Employee fired in abuse case in New Mexico
Santa Fe AP reports a state employee, Douglas Srsen of the Children, Youth and Families Department, was fired after an internal probe found gross misconduct in a case involving Loretta Vinuesa charged with six counts of child abuse. Srsen testified he did not investigate promptly and visited Vinuesa’s home briefly before her arrest. the department weighs licensing action and Srsen is on paid leave pending final action.
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Santa FE
Children, Youth and Families Department District II
Douglas Srsen
Loretta Vinuesa
Vinuesa
CYFD
Romaine Serna
Srsen
Serna
Kirtland Receives 28 Million Osprey Flight Simulator
Kirtland Air Force Base secures a $28 million advanced flight simulator for the V-22 Osprey. Instructors of the 58th Special Operations Wing aim to start lesson planning by September and use New Mexico terrain to train air crews for high elevation challenges. The device will simulate real flight motion and can connect with other global simulators for combat scenarios. Training work begins with four models arriving in 2005, with courses ready by then.
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Kirtland Air Force Base
58Th Special Operations Wing
Lee Pera
New Mexico
Pera
Afghanistan
Kirtland
Vigil wins wrongful termination suit for 724716 dollars
A former Espanola police lieutenant Johnny Vigil was fired in March 1998 and won a civil verdict awarding 724716 dollars after a Rio Arriba County jury found Mayor Richard Lucero City Councilor Chris Roybal and former Police Chief Wayne Salazar liable for wrongful termination for political reasons. The award included 89716 in lost earnings 250000 in emotional distress 225000 in punitive damages against Lucero 110000 against Roybal and 50000 against Salazar. Vigil's attorney credited the jury with correcting an injustice and Vigil now works as a Rio Arriba Sheriff’s Department deputy.
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Tierra Amarilla
Espanola
Johnny Vigil
Richard Lucero
Chris Roybal
Wayne Salazar
Vigil
Bienvenu
John Lenssen
Galen Reimer
Velarde
Rio Arriba
Regulators Cite PNM For Probable Violations In Santa Fe Explosion
A PRC pipeline safety report found 10 probable violations by Public Service Co of New Mexico that contributed to the Santa Fe natural gas explosion that destroyed an office building. Two insurance employees were injured. no odor was noted by them before ignition.
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Santa FE
Public Service Company of New Mexico
PNM
Pipeline Safety Bureau
The
Public Regulation Commission
PRC
Insurance Company
Number of TB cases rising in New Mexico
State health officials report 52 TB cases in 2001, up from 48 in 2000, a rise deemed statistically insignificant but raising concern about a possible reversal of declines. Dr. Gary Simpson cites border mobility with Old Mexico and drug resistance as key factors, with Juarez showing notable resistance and regional cooperation underway.
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Gary Simpson
State Department of Health
New Mexico
Mexico
Old Mexico
Simpson
Department of Health
Dona Ana
el Paso
Texas
Juarez
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