Peace after a life in crime
It took Jose Lara around 50 years to figure out his life. What started on the streets of Los Angeles. His youth was full of crime. Always in trouble with the law. One bad decision after another. Today…
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Lea sheriff’s deputy arrested on sex charge
A Lea County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday on criminal sexual penetration charges. At around 4 p.m. Wednesday the Hobbs Police Department received a call from the Lea County Detention Center in regards to a female inmate reporting that she had been allegedly sexually assaulted by Edmund Wallace, a Lea County Sheriff’s deputy, while being transported from Hobbs, to the …
Lovington residents killed in vehicle crash
Thursday afternoon around 3:36 p.m. a New Mexico State Police officer on routine patrol happened on a severe crash on the Lovington Highway near mile post 64. Indicators at the scene showed that a 2017 Ford F250 truck traveling south veered onto the shoulder side-swiping a 2002 Chrysler, and subsequently hitting a 1990 Ford Truck parked in front of it. …
Los Lunas man charged with human trafficking in Hobbs
A Los Lunas man transporting three immigrants was charged with human trafficking Sunday after an officer pulled him over for a non-functioning brake light. Missael Flores-Meraz, 21, was arrested while transporting a 28-year-old man, a 22-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman who crossed the border. “You’re talking about a potential network of people working together to move people,” said Hobbs …
