From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas man sought by police for nearly two days is now back in custody, police announced Monday. According to New Mexico State Police, 32-year-old Felix E. Romero escaped from the San Miguel County Detention Center’s reintegration facility on Saturday afternoon by breaking a window and walking away. NMSP…
From the Las Vegas Optic A struggle with officers during a traffic stop led to a man being placed in a headlock and losing consciousness, court records show. Just before 3 a.m. on Nov. 18, Las Vegas Police pulled a car over for speeding. According to a statement of probable cause filed in San Miguel…
From the Las Vegas Optic Three Las Vegas men are facing felony charges after police found them hiding inside the fenced lot of a tow yard. New Mexico State Police arrested 32-year-old Alan T. Garcia, 18-year-old Aric Silva and 36-year-old Joseph Williams on Nov. 19. All three men have been charged with felony possession of…
From the Las Vegas Optic A man found unconscious behind the wheel of a car in the parking lot of a gas station was using heroin, according to police. Las Vegas Police arrested George A. Sena, 33, of Las Vegas, on charges of felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia,…
From the Las Vegas Optic A man suspected of stealing a donation jar from a local restaurant is now facing charges of possessing methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Charles Burgess, 32, of Las Vegas, was arrested Nov. 11 for felony possession of a controlled substance, misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and misdemeanor larceny. According to a…
From the Las Vegas Optic An Albuquerque man driving a car with a woman and a 9-year-old girl inside nearly hit two pedestrians and sped the wrong way down a one-way Las Vegas street before crashing, according to police. Raymond E. Archuleta, 50, of Albuquerque, who is also known as “Boo Boo,” was arrested and…
From the Las Vegas Optic A West Las Vegas High School student is facing criminal charges after admitting to smoking marijuana at school with two other students, according to police. Aubrey Bachicha, 18, was arrested Nov. 6 and booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center on charges of felony distribution of marijuana to a…
From the Idaho Business Review While attending Walla Walla University, Peter J. Smith IV took a year away from college to volunteer in Monteverde, Costa Rica, where he and a friend taught sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. “We spent the year living in an 8- by 10- foot shack attached to the school in…
From the Idaho Business Review While attending Boise State University, Regan Charlton was the captain of the debate team, an experience that nudged her toward practicing law. “It was kind of a natural transition. There’s a lot of crossover between debate and the practice of law,” Charlton says. “Some people would say it’s arguing, but…
From the Idaho Business Review When Caitlin Elizabeth O’Brien began college at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, majoring in psychology, she hadn’t considered a career in law. “I thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist, and started down that path of wanting to get my Ph.D,” she says. After graduating, she went to work…
