DEA Announces Launch Of Operation Crystal Shield
A seized bag of ice methamphetamine. Courtesy/DEA
Extremely pure crystal methamphetamine. Courtesy/DEA
DEA Clan Enforcement Team processing crystal methamphetamine Feb. 15 at a crime scene. Courtesy/DEA
DEA News:
- Efforts Will focus on main U.S. methamphetamine trafficking transportation hubs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon today announced that the DEA will direct enforcement resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs” — areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then distributed across the country. Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Feb. 16 To Feb. 18, 2020
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
BRENDEN BROWN
Feb. 16 at 11:11 a.m. / Police arrested Brenden Brown, 30, of White Rock on an outstanding District Court warrant.
MELINDA M. MADRID
Feb. 16 at 5: 14 p.m. / Police arrested Melinda M. Madrid, 38, of Hernandez in Española on an outstanding Magistrate Court warrant.
GANNON TIMOTHY LOPEZ
Feb. 18 at 2:32 p.m. / Police arrested Read More
Kiki Saavedra Senior Dignity Fund Heads To Governor
STATE News:
The Kiki Saavedra Senior Dignity Fund Act, sponsored by House Health and Human Services Chair Debbie Armstrong and a top priority of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Wednesday received concurrence from the New Mexico House of Representatives after the Senate made a small, technical change to the bill.
The concurrence vote means HB 225 has passed the Legislature and now goes to the governor to be signed into law. Ongoing budget negotiations will determine the amount the fund receives.
“This fund is to innovate and incubate senior programs above and beyond what the Department of Aging Read More
EM-LA & N3B Host Community Forum This Evening On Legacy Waste Cleanup At Los Alamos National Laboratory
Scene this evening of EM-LA Field Office Manager Doug Hintz addressing the audience gathered at the Community Forum on legacy waste cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory hosted by the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Los Alamos Field Office and its contractor N3B at Cottonwood on the Greens. In late 2020 and into 2021, EM-LA will develop recommendations for the New Mexico Environment Department for its review and approval on the environmental remediation of Material Disposal Area C, the RDX plume and the Chromium plume. Tonight’s community discussion Read More
Canyon Road Vegetation Control Operation Begins Feb. 20
Traffic Alert:
Beginning Thursday, Feb. 20 through Fe. 25, the Los Alamos County Traffic and Streets Division of the Public Works Department will be working on Canyon Road, between 15th Street and the Aquatic Center.
Crews will be clearing vegetation along the medians and sidewalks. A flagging operation will be in place 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., during the weekdays.
Vehicle and pedestrian traffic are urged to slow down and use caution in this work zone.
Direct questions or concerns to Juan Rael, Traffic & Streets Manager at 505.662.8113 or email LACPW@lacnm.us. Read More
