas’s federal public defender was assigned Thursday and had no immediate comment. John Zayas doesn’t yet have an attorney.
U.S. attorney’s office spokeswoman Elizabeth Martinez attributed the delay in filing charges to extensive forensic and state investigations.
