ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — The trial against Kenneth Skeens, the former Albuquerque Police Department (APD) officer accused of dragging a disabled man out of an Albuquerque Target is in its ...

Officer Marcos Flores, who was with Kenneth Skeens at the time of the incident, testified about protocol in these situations. The state’s case is that Skeen’s actions were unlawful while his ...

Kenneth Skeens has been on trial over the last week. This was the second time he’s faced a jury for what happened in 2022.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The re-trial continues Monday against Kenneth Skeens, the former Albuquerque police officer who is accused of illegally arresting a man at an Albuquerque Target in 2022.

Jurors failed to reach a verdict in April 2024 when Kenneth Skeens, 30, was tried on felony charges of false imprisonment and perjury and a single misdemeanor charge of filing a false police report.

The first trial for Kenneth Skeens ended in a hung jury last April. He was criminally charged for the way he arrested a man, who has a disability, trying to buy a bike at a Target.

Jurors now must decide whether former police officer Kenneth Skeens is guilty of two felonies for what prosecutors describe as an illegal arrest of a man trying to make a legal purchase in 2022.

AND BATTERY. KENNETH SKEENS TO STAND TRIAL THIS WEEK. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN SAYING WE WILL PROSECUTE POLICE OFFICERS IF THEY BREAK THE LAW. THE AG REALLY FEELS ...

Jurors now must decide whether former police officer Kenneth Skeens is guilty of two felonies for what prosecutors describe as an illegal arrest of a man trying to make a legal purchase in 2022.

Officer Skeens’ attorney, John D’Amato, says Skeens was fired on Feb. 3. According to APD, Skeens was fired because there was no reason to arrest the man and the incident led to use of force.