Now THAT’S aggressive negotiation! Cameras catch divorce lawyer kicking in the door of his client’s estranged husband

A New Mexico divorce lawyer took his client’s representation to the extreme when he kicked in the door to her  estranged husband’s home so she could pick up her belongings.

Surveillance cameras captured Raymond Van Arnam, 60, breaking into Anthony Stonecipher’s house in Alamogordo in October 2011. Inside, he, his client Melissa Stonecipher and several employees from Van Arnam’s law office carried out furniture, legal papers, a truck full of furniture [...]

Man impersonating cop pulls over real cop

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Police say a New Mexico man pretending to be police officer pulled over a real Albuquerque Police Department detective and is facing charges.

KOB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/qRna9O ) that Tyree Appleberry was given the citation Wednesday on charges of impersonating a police officer then arrested for an outstanding warrant.

According to police, the 42-year-old turned on his strobe lights on his white Chevy Tahoe in [...]

REPORT: Copper Thief in Phoenix Jolted Cutting Live 480-Volt Wire

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say at least one vandal was likely seriously injured trying to steal copper from an elementary school because the thieves left behind several melted tools and a scorched T-shirt.

They cut into a power line at East San Jose Elementary School over the weekend and triggered a 480-volt electrical shock.

Albuquerque Public Schools officials tell KOB-TV the vandals were on top of [...]

REPORT: Copper Thief Jolted Cutting Live 480-Volt Wire

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police say at least one vandal was likely seriously injured trying to steal copper from an elementary school because the thieves left behind several melted tools and a scorched T-shirt.

They cut into a power line at East San Jose Elementary School over the weekend and triggered a 480-volt electrical shock. (KOB-TV, http://www.kob.com)

Homeless man arrested after moving out of dumpster

From HuffPost:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque authorities arrested a homeless man for failing to notify them that he moved out of the Dumpster he listed as his address.

KOB-TV reports Charles Mader is a convicted sex offender and is required to give the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department a physical address.

Detectives say Mader violated his sex offender registration requirement after moving out of the trash bin and failing to report the move within [...]