Category: Arrests
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Police, ATF, Investigate Gun Shop Burglary [UPDATED 1:11 PM, June 25]
Las Cruces police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are investigating Sunday morning’s theft of 30 firearms from a local gun shop.
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Police ID Four Killed in Separate Double-Homicides
Las Cruces police are continuing to investigate Sunday’s double-homicide on the East Mesa while an arrest has been made in the double-homicide that occurred on Wofford Drive.
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Man Charged in Picacho Shooting that Injured Woman
Las Cruces police arrested the man believed to be responsible for Saturday evening’s shooting that injured a woman on west Picacho Avenue.
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Justice Department Secures More Than 500 Prosecutions Under New Firearms Statutes Enacted by Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
The Justice Department announced it has charged more than 500 defendants under the new criminal provisions of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA), which Congress enacted, and the President signed in June 2022.
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Suspect Arrested in Missouri Avenue Stabbing Death
Police have arrested the suspect believed to be responsible for Wednesday’s stabbing death of a 61-year-old man in Las Cruces.
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911 S5 Botnet Dismantled and Its Administrator Arrested in Coordinated International Operation [video content]
Botnet Infected Over 19M IP Addresses to Enable Billions of Dollars in Pandemic and Unemployment Fraud, and Access to Child Exploitation Materials.
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Suspect in Friday shooting at Gadsden High School is arrested
The shooting at Gadsden High School Friday, May 24 resulted in the arrest of an alleged suspect, a juvenile.
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Fugitive hiding in Mexico now in custody
Oswaldo Corral has now been taken into custody by the Doña Ana Sheriff’s Office, after hiding in Mexico for nearly 16 years.
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National Police Week
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation that designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week.
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Co-owner of Daycare Charged with Sexually Assaulting Young Girl
Las Cruces police have arrested the co-owner of a now shuttered daycare facility after investigators learned the 78-year-old man allegedly sexually assaulted a young child.
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Murder Suspect Arrested after Police Pursuit
The man believed to be responsible for the April 29 shooting on Princess Jeanne Drive has been arrested by Las Cruces police.
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Joint Operation Targets Las Cruces Based Drug Trafficking Organization
The Las Cruces Police Department is sharing this news release issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Albuquerque.
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Man Arrested for Making Threat to Arizona Election Official
A California man was arrested today in San Diego for allegedly leaving a voicemail containing a violent threat on the personal cell phone of an election official with the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office in Phoenix, Arizona.
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U.S. and U.K. Disrupt LockBit Ransomware Variant
U.S. Indictment Charges Two Russian Nationals with Attacks Against Multiple U.S. and International Victims; FBI Seizes Infrastructure; and Department of Treasury Takes Additional Action Against LockBit.
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Suspect Arrested in Fatal Shooting
Las Cruces police arrested the man believed to be responsible for Saturday’s fatal shooting on Van Patten Avenue. Source: City of Las Cruces “News Release” About 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, Las Cruces police were dispatched to the report of a gunshot victim at a home on the 300 block of Van Patten Avenue.…
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Suspect in December Homicide Arrested
Xavier Noe Altamirano, 20, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 23, on a warrant. Altamirano is charged with a second-degree felony count of murder and one second-degree felony count of shooting at or from a motor vehicle. Shortly before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 23, Las Cruces police were dispatched to the parking lot of Top Crop…