Gabrielle Arsiage/News-Sun LOVINGTON — A day after one dog was found stabbed multiple times, two more were found in the same area with gunshot wounds to their paws and neck. The two dogs — named Maddox and Pax by Lovington Animal Control — were found by a county animal control officer on the 4600 block of East Dakota in Lovington …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Two people from Eunice were arrested, and a warrant was issued for a Serafina woman after more than $140,000 worth of tools, equipment, and motor vehicles from various locations went missing and after investigations by the Eunice Police Department and the Lea County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Corbell, 31, of Eunice, was arrested on June 7 and charged with …

LOVINGTON — A dog was left for dead in the middle of the street in Lovington last week after being stabbed multiple times. Around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Lovington Animal Control and Lovington Police were called to Ave. H and 5th Street by a woman who found a dog bleeding. The woman and bystanders gave police different accounts of what transpired, …

GABRIELLE ARSIAGA/NEWS-SUN A Hobbs man was arrested on June 10 in connection with a string of commercial burglaries where copper wire totaling more than $13,000 was taken. Steven Alvis, 32, of Hobbs, was arrested on June 10 on warrants for larceny over $2500, under $20,000, a third-degree felony; burglary of a structure, breaking and entering, failure to appear, and criminal …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Seth Alvarado, 28, of Hobbs was arrested for the 15th time and charged with criminal damage to property and breaking entering — both fourth-degree felonies — when police said he was caught June 4 breaking into a local Mexican restaurant, destroying a computer and stealing several bottles of liquor. Around 2:05 p.m. June 4, HPD officers were called …

For the News-Sun ALBUQUERQUE – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jose Angel Baeza was sentenced on June 2 to 15 years in prison. Baeza, 39, of Lovington pleaded guilty on Sept. 17, 2021, to attempted murder of a federal officer, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun A Hobbs man was arrested after allegedly stealing a pair of shoes and a cellphone from a kid and then threatening to shoot him. Johnny Thompson, 18, of Hobbs, was arrested on May 23 and charged with robbery, a third-degree felony. On April 18, Hobbs Police Department officers were dispatched to the area of North Fowler Street and …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun A Hobbs couple was arrested Sunday after police said they found them in possession of more than 1,000 fentanyl pills. Miranda Milligan, 25, of Hobbs, was arrested on May 22 and charged with abuse of a child, a fourth-degree felony; and resisting evading or obstructing an officer, a misdemeanor. Benjamin Verret, 23, of Hobbs, was arrested on May …

Gabriela Arsiaga/News-Sun A reckless driver is accused of killing a couple and fleeing the scene of the hit and run on Mother’s Day, according to Hobbs Police. Euden Avila, 24, of Hobbs, was arrested on May 12 and charged with two counts of homicide by vehicle, both third-degree felonies, and leaving the scene of an accident, a fourth-degree felony. According …

Gabriele Arsiaga/News-Sun Twenty-four Tatum elementary school students graduated in April from the Lea County Sheriff’s Office’s first Drug Abuse Resistance Education program and fifth grader Lilianna Rojas won first place for the essay portion of the course. According to LCSO Corporal Travis Hobbs, Rojas was selected as the winner of the essay portion of the class because in her essay …