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Las Cruces man pleads guilty, receives 15 year sentence for deadly 2022 drunk driving crash
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- 33 year-old Nicholas Esteban Gurrola of Las Cruces has plead guilty to charges of driving drunk and causing a head-on collision that killed two people and seriously injured a third. According to a release from Third Judicial District Attorney Gerald Byers, Enedina Jo Lara and passenger Remy Sigala, died at the scene of the December 2022 crash. Another passenger, Kystal Rae Lara, was seriously injured.
Las Cruces Police seek information in possible hit-and-run injuring bicyclist
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- The Las Cruces Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding information in a possible hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist critically injured early Tuesday morning. According to police, a passerby found a 59 year-old man lying in the roadway with a bicycle nearby shortly before 5 The post Las Cruces Police seek information in possible hit-and-run injuring bicyclist appeared first on KVIA.
WATCH LIVE: U.S Attorney’s office in Las Cruces to announce multi-agency efforts to disrupt transnational human trafficking and smuggling
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- The United States Attorney's Office is set to host a press conference Thursday, July 25th at 12:00 PM. It's happening at 200 North Church Street Las Cruces, NM 88001. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Las Cruces says they will announce the results of a multi-agency effort to disrupt transnational human trafficking and smuggling.
Las Cruces man charged in death of his infant son
A man accused of killing his infant son was indicted last week by a grand jury. Joseph Parra, 31, is charged with reckless abuse of a child resulting in death, for the death of his five-month-old son, Apollo Parra. ...
Man with outstanding warrant of injury to a child, elderly or disabled person arrested
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 28-year-old man was recently arrested for having an outstanding criminal warrant from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office for alleged injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual on Wednesday, July 24. The Sheriff’s Office says at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, deputies responded to the intersection of De […]
Fire Department Upgrades Radio System
The Las Cruces Fire Department has transitioned to the New Mexico Department of Information Technology operated digital microwave system for public safety. The new system, commonly referred to as the 700 MHz radio system, provides public safety radio communications across the region and throughout New Mexico. The NMDOIT 700 MHz system meets national standards and enhances public safety interoperability.
Las Cruces prison's phone system restored after three-day outage, official confirms
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — After being done since Friday, phone systems at a Las Cruces correctional facility went back up on Monday. Brittany Roembach, the public information officer for the New Mexico Corrections Department, said the phones at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility are back on after experiencing technical issues for three days.
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