VIDEO below from HPD officer on Feb. 23 shooting. Viewer discretion is advised. VIDEO above from HPD officer on Feb. 23 shooting. Viewer discretion is advised.   Blake Ovard/News-Sun Around 10:29 p.m. on Feb. 23 Hobbs police officer Jorge Carrillo stopped to help what appeared to be a stranded motorist in a 2003 Dodge Ram dually pickup on Turner Street. …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun The Hobbs man charged in the shooting death of Yvonne Villalobos in March 2018 pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence, both fourth degree felonies, on Feb. 8. Jose Acosta, 40, was sentenced to 18 months, enhanced by four years for being a habitual offender, followed by a year of parole, for the involuntary …

Hobbs police blocked off a stretch of North Turner Street near the 1800 block Thursday for an ongoing investigation of an officer involved shooting. Early reports indicated an unidentified HPD officer attempted to help a stranded motorist and the encounter turned deadly. During the stop, the driver, a male, attempted to flee the scene on foot and fired a weapon …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Hobbs police arrested a 14-year-old male on Thursday in connection with an early morning shooting. Officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of North Breckon in Hobbs following a report of a man who’d been shot multiple times, according to a Hobbs Police Department report. The victim was discovered inside the residence. The man’s former spouse told police …

GABRIELLE ARSIAGA/NEWS-SUN A stolen vehicle and high-speed chase through Hobbs ended with the arrest of a Hobbs man Tuesday. Steven Salazar, 32, of Hobbs, was arrested on Feb. 15 and charged with aggravated assault on a peace officer and larceny over $2,500, under $20,000, both third-degree felonies; unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and aggravated fleeing a law enforcement officer, …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Hobbs Police Department officers are investigating two homicides that occurred on Tuesday night at approximately 6:19 p.m. on the 2400 block of N. Jefferson St. and 11:50 p.m. on the 1500 block of Yeso Place. Cheyenne Land, 27, of Hobbs, was found unresponsive inside of her residence on the 2400 block of N. Jefferson St. by HPD officers. …

HPD: Did you know you were pregnant? Hobbs News-Sun exclusive: Hobbs Police interviews with suspect accused of throwing her baby in a dumpster shortly after giving birth, and her mother Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Hobbs Police Department officers, responding to a call about an infant found in a dumpster, converged on the vehicle of an unlikely trio of rescuers, Michael Green, Hector Jasso, and April …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun Three dumpster divers saved the life of a newborn child after hearing its cries Friday. As the trio were searching through dumpsters at the 1400 block of North Turner Street at about 7:44 p.m. on Friday they came across the newborn placed in a trash bag. According to the HPD report, when the baby was evaluated at Covenant …

Gabrielle Arsiage/Hobbs News-Sun Lea County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Kiara Sainz, 26, of Odessa on Dec. 14 after sending three people to the hospital by running over them with her car, while she was intoxicated. On Nov. 27, deputies responded to the 2100 block of East Settles Pass about an accident involving the vehicle Sainz was allegedly driving, hitting three …

Shoplifting Part II : Police respond to skyrocketing shoplifting problem GABRIELLE ARSIAGA NEWS-SUN Shoplifting, and in some cases shoplifting with assault, has gained a local spotlight with retailers reporting an uptick heading into the Christmas holiday shopping season, and some shop owners allowing workers to carry concealed weapons to protect themselves. There were 68 shoplifting incidents reported for the months …