News Staff The Carlsbad Poclie Department is hosting a Law Enforcement Torch Run Event from April 9th through 11th. The event consists of law enforcement officers running 4 miles every four hours, for 48 straight hours. Donations received for this event will benefit the Special Olympics of New Mexico. The Carlsbad Poclie Department is asking you to … Read more
Roswell Poclie are asking for help from the public in finding a woman who has been missing since last Friday. 47 year-old Lilly Bailey was last seen leaving a motel room, getting into a vehicle driven by another person. Bailey does have a home address in Moriarty, near Albuquerque, but was said to be staying … Read more
RPD Investigators are asking for the public’s help in providing any information related to the homicide of a local man whose body was found March 16 at the city’s southern edge. The body of Robert Francis Sorbo Jr., 31, who had been shot, was discovered by a Chaves County Sheriff’s Office deputy around 6:45 p.m. … Read more
Traffic detours will be in place on short sections of North Garden Avenue this Thursday (March 25) and East College Boulevard this Friday (March 26) as work occurs on a pair of railroad crossings. The railroad crossing on North Garden is located between East 19th Street and East College Boulevard. The railroad crossing on East … Read more
Still few details surroungding the deputy-involved shooting Sunday inght in Chaves COunty. Chaves County deputies were involved in a shooting in the Midway area, south of Roswell. Sheriff Mike Harrington posted a message on his Facebook page stating that no deputies were injured, but the suspect, identified by NMSP as 31 year-old Sergio Gutierrez-Chairez was … Read more
Poclie in Roswell are reporting residents are receiving scam phone calls in which the caller claims to be an officer of RPD or another local law enforcement agency and asks for a money order to be sent to him to take care of a bond on the local resident. The caller may even offer to … Read more
Roswell Poclie putting out a bulleting about two wanted fugitives, a father/son duo. First, Johnny Joe Dutchover Junior is 19 years old. Johnny Joe Dutchover Senior is 43 years old. This son and his father are charged in connection with a shooting incident in early February that took place in the parking lot of Farmer’s … Read more
The Chaves County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a Homicide that occurred Monday in Chaves County. According to a Facebook post from SHeriff Mike Herrington, the victim is identified as Guilermo Aguilar. The Chaves County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in locating a person of interest. That person is identified as Johnny Ray … Read more
A Carlsbad man already in custody on a murder and kidnapping charge could have more crimes tacked onto his rap sheet. 26 year-old Anthony Lee Olivas was arrested this past weekend in Carlsbad after a shooting in the 500 block of South Mesa Street Sunday night. Olivas was later found and arrested in Loving, according … Read more
The City of Roswell’s second virtual public forum of the year will highlight the departments that operate under the Enterprise Fund system. Those departments are Water/Wastewater, Solid Waste/Landfill and the Air Center. This month’s forum on Thursday, March 18, at 5:30 p.m. is part of a series of 10 virtual public forums for 2021, which … Read more