Steven Nave received 18 years for second-degree murder Caleb A. Gallegos/News-Sun Steven Nave was sentenced to 18 years in prison with two years of parole for the murder of Clinton Holladay on July 21, 2021, in the Fifth Judicial District Court by District Judge Efren Cortez on Thursday. Nave, 42, of Lovington, pleaded guilty to the murder of Holladay after …

Teen charged with murder in Saturday shooting Levi Hill/News-Sun The details leading up to a fight that resulted in the shooting death of a 35-year-old man remain unclear but a 17-year-old is facing a charge of first-degree murder in the shooting death. The shooting took place around 10 p.m. Saturday at a hotel in the 200 block of North Marland. …

Gabrielle Arsiaga/News-Sun LOVINGTON — The sister of Rick Ford reached for her relative’s hand as jurors came back with a verdict of guilty on all counts. On Thursday, a jury found Prieto guilty of committing first-degree murder, a first-degree felony; armed robbery, a second-degree felony; and tampering with evidence, a fourth-degree felony. Prieto, 44, of Hobbs, shot and killed Ford, …

An arrest has been made by the Lea County Sheriff’s Department in a north Hobbs murder that took place on July 17. Steven Nave, 39, of Lovington, was arrested on Aug. 12 and charged with first-degree murder, a capital felony; tampering with evidence, receipt, transportation or possession of a firearm or destructive device by certain persons (felon) and bribery of …

WINKLER COUNTY, Texas — The fourth suspect in the Feb. 3 murder of a Hobbs man whose body was found in a field between Hobbs and Lovington was arrested Thursday night in Texas after a police chase that covered more than 75 miles. According to Ector County, Texas Sheriff Mike Griffis, the chase began in west Odessa when Diego Armando …

Police were searching Thursday night for a man accused of shooting and killing a man Thursday morning on the southeast side of Hobbs. The suspect, Steven A. Salazar, of Hobbs, had been arrested by police earlier this month after he allegedly shot a different man four times. Salazar was also arrested on a drug charge earlier this month, when he …

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 …

LOVINGTON — A Hobbs man who had been convicted of second-degree murder last fall had his request for a new trial denied this week and was promptly sentenced to the maximum prison term. Fifth Judicial District Judge Mike Stone sentenced Sammy Piñon Jr., 32, on Thursday to 17 years in prison for the murder of 32-year-old Thomas May, who was …

LOVINGTON — Hobbsan Sammy Piñon Jr. was convicted of second-degree murder with a firearm Friday on the two-anniversary of victim Thomas May’s death. Thomas May was shot five times in the 1100 block of Princess Jeanne Drive on Oct. 26, 2016. May would have been 34 years old this year. The trial took place in the Fifth Judicial District Courtroom …