From the Las Vegas Optic Editor’s note: The following is part of an ongoing series on the roots of addiction in San Miguel and Mora counties, and the solutions being pursued by local leaders in an effort to help those suffering from addiction. Officials in Las Vegas and San Miguel County are moving forward with…
From the Las Vegas Optic A woman charged with trafficking heroin and methamphetamine was sentenced to probation earlier this month. Jocelyn A. Lovato, 30, of Las Vegas, was charged with six felony charges in April 2019 after she sold narcotics to an undercover officer with the Region IV Drug Task Force. Lovato accepted a plea…
From the Las Vegas Optic One of the seven men facing a charge of first-degree murder in the beating death of a jail inmate has been charged with stashing deadly weapons in his cell, and attempting to escape from custody. Corrections officers were transporting Conrad J. Atencio, 25, to the San Miguel County Detention Center…
From the Las Vegas Optic A former Las Vegas Police Department officer is facing a federal assault charge for punching a United States Postal Service mail carrier earlier this month. Robert F. Gutierrez, of Las Vegas, is charged with one count of assault on a federal officer resulting in bodily injury following a Dec. 3…
From the Las Vegas Optic A man and a woman were shot to death at close range Saturday night inside a Pecos home. One man is in custody. Mark R. Valencia, 40, of Pecos, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 40-year-old Steven Singer and 48-year-old Eva Aragon, both…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas woman and her grandfather were shot and killed in November 2020 as portions of the double homicide were streamed live on Facebook. Last month, a wrongful death lawsuit was filed in District Court in Las Vegas. The suit was filed Nov. 8, 2021 — on the one-year anniversary…
From the Las Vegas Optic Police allege a man arrested after a shooting on Railroad Avenue last month had Xanax, Suboxone and fentanyl on him while being booked into jail on charges related to the shooting. Preston R. Martinez, 34, of Chacon, was booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center after being arrested Nov.…
From the Las Vegas Optic An Albuquerque man arrested Thanksgiving night is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase through the streets of Las Vegas. Benjamin Hinojos, 39, was taken into custody Nov. 25 after a lengthy chase that began in Las Vegas and ended some 20 miles north in Watrous. An officer with…
From the Los Angeles Times When Hannah Gutierrez Reed landed a job working on the Alec Baldwin western “Rust,” she couldn’t believe her luck. “How f— up is it that life’s been so good lately I can’t help but feel like I’m about to fall from grace?” she posted on Facebook on Sept. 29, two…
From the Las Vegas Optic A single bullet pierced Cruz Gallegos’ rib cage in the early morning hours on June 15, 2019. Stumbling past his girlfriend in the doorway of a home on Chavez Street, Gallegos collapsed in the yard. Police and first responders attempted to save his life and prepared to airlift the 27-year-old to…
