Hobbs police blocked off a stretch of North Turner Street near the 1800 block Thursday for an ongoing investigation of an officer involved shooting. Early reports indicated an unidentified HPD officer attempted to help a stranded motorist and the encounter turned deadly. During the stop, the driver, a male, attempted to flee the scene on foot and fired a weapon …

Hobbs Police Department officers have arrested a Hobbs man for murder after he allegedly shot his wife in the chest on Friday. Lonnie Byram, 48, of Hobbs was arrested on Sept. 10 and charged with murder, a first-degree felony. HPD officers responded to the 900 block West Iron for a call of a gunshot wound to the chest. When officers …

A Hobbs man who allegedly shot and killed a Lovington man in early February after reportedly kidnapping the victim with a group of men has been charged with murder. Justin P. Bates, 24, forcibly took Josue Orosco to a field off Stiles Road between Hobbs and Lovington on Feb. 3 where he battered and murdered Orosco, according to a criminal …

The latest class of the Southeastern New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy were officially welcomed to the “family” on Tuesday. Proud family members, children, Hobbs city officials and numerous law enforcement leaders packed into the Lea County Event Center banquet hall Tuesday to cheer on 14 cadets graduating from SNMLEA held at New Mexico Junior College. The ceremony for Class A-17-39 …

Charles Cunningham said joining the Hobbs Police Department turned out to be the “best decision” he ever made, as he reflected on his law enforcement career this week, ahead of his last day working for the department. Cunningham, a department captain, finished his Hobbs police career Thursday after a crowded retirement reception the day before where droves of uniformed officers, …