On Thursday around 3 a.m., a Lovington Police Department officer arrested Karlo Sanchez Hernandez, 18, for burglary at a local business. Hernandez was taken into custody and managed to escape, running toward the Panda Buffet located on the 300 block of Main Street. After a short foot pursuit Hernandez was detained. During the apprehension of Hernandez, a shot was fired …

On Friday the New Mexico State Police arrested Kristin McLean, of Eunice, on an embezzlement charge. McLean was previously employed as a book keeper for Eunice Public Schools.  McLean was charged with embezzlement and fraudulent use of a credit card, both fourth-degree felonies. After an initial inquiry was completed by Eunice Public Schools, they requested the New Mexico State Police …

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma authorities are hoping to solve killings and other cold cases by selling playing cards that feature the cases to prisoners. The first in a planned series of decks is already on sale for $1.42 at six of the state’s lockups, and a second deck is already being planned. The cards are reminiscent of those distributed …

A federal lawsuit filed last week by three former Hobbs Police Department officers alleges racial discrimination and retaliation within the agency and that they were encouraged to target people of color to make quotas. The 21-page lawsuit, filed Oct. 5 in Albuquerque, on behalf of African-American officers Brandon Ellis and Vasshawn Robinson, as well as Caucasian officer Jeremy Artis, seeks …

The following is Hobbs Police Department’s full response to the lawsuit and allegations filed by three former officers concerning whistleblower protection and for violation of the 14th amendment and the 1st amendment. The lawsuit can be found at the link following the statement. For the story, see Wednesday’s News-Sun: “October 10, 2017- Yesterday the City of Hobbs and the Hobbs …

A Hobbs man was arrested on multiple charges, including child abuse, Thursday after he allegedly got into a physical altercation with a woman and tried to injure a baby. Nathaniel Massengill, 19, was charged with abandonment or abuse of a child, false imprisonment, battery against a household member, resisting, evading or obstructing an officer and a probation violation. Around 9:30 …

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Police apprehended a 19-year-old student accused of fatally shooting a Texas Tech University police officer at the campus police station Monday night. University officials issued an alert saying the suspect was taken into custody and that the campus lockdown order had been lifted.In an earlier statement, the university identified the suspect as Hollis Daniels. University spokesman …

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 …

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 …

The Hobbs Police Department is currently investigating two separate shootings that occurred within a 12-hour window including shots being fired in the direction of officers conducting a traffic stop. Around 6 p.m. Monday, Hobbs police responded to the Snyder and Jefferson Street intersection after a shots fired report. Witnesses told authorities a red pickup and black pickup “exchanged” gunfire in …