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 …
On Thursday at around 6:50 p.m. Lovington police officers responded to the scene of a two vehicle crash at 1005 S. Commercial. When LPD officers arrived on the scene and observed a Ford truck, which allegedly traveling south on Commercial and a motorcycle traveling north on Commercial had crashed. The truck was driven by Guadalupe Martinez of Trinidad, Colo. and …
With Hurricane Harvey upgraded to Category 3 on Aug. 24 and bearing down hard on the southeast coast of Texas, Larry and Linda Lee told the family it was time to go back to Hobbs. Today, they plan to return to Rock-port, Texas, delivering donations and searching their own home for anything salvageable. The 2010 census listed Rock-port, about 37 …
While the main concern from Hurricane Harvey those who can walk and talk, one entity in Lea County is committed to helping those who have fur, hooves, paws and claws and mostly want to be petted. A small caravan of Lea County residents who care about what happens to animals displaced, lost or abandoned is forming to take supplies 12 …
Hobbs police officer Jimmy Grimes will miss work today, but not because he wants to. Hurricane Harvey stranded him on a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico waiting for the Port of Galveston to re-open. Among some 20,000 passengers on four cruise ships in the Gulf of Mexico when the hurricane hit, Grimes said his ship, the Carnival Breeze, …
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 …
Kelly Farrell News-Sun According to Hobbs police statistics, car crashes are down 27 percent citywide this year. When comparing year-to-date number of accidents from January through July to last year’s tally, the numbers reflect a decrease of 132 crashes — a drop from 487 during the same time last year to 355 this year. Hobbs police say it’s a result …
Officer former News-Sun employee New Mexico State Police have identified the Artesia police officer who fatally shot an armed man last week. Former Hobbs News-Sun reporter and current officer Beth Hahn shot and killed 36-year-old Juan Reynaldo Duran after responding to a call about shots being fired. According to police, Duran pointed a firearm at Artesia police officers several times …
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Subhead LEVI HILL NEWS-SUN You shouldn’t speed in Hobbs, but if you do, don’t do it after Sept. 5. That’s when the city’s new traffic code goes into effect and the fines for traffic violations will increase almost threefold. Monday night the Hobbs City Commission threw out the old traffic code and adopted a new one that is more in …
