ROSWELL — A Lea County prosecutor in the Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s office was arrested Friday and resigned Saturday. District Attorney Dianna Luce reported in a news release that Jonathan Michael Thomas was arrested near Roswell and charged with aggravated driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and negligent use of a firearm. “Mr. Thomas resigned his position on …

Hobbs Police Department on Sunday arrested a man on his eighth DWI, after he allegedly struck a vehicle in a parking lot. Raymond Castillo Jr., 39, of Billings, Mont., was charged with aggravated DWI, a second-degree felony, after allegedly causing a crash in the parking lot of a restaurant at the 5100 block of North Loving-ton Highway. Castillo reportedly struck …

A Hobbs driver was arrested Wednesday night on an intoxicated driving charge after Hobbs police responded to a domestic call. He’s accused of driving intoxicated with four children as passengers. Ricardo Chavarria, 29, was charged with four counts of abandonment or abuse of a child, a third-degree felony; and driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, a misdemeanor. He …

The Jal Police Department arrested a man Friday on his reported eighth intoxicated driving offense and other charges after a shots fired incident near South 6th Street, involving a broken truck window. Jesus P. Herrera, 46, of Jal, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (eighth offense), a second-degree felony; felon in possession of …

The Jal Police Department arrested a man Friday on his reported eighth intoxicated driving offense and other charges after a shots fired incident near South 6th Street, involving a broken truck window. Jesus P. Herrera, 46, of Jal, was charged with aggravated driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs (eighth offense), a second-degree felony; felon in possession of …

CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) — The founder of an eastern New Mexico halfway house is facing his ninth drunken driving charge. The Eastern New Mexico News reports Randall Pruit was arrested Saturday in Clovis after he was spotted driving erratically. A criminal complaint says the 54-year-old told police he had been drinking but refused to perform field sobriety tests. He was …