From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas Police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man after his body was found in the Gallinas River Saturday evening. Chief of Police David Bibb confirmed the death of Joseph Untalan in an email to the Optic Monday. According to a press release, LVPD detectives responded to an…
From the Las Vegas Optic Following a particularly violent summer, the Las Vegas Police Department is investigating four homicides and one non-fatal shooting. To date, charges have been filed in just one case. Police have provided the public with very little information on these incidents, and have denied three open records requests made by the…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas man has been charged with felony child abuse after police allege he struck a woman with a diaper bag as two children sat just feet away. Juan R. Rubio, 30, was booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center on Sept. 4, charged with abuse of a…
From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas Police responded to an early-morning call about loud music that led to drug charges for three people, and a charge of resisting arrest for a fourth. On Aug. 27, Police arrested 43-year-old Joseph A. Jaramillo; 29-year-old Cheri M. McMillan; 42-year-old Charlene C. Pacheco; and 36-year-old Jason R. Romero.LVPD…
From the Las Vegas Optic New Mexico State Police arrested a Mora County man charged with false imprisonment and battery just hours after a warrant was issued. John G. Vasquez, 27, was booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center on Aug. 23 following a disturbance call at a home early that morning.
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From the Las Vegas Optic A Guadalupita man has been charged with DWI for the eighth time following a traffic stop last week. Shawn Romero, 45, was arrested Aug. 21 and charged with his eighth or subsequent DWI, a second-degree felony. Romero was also charged with having an improper plate or registration number, and driving…
From the Las Vegas Optic An open count of murder has been filed against a Las Vegas man already facing charges in a double shooting earlier this month. Marcos R. Ruiz, 40, was arrested Aug. 4 and booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center after Marcos “Mark” Carrillo, 42, was found dead from a…
From the Las Vegas Optic Las Vegas Police charged a man with possession of heroin after witnesses called police to say the man had locked himself in the bathroom of a laundromat and refused to leave. Saturday evening, Aug. 24, LVPD was called to a laundromat near Mills Ave. and Hot Springs Blvd. Witnesses told…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas man was arrested and another man is being sought for the theft of 22 boxes of ice cream bars from a local Dairy Queen store. Las Vegas Police arrested Paul S. Trujillo, 31, of Las Vegas, on Aug. 12. According to an arrest affidavit filed in San…
