Archives for December 2019

NEW MEXICO HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

GOP LAWMAKERS SENT A LETTER TUESDAY TO NEW MEXICO HOUSE SPEAKER BRIAN EGOLF…CALLING FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES…SUGGESTING THREE RULE CHANGES FOR THE GOVERNING BODY…GIVING WHAT THEY CALL GREATER ACCESS FOR VOTERS TO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THE PROPOSED RULE CHANGES WOULD ALSO CREATE A SYSTEM OF GENERATING PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ON HOW LEGISLATORS VOTE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. ARTESIA STATE REP. JIM TOWNSEND SAID THE GOP PLAN WOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC MORE INFORMATION AND LAWMAKERS MORE TIME TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

ROSWELL’S FIRST FRIDAY OF 2020 IS COMING UP AT THE END OF THE WEEK. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

DOWNTOWN VENDORS…SEEING 20-20 THIS FRIDAY…WITH MUSIC, FOOD, KID’S ACTIVITIES…IN ADDITION TO NEW YEAR DISCOUNTS AND SPECIAL OFFERS. ROBYN SCOTT PERFORMS AT RUSTIC ESSENTIALS AT 5-30. BACKDRAFT BARBEQUE WILL BE SERVING UP FOOD AND BONITO VALLEY BREWING WILL HAVE THE DRINKS. ONCE AGAIN CONSIGNMENT WILL HAVE A HOT COCOA BAR AND KID’S ART PROJECTS WILL BE PROVIDED BY MAIN STREET ARTS-THE GALLERY AND THE ROSWELL PUBLIC LIBRARY. FOR MORE DETAILS ON FIRST FRIDAY, VISIT THE MAINSTREET ROSWELL FACEBOOK PAGE.

THE ROSWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A WARNING FOR NEW YEAR’S REVELERS. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

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PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER TODD WILDERMUTH SAYS IT’S THE SAME WARNING THEY ISSUE EVER YEAR AROUND NEW YEAR’S EVE…
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ROSWELL POLICE…LIKE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WILL BE ON PATROL TONIGHT FOR DRUNK DRIVERS.

ARTESIA POLICE WILL BE OUT IN FORCE TO KEEP THE ROADS SAFE FOR NEW YEARS EVE REVELERS. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

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COMMANDER LINDELL SMITH WITH ARTESIA PD SAYS THEY’RE ADDING EXTRA OFFICERS ON PATROL TONIGHT…
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APD…JUST ONE OF DOZENS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS NEW MEXICO…INCREASING PATROLS AND OTHER EFFORTS TO COMBAT DRUNK DRIVING ON NEW YEAR’S EVE.

CHAVES COUNTY DEPUTIES TOOK GUNS AND DRUGS OFF THE STREETS THIS WEEKEND. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

SHERIFF MIKE HERRINGTON…USING THE DEPARTMENT’S FACEBOOK PAGE TO SHARE PICTURES OF EVIDENCE FROM A PAIR OF ARRESTS. THE FIRST WAS FROM THE ARREST OF A 19-YEAR-OLD ON AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND OTHER CHARGES. DEPUTIES ALSO CONFISCATED A 9MM HANDGUN, SEVERAL CLIPS AND BULLETS. THE DRIVER WAS ALSO ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH DWI. IN ANOTHER BUST, DEPUTIES STOPPED A CAR THAT RAN A STOP SIGN….CONFISCATING BAGS OF MARIJAUANA AND OTHER DRUGS AS WELL AS DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. BOTH POSTS…GARNERING HUNDREDS OF LIKES IN ADDITION TO DOZENS OF COMMENTS AND SHARES.

A CARLSBAD MAN IS ACCUSING THE EDDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE OF POLICE BRUTALITY. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

51-YEAR-OLD BRANDON CHANGLER…SUING THE EDDY COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE FOR AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT HIS HOME ON OCTOBER 17th, 2017…AFTER A WOMAN IDENTIFIED AS DEANA ZAPATA REPORTED BEING HELD CAPTIVE. IN THE SUIT, CHANDLER CLAIMS DEPUTIES SHOCKED HIM WITH A TASER WITHIN SECONDS OF ARRIVING AT HIS DOOR. THE SUIT GOES ON TO EXPLAIN THAT ZAPATA FILED A FALSE POLICE REPORT…FOR WHICH SHE WAS CHARGED. THOSE CHARGES WERE DROPPED BACK IN FEBRUARY. CHANDLER WAS ARRESTED FOR VIOLATING THE TERMS OF HIS PROBATION AND SPENT 14 MONTHS BEHIND BARS. THERE’S NO WORD ON WHETHER THE JUDGE HAS SCHEDULED A HEARING FOR CHANDLER’S LAWSUIT.

THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS HOSTING CHILD SAFETY SEAT INSPECTIONS THIS WEEKEND IN ROSWELL. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

APPOINTMENTS FOR SATURDAY’S CAR SEAT INSPECTIONS SHOULD TAKE ABOUT A HALF HOUR…JEREMY MONSONARES IS WITH SAFER NEW MEXICO…
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CAR SAFETY SEAT INSPECTIONS WILL BE DONE SATURDAY FROM 10-TO-NOON AT SUPERIOR AMBULANCE ON EAST COUNTRY CLUB IN ROSWELL.

ARTESIA’S STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS REACTING TO THE PASSING OF A COLLEAGUE. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

LATE THURSDAY, NEW MEXICO HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADER JIM TOWNSEND ISSUED A WRITTEN STATEMENT ON PASSING OF REPRESENTATIVE BILL PRATT. TOWNSEND SAID THAT NEW MEXICO LOST AN EXCEPTIONAL LEADER…..ADDING THAT PRATT WILL BE MISSED BY MANY AT THE CAPITOL AND IN HIS DISTRICT. HE WENT ON TO SEND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO PRATT’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR LOSS. PRATT SUFFERED A STROKE EARLIER THIS MONTH AND DIED CHRISTMAS NIGHT…HE WAS 84.

A ROSWELL TEEN IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER TAKING A STOLEN VEHICLE ON WILD RIDE CHRISTMAS NIGHT. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

18-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY CASTANEDA IS ACCUSED OF STEALING AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE LEFT RUNNING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE ALLSUP’S ON WEST McGAFFEY STREET. ROSWELL POLICE PIO TODD WILDERMUTH SAYS IT HAPPENS FAR TOO OFTEN. AN OFFICER QUICKLY SPOTTED CASTANEDA IN THE STOLEN CAR…HE FLED, DRIVING THROUGH THE FRONT YARD OF A HOME AND BLOWING THROUGH SEVERAL STOP SIGNS BEFORE CRASHING THE CAR INTO A METAL FENCE.

A ROSWELL WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING MORE THAN 170-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A LOCAL RESTAURANT. DARRELL MOODY HAS THE DETAILS…

67-YEAR-OLD FREDDA SANDERS…CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE EMBEZZLEMENT AND COMPUTER ACCESS WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD OR EMBEZZLE…IN ADDITION TO THREE MORE COUNTS OF TAX EVASION. DETECTIVES WITH THE ROSWELL POLICE DEPARTMENT SAY SANDERS WITHDREW 120-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TRANSFERRED ANOTHER 53-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM ACCOUNTES BELONGING TO THE CATTLEMAN’S KOUNTRY KITCHEN WHEN SHE MANAGED THE RESTAURANT BETWEEN 2015 AND 2017.