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Tag Archives: HPD

Cobwebs help police find suspected burglar

By Hobbs News-Sun
April 5, 2021
in :  Law and Courts
1,820

Officers arrested Noel I. Cano, 35, of Hobbs, after he allegedly burglarized a pawnshop and stole several guns, then left through a cobweb-covered door. Cano was arrested on Tuesday and was charged with aggravated burglary, a second-degree felony; and two counts of receiving stolen property, both fourth-degree felonies. According to a Hobbs Police Department criminal complaint, the pawnshop owner came …

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Man charged after allegedly striking two with car

By Hobbs News-Sun
March 22, 2021
in :  Law and Courts
3,361

After allegedly running down two men in a parking lot with his vehicle, Joseph Michael Flores, 19, of Hobbs, was arrested on March 16 and charged with aggravated battery. The Hobbs Police Department criminal complaint states, one of the victims was unresponsive when officers arrived, had a large head wound, and was transported to Hobbs Covenant Health Hospital. The second …

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Man found in stolen car, claiming he rented the vehicle

By Hobbs News-Sun
November 13, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
2,943

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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Missing, endangered children found

By Hobbs News-Sun
November 10, 2020
in :  Local News
5,643

Three Hobbs children who were reported missing and endangered were found in Houston last week, more than two weeks after their sibling was left at a hospital in North Carolina with skull fractures. Andreea Ducila, 6, Raoul Badea, 4, and Elisabeta Badea, approximately 2-years-old, were all found by Houston Police on Friday. The details of how the family was located …

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Left-behind bike leads to burglary arrest

By Hobbs News-Sun
September 22, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
2,878

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
5,569

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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Man arrested for stealing jewelry

By Hobbs News-Sun
April 20, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
4,084

After prior arrests for shoplifting at the same store, a Hobbs man steals $800 in jewelry, according to a Hobbs Police Department Report. Roque Castillo, 37, was arrested on Thursday and charged with shoplifting over $500, a fourth-degree felony. The report states, on April 1, Castillo and an unknown female at the time, went to a department store on the …

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Man suspected in car burglary

By Hobbs News-Sun
April 1, 2020
in :  Law and Courts
5,441

A Hobbs man was arrested for breaking into vehicles and stealing people’s belongings, again. Tahjh Traeyvond Collins, 23, of Hobbs, was arrested on Monday and charged with burglary, a fourth-degree felony and resisting, evading, obstructing an officer, a misdemeanor. Police were called to the 200 block West Mesa after a call was made regarding a male subject wearing a black …

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HPD: Auto thefts are ‘crimes of opportunity’

By Hobbs News-Sun
November 27, 2019
in :  Law and Courts, Local News
5,323

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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Hobbs hires new police chief Ortolano

By Hobbs News-Sun
August 2, 2019
in :  Local News
6,347

A police captain in Arizona has been chosen as the next police chief of Hobbs. The City of Hobbs announced in a news release Wednesday that John Joseph Ortolano, a 21-year veteran employee of the Arizona Department of Public Safety, has accepted a conditional offer of employment to become the city’s 25th police chief. Acting City Manager Manny Gomez said …

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