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 …

Lea County Sheriff’s deputies completed an annual sex offender compliance operation this weekend that resulted in arrest/hold orders for five of the some 100 registered offenders in the county. A list of offenders and their registered locations can be found at www.offender-watch.com. A number of the offenders listed are incarcerated at the Lea County Detention Center. Sheriff Byron Wester said the …

Diana Luce amongst those calling for change  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Top prosecutors from judicial districts across New Mexico said Thursday the rules adopted by the state Supreme Court for overhauling the bail and pretrial detention system have led to confusion and are draining resources at all levels within the criminal justice system.  Several district attorneys gathered in Albuquerque to …

The Lea County Sheriff’s Office arrested two suspects Wednesday evening on burglary and other vehicle related offenses following a suspicious vehicle call in Hobbs. On Wednesday, at approximately 5 p.m., sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 9900 block of North Monarch Drive for a suspicious vehicle. A caller reported individuals outside a brown in color van unloading property into another …

New Mexico State Police is investigating the unattended death of a Hobbs resident who died at the Hobbs City Jail early Sunday morning after being arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges. On Monday, Hobbs Police Department announced officers were dispatched around 2:50 a.m. Sunday to the city jail, 301 N. Dalmont, after Jaime Rendon, 29, was reportedly found “unresponsive” during …

Hobbs Police Department officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Diamond Lil’s Saloon at around 1:18 a.m. Sunday. The victim reported that while he was at the establishment, he was approached by two individuals, identified as Adrian Carmona, 25, and Jawan Mackey, 30, both of Hobbs. The victim got into a vehicle with Carmona and Mackey in …

A teenage boy struck by a vehicle Monday morning near Hobbs High School was treated and released after the accident, according to the Hobbs Police Department. The driver of the vehicle was cited afterwards. Around 6:20 a.m. Monday, a pickup truck hit a 14-year-old boy as he was crossing in the crosswalk at the Jefferson and Sanger street intersection located …

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 …