New Mexico regulators on Saturday hit the U.S. government with more than $54 million in fines for violations at a nuclear waste facility where a fire broke out and radiation was released in two mishaps earlier this year.
A New Mexico sheriff was found guilty by a federal jury on Friday of violating a motorist's civil rights when he dragged the man out of his vehicle and struck him with his badge after a high-speed car chase, prosecutors said.
Former Albuquerque police officer Levi Chavez committed what is being described as the "perfect murder" when he shot his wife in 2007 with his department-issued handgun, making it appear as a suicide, prosecutors said Monday.
