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Law and Courts

Hobbs youth charged with kidnapping

By Michael
December 7, 2021
in :  Law and Courts

Hobbs youth charged with kidnapping Mother, boy also arrested in connection with Nov. 2 shooting GABRIELLE ARSIAGA NEWS-SUN A 15-year-old Hobbs male was arrested by Hobbs police on Dec. 2 and charged with kidnapping after police reviewed video footage connected to a Nov. 2 incident involving a pellet gun. Police also arrested Karen Gomez in connection with the Nov. 2 …

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Law and Courts

Juvenile arrested in middle school shooting

By Michael
December 4, 2021
in :  Law and Courts

Juvenile arrested in middle school shooting GABRIELLE ARSIAGA NEWS-SUN A 12-year-old male, of Hobbs, was arrested by Hobbs police on Dec. 1 for accessory to aggravated battery after a Nov. 2 incident involving shooting a pellet gun at students, staff, and parents coming out of Highland Middle School. According to the HPD report, as students and staff were leaving school …

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Law and Courts

Mother blames child for her striking him

By Michael
October 28, 2021
in :  Law and Courts, Local News

On Oct. 22, Hobbs Police Department officers arrested Nicolette Dobbins, 30, of Hobbs, on a custodial interference charge that stemmed from charges in Sept. of her allegedly hitting a child in the head with a board — causing a laceration to the child’s forehead and then she threw a knife at the child causing a cut on his back. Dobbins …

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Local News

ICYMI: Divine inspiration – Non-profit targets homelessness, poverty, crime

By Michael
July 15, 2021
in :  Local News

Helen Houston believes it was nothing short of divine intervention that led her to start a new non-profit targeting social injustice in all its forms in Hobbs. The former president of the now-defunct Black Chamber of Commerce in Hobbs said after that body dissolved around 2019, she’d had her fill of non-profit work. But God, it seems, had other plans …

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Local News

Hobbsan arrested after robbing bank ATM

By Michael
November 6, 2017
in :  Local News

On Monday morning Hobbs Police Department officers responded to a shots fired call at Lea County State Bank. At around 11:14 a.m. HPD officers arrived at the scene they learned an armed robbery had taken place at an ATM machine located near the drive-thru teller lanes and the suspect, Lazarus Shamar Sanders, 19, fled the area on foot. Witnesses advised …

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Law and Courts

Man charged with child abuse in domestic dispute

By Michael
October 10, 2017
in :  Law and Courts

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 …

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State/Regional News

Lubbock police investigating more than 60 vehicle burglaries

By Michael
September 28, 2017
in :  State/Regional News

 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Lubbock police say a 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with felony possession of stolen property and at least three others are being sought after more than 60 vehicle burglaries have been reported in the West Texas city since Sunday night. Police say the majority of the break-ins occurred in the overnight hours. In most …

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Law and Courts

2 Hobbs men arrested on armed robbery charges

By Michael
September 25, 2017
in :  Law and Courts

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 …

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State/Regional News

Houston cleanup has little crime and lots of helping hands

By Michael
September 6, 2017
in :  State/Regional News

HOUSTON (AP) — After riding out Hurricane Harvey in a motel and waiting an agonizing week for the waist-high waters to recede, 71-year-old Bob Janak returned to his wrecked home for the first time to find it swarming with people. They weren’t thieves or looters. They were volunteers who took it upon themselves to clean out the modest ranch house …

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Law and Courts

Hobbs man arrested on burglary, various charges

By Michael
September 6, 2017
in :  Law and Courts

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 …

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