During an undercover operation, Hobbs Police Department officers arrested Andrew Nickson after a slew of catalytic converter thefts were reported by several businesses. According to the HPD arrest report, Andrew Nickson, 28, of Hobbs, was arrested and charged on April 20 with receiving stolen property over $500 under $2500, a fourth-degree felony. The report states on March 22, officers responded …

After a babysitter, a now twelve-year-old girl, made accusations she was forced to smoke “ice” and then was sexually assaulted, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, 32, of Hobbs, was arrested and charged on Thursday after Hobbs Police Department investigated the allegations. According to the HPD arrest report, officers were called about the assault in January after the victim told her family she …

For the third time in two years the jury trial of Bishop Henderson, who is the only person charged in the 2019 mass shooting that killed three people at a house party in Hobbs, will be postponed for a jury trial. In a pretrial conference on Monday, Fifth Judicial District Lea Kirksey granted the defense attorney’s request to continue Henderson’s …

DALLAS (AP) — Authorities have identified six people found dead in a suburban Dallas home in what police said was an apparent murder-suicide plot. The Allen Police Department said investigators believe brothers Tanvir Towhid, 21, and Farhan Towhid, 19, made a pact to kill their parents, sister and grandmother before killing themselves. The bodies were found early Monday by officers …

Officers arrested Noel I. Cano, 35, of Hobbs, after he allegedly burglarized a pawnshop and stole several guns, then left through a cobweb-covered door. Cano was arrested on Tuesday and was charged with aggravated burglary, a second-degree felony; and two counts of receiving stolen property, both fourth-degree felonies. According to a Hobbs Police Department criminal complaint, the pawnshop owner came …

After allegedly running down two men in a parking lot with his vehicle, Joseph Michael Flores, 19, of Hobbs, was arrested on March 16 and charged with aggravated battery. The Hobbs Police Department criminal complaint states, one of the victims was unresponsive when officers arrived, had a large head wound, and was transported to Hobbs Covenant Health Hospital. The second …

Four people have been arrested and a fifth has a warrant for his arrest after allegedly holding a man at gunpoint and robbing him last month. According to a Lea County Sheriff’s Office criminal complaint, Samantha Roblez, 20, of Hobbs, and Jeremiah Sanchez, 22, Jesus Carrasco, 27, and Miguel Sandoval, 30, all of Lovington, were arrested for kidnapping and robbery …

Seconds after a woman allegedly stole a vehicle, she fled from police in the car before leaving it at a stop sign. Luisa Soto, 24, of Hobbs, was arrested on Feb. 9 and charged with unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, a third-degree felony after allegedly fleeing from police and abandoning a stolen vehicle she was driving. According to the …

Rigoberto Corral Cazares, 33, of Lovington, was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary of a storage building, where he allegedly broke in twice before coming back a third time to erase the security footage of him committing the previous crimes. According to a Lea County Sheriff’s Office, on January 22 investigators responded to the 2800 block of Six …

A man told police he fired several shots at a vehicle to “save” a kidnapped woman, according to a police report. Christopher Ray Webb, 42, of Hobbs, was arrested Sunday after allegedly shooting at a truck multiple times while it attempted to flee. According to a Hobbs Police Department criminal complaint, a driver and passenger were at a convenience store …