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Home Tag Archives: Hobbs Police

Tag Archives: Hobbs Police

Man found in stolen car, claiming he rented the vehicle

By Hobbs News-Sun
November 13, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
2,165

Police say a man who claimed he “rented” a stolen car was caught with more than 80 grams of drugs and arrested for trafficking. Ernest Pineda, 35, of Hobbs, was found in a car reported stolen on Monday after the victim used On Star to locate the vehicle and notified police. According to a Hobbs Police Department criminal complaint, Pineda …

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HPD: Auto burglaries up, many due to unlocked vehicles

By Hobbs News-Sun
October 20, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
2,345

More auto burglaries have been reported this year compared to 2019. A common theme Hobbs Police Department has noticed in 2020 is firearms are being taken in the process. Hobbs has seen a major spike in auto burglaries from last year – up more than 200% in August alone. Reports decreased in September, but are still 65% more than the …

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Left-behind bike leads to burglary arrest

By Hobbs News-Sun
September 22, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
2,594

Hobbs Police officers identified a car burglar by a bicycle on Saturday. Dustin Harper, 35, of Hobbs, was arrested on Saturday after a car window was smashed in and the vehicle rummaged through at a business on the 2200 block North Turner. According to a Hobbs Police Department criminal complaint, officers found the car while patrolling the area and found …

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Two juveniles accused of 18 vehicle burglaries

By Hobbs News-Sun
September 10, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
5,301

Police officers suspect two thirteen-year-old juveniles of burglarizing 22 vehicles in a neighborhood before they were arrested. According to the HPD criminal complaint, two 13-year-old juveniles were arrested after a homeowner’s surveillance video caught them breaking into vehicles, including break-ins along West Coal, North Vista, North Jade, West Iron and North Cielo Streets. The report states on Sept. 5 officers …

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Hobbs man accused of burglarizing Hobbs store, twice

By Hobbs News-Sun
April 1, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
3,952

Liquor and cigarettes appear to have been the motivation behind two commercial burglaries at the same location by the same suspect. Tony Gomez Vasquez, 24, of Hobbs was arrested in connection to both burglaries on Monday and charged with two counts of commercial burglary, both fourth-degree felonies, and two counts of criminal damage to property, both petty misdemeanors. On Feb. …

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HPD: Auto thefts are ‘crimes of opportunity’

By Hobbs News-Sun
November 27, 2019
in :  Law and Courts, Local News
5,153

Hobbsans are making it too easy for crimes to take place. Hobbs Police Department administrators are shaking their heads in disappointment over the number of vehicle burglaries and thefts taking place. Not because of the amount of crimes, which stands at 12 auto burglaries and 15 auto thefts since Nov. 1 through Nov. 15, but because of how easy the …

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Convicted burglar arrested again

By Hobbs News-Sun
October 31, 2019
in :  Law and Courts
6,706

Just a year after being convicted of 18 burglaries, a man has landed in jail again. Anthony Kryee McCants, 22, of Hobbs, was arrested and charged with probation violation on Monday. Monday morning, Judge William Shoobridge in Fifth Judicial District Court in Lovington issued a bench warrant for McCants’ arrest for failure to comply with conditions of probation. He was …

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VIDEO: Prayer vigil and balloon launch at City Park in memory of those killed in shooting

By Hobbs News-Sun
August 25, 2019
in :  Videos
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Teen shooting suspect to be tried as adult

By Hobbs News-Sun
May 1, 2019
in :  Law and Courts
15,750

A Hobbs teenager charged with shooting at a vehicle early Sunday and striking a 15-year-old boy three times will be tried as an adult, the district attorney said Tuesday. Kevin Hernandez, 17, of Hobbs, was charged Sunday with shooting at or from a motor vehicle involving great bodily harm and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. According to police reports, …

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Hobbs police chief McCall retires

By Hobbs News-Sun
March 4, 2019
in :  Local News
3,527

Kelli McCall has several “honey-dos” ready. And her husband now has the time to do them. Chris McCall officially retired from the Hobbs Police Department on Thursday, ending a 20-plus year career, with the past 6 1/2 years as police chief. He was the 24th police chief in HPD’s 90-year history. The third-floor conference room of the City Hall Annex …

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