Category: Public Safety

Vehicle warm-up thefts can happen when, during cold weather months, an automobile is started and left unattended to warm the cabin or defrost the windshield.

Homeland Security Investigations investigated this case with assistance from the Albuquerque Police Department and New Mexico State Police.

Teresa Gomez, 45, was shot and killed by Felipe Hernandez, a former Las Cruces police officer, after an interaction in the early-morning hours of Oct. 3, 2023.

“The success of this operation underscores the importance of collaboration among state, local, and federal law enforcement agencies.”

An automatic license plate reader picked up the vehicle and assisted officers in narrowing down the time, location and direction the vehicle was last seen.

The incident occurred about 10:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11. An LCPD officer made contact with 50-year-old Danny Garcia De Leon.

The EA 300 model is commonly used for acrobatic flying, and Coleman was not the first fatality reported for EA 300s this year.

Las Cruces police collected 133 shopping carts during the two-day collection period before enforcement of the new Shopping Cart Ordinance is initiated. Source: City of Las Cruces On Oct. 10, the first day of the Shopping Cart Collection Initiative, 60 carts were relinquished at two separate locations within Las Cruces. On Tuesday, Oct. 15, another…

Most of the shopping carts relinquished Thursday, Oct. 10, belonged to seven retail establishments. The ownership of three of the carts could not be determined.

Residents should be aware that there may still be some residual smoke in the air as it clears.

The temporary storage of personal belongings is free of charge for the unhoused population.

Despite the fire burning for nearly 24 hours, crews have successfully contained it to the original building.

Before classes began yesterday moring, September 5, 2024, Santa Teresa Middle School followed protocols putting the school into “Secure” mode.

In a landmark initiative to enhance regional emergency response capabilities, Doña Ana County and the New Mexico State University Fire Department, the City of Sunland Park, the City of Las Cruces, the NASA/White Sands Test Facility and the Town of Mesilla have signed an Automatic Aid Agreement for fire services.

The Federal Aviation Administration referred 43 more unruly passenger cases to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for criminal prosecution review during the past year.

A retail crime operation conducted by Las Cruces police, the Department of Homeland Security and retail store investigators resulted in one arrest and the recovery of more than $8,000 in stolen merchandise from multiple locations.

On August 15th and 16th, NMSP officers from District 12, District 4, and the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement (CVE) Strike Team, in collaboration with the Lordsburg and Anthony Ports of Entry, conducted a focused operation targeting Commercial Motor Vehicle safety along Interstate 10.

Las Cruces police have learned details about a shopping cart retrieval incident that became somewhat controversial a couple weeks ago.

Las Cruces Digest has confirmed that the Las Cruces Police Department remains on the lookout for two yet unidentified suspects tied to recent violent incidents. They have requested the community’s help identifying these suspects.

Shooting suspect at large and the Las Cruces Police Department needs your assistance in identifying the person responsible for the shooting of a 52-year-old man.

Las Cruces police arrested a shoplifting suspect Tuesday who had an active warrant for murder out of Colorado.

A Chaparral man was charged by criminal complaint for illegally stockpiling firearms and explosives in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

An Las Cruces man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiring with his cousin to distribute child pornography, following an extensive investigation that uncovered thousands of explicit images and videos of minors.

The fire academy will begin Feb. 24, 2025. If enough qualified applicants are received, the pool of candidates may be used to fill a second fire academy that’s tentatively set to begin in July 2025. Each fire academy could have as many as 20 Fire Cadets in each class.

BJS released a new Just the Stats report: Socio-Emotional Consequences of Violent Crime, 2022. This brief online report describes the percentages of violent victimizations where the victim reported experiencing socio-emotional consequences of crimes, namely moderate to severe emotional distress, significant problems with friends or family, or significant problems with their job or schoolwork.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland were in New Mexico today to highlight the work in helping address public safety, including the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) and human trafficking crises throughout Indian Country.

A female accomplice of Babitz, whose name and age are unknown at this time, fled from the crash and has not yet been identified or located. She was last seen on the 2400 block of Missouri Avenue in Las Cruces, and it appears she cut her hair, a braid, to avoid being recognized.

A Santa Fe, N.M., murder suspect was arrested Saturday evening in Las Cruces but not before he and an accomplice allegedly committed an armed robbery at local fast-food restaurant and carjacked a Chevrolet Impala from a woman.

Police Department milestone! Meet our first members of our City’s very own Honor Guard! Source: City of Anthony NM (via Facebook) Sgt. Julian Martinez, Ofc. Sergio Martinez, and Ofc. Lucas Allen. Congratulations on graduating from the El Paso Sector Border Patrol Honor Guard Academy today! The Honor Guard represents the ultimate pride in the law…

Congratulations to 23 new law enforcement officers for choosing to protect our communities. They graduated from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Academy #28 on Friday, August 9, 2024, and received their badges, pinned by family members.

New Mexico State University Police worked with several regional law enforcement agencies to conduct an active-shooter and suspicious-package training exercise at NMSU’s Branson Library Thursday.