On Thursday, April 15 the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate an officer-involved shooting near 537 East Navajo Drive in Hobbs. The NMSP officer was uninjured, and the suspect fled on foot. Agents learned at approximately 8:20 p.m., a New Mexico State Police officer initiated a traffic stop on a silver Chrysler four-door passenger vehicle on …

Thursday afternoon around 3:36 p.m. a New Mexico State Police officer on routine patrol happened on a severe crash on the Lovington Highway near mile post 64. Indicators at the scene showed that a 2017 Ford F250 truck traveling south veered onto the shoulder side-swiping a 2002 Chrysler, and subsequently hitting a 1990 Ford Truck parked in front of it.  …

An 18-year-old Hobbs man was arrested after leading local and state officers in vehicle chase across the Texas state line, Saturday. Adan Junior Tarin was taken into custody by Gaines County Sheriff’s Department Saturday near Texas County Road 335. An arrest warrant was released by the State of New Mexico, Sunday, for Tarin on charges of aggravated fleeing from a …

New Mexico State Police investigate a officer involved shooting Thursday morning in Lovington New Mexico. State police reported on Twitter that there was no injuries and that more information will follow.

On Friday the New Mexico State Police arrested Kristin McLean, of Eunice, on an embezzlement charge. McLean was previously employed as a book keeper for Eunice Public Schools.  McLean was charged with embezzlement and fraudulent use of a credit card, both fourth-degree felonies. After an initial inquiry was completed by Eunice Public Schools, they requested the New Mexico State Police …