Category: Public Safety

A Las Cruces man was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 10 years in federal prison for trying to hire an undercover ATF agent to murder his girlfriend’s mother for $200.

Operation Not in Vain, a months-long crime reduction project in memory of fallen Las Cruces Police Department Officer Jonah Hernandez, has generated 77 felony arrests, 50 misdemeanor arrests and more than 320 traffic citations in its first month of operation.

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

A former New Mexico sheriff’s deputy was sentenced today to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release and required to register as a sex offender under the Federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act for violating the civil rights of a female arrestee and for obstruction of justice.

During the Labor Day weekend, the New Mexico State Police participated in the Combined Accident Reduction Effort (C.A.R.E.) operation across all roadways within the state.

The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office will conduct sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols throughout the month of September, in an effort to reduce the number of crashes, injuries and deaths related to driving while intoxicated.

On August 29, 2024, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was requested to investigate an officer-involved shooting involving the Las Cruces Police Department (LCPD).

Police have arrested the suspect believed to be responsible for Thursday morning’s stabbing death of a 30-year-old man in Las Cruces.

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.

The Las Cruces Police Department’s next Bridging the Badge livestream, scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 27, will focus on youth services provided by the City of Las Cruces.

Today, the Attorneys General of Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota, Utah and Vermont joined a civil antitrust lawsuit filed by the Justice Department, 29 other states and the District of Columbia against Live Nation-Ticketmaster for monopolization and other unlawful conduct in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.

A Las Cruces man was sentenced to 52 months in prison following his conviction for possessing a pipe bomb and ammunition near a church playground.

For the past 6 weeks, these Officers underwent vigorous specialized training to become tactical operators on the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) at the Doña Ana County Detention Center.

Las Cruces Police Department identified and arrested David Alan Leonard, 32, for shoplifting after a video posted to social media showed a theft at a local retail store.

Doña Ana County Fire Rescue is currently on scene of a fire in the Santa Teresa Industrial Park area near the intersection of Airport Road and Industrial Avenue.

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.