A Hobbs man is facing 18 felony charges following his arrest on Tuesday and is suspected in several August auto burglaries. Anthony McCants, 20, is charged with one count of aggravated burglary, a second-degree felony; eight counts of auto burglary and nine counts of conspiracy to commit burglary, both fourth-degree felonies. He was arraigned Tuesday in Hobbs Magistrate Court and …
Richard Cummins retired from the Hobbs Fire Department in 1998 after a 21-year career doing everything from being the truck driver to working as an instructor. He liked teaching so much that after he retired he enrolled in college to become a school teacher, meeting his wife, Shannon, in the process. In 2008, Hobbs Fire Chief Manny Gomez called Cummins …
On Monday, at around 11:29 p.m. officers were dispatched to the 1000 block of N. Linam in reference to an auto burglary that had just occurred. Upon arrival, the reporting person told officers he heard something being moved in his vehicle outside of his residence. When he went outside to see what the noise was, he saw a male suspect …
In the culmination of a year-long investigation by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Lovington Police Department, a Fort Worth man was arrested Thursday, Aug. 31 in Texas and charged with seven counts of embezzlement relating to the construction of the Lovington Trails apartment complex, located adjacent to Nor-Lea Hospital in the City of Lovington. The complex comprises of 64 …
Hobbs Police Department investigate East Sanger incident after gunshot wound call at 409 East Sanger in Hobbs. One patient was transported to Lea Regional Medical Center.
A Hobbs man was arrested Thursday night after attempting hit residents with his car and leading Hobbs Police in a vehicle chase. At around 11:20 p.m., Hobbs Police Officers responded to the area of Fowler and Midwest in reference to a call of an aggravated assault. The caller advised a male subject, later identified as Leonardo Marquez Jr, 25, of …
On Sunday, Hobbs Police Officers learned that Desilee Atkins, 22 of Amarillo, was advertising on an internet website as currently in Hobbs looking for companionship. Officers acting in an undercover capacity contacted Atkins who agreed to meet at a local hotel room and perform a sexual act for $100.00. Atkins arrived at the hotel room …
Seven Lea County residents are behind bars on federal narcotics trafficking and money laundering charges as part of a multi-agency investigation led by the DEA into a drug trafficking organization based in Hobbs. The seven residents, four of them Mexican nationals, and a resident of Yuma, Ariz., allegedly imported methamphetamine and cocaine into Lea County from Mexico through Arizona. Those arrested Wednesday include Jose Raul Mendivil-Berrelleza, …
A New Mexico man is behind bars after he opened fire on a Chaves County deputy at a rest stop west of Tatum Wednesday. The Lea County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the capture of the man. No one was injured in the incident. The shootout took place near the Waldrop Rest Area on U.S. Hwy. 380, about 30 miles west …
PORTALES, N.M. (AP) — The eastern New Mexico home daycare where a small child died this week after being left in a hot car had been commended in a past inspection by state officials, according to public documents. But the state Children, Youth and Families Department has now revoked the license of the daycare in Portales after two young children …
