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 ...

Kenneth Skeens is being accused of using excessive force against Matthew McManus while he was at the self checkout trying to buy a bike. The state is arguing Skeens pulled McManus out of that ...

APD Officer Kenneth Skeens was let go for allegedly unlawfully arresting a man back in 2022. According to Skeens, he thought Matthew McManus was trying to shoplift.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

In 2022, Matthew McManus was attempting to buy a bike at the Target on Coors Blvd. when Officer Kenneth Skeens arrested him after taking too long. The first trial […] ...

Former officer Kenneth Skeens was also involved in the deadly shooting of Keshawn Thomas at a westside gas station in that same month.

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 ...

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.