From the Las Vegas Optic City of Las Vegas Chief of Police Adrian Crespin has given the city notice he will resign at the end of the month, but he told the Optic he doesn’t want to leave. “I was given the choice between resigning or having council vote me out,” Crespin said. “After 26…
From Downtown Albuquerque News West Old Town residents now have a little more access to the Alameda Drain, but only a little. Fences have recently been removed between Zearing and Carson, but that still leaves residents without the ability to reach Mountain without first going east to Rio Grande. So when might it connect to…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas man died Saturday night during a shooting involving the Las Vegas Police Department. Police have identified the man as 30-year-old Jeffrey Scott. Officers with the Las Vegas Police Department responded to a home in the 1300 block of Keen Street around 9:30 p.m. Saturday night about a…
From the Las Vegas Optic A man wanted on kidnapping charges related to the homicide of Cindy “Tig” Rivera was apprehended Tuesday. New Mexico State Police arrested 37-year-old Anselmo R. Ortiz, also known as “Chemo,” in Santa Fe around 5 p.m. Tuesday. Ortiz was booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center later that night.…
From Downtown Albuquerque News After 18 months of construction delays, the future of Hotel Blue remains as opaque as ever even as new corporate parents assume ownership of the building. Los Angeles-based Arrive Hotels and Restaurants purchased the six-story hotel on Eighth and Central in 2018, and the following year unveiled its restoration plan, a…
From the Las Vegas Optic Editor’s note: The following is the first part in 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. The nickname “Smack City” has haunted Las Vegas for the…
From the Las Vegas Optic The search for a Las Vegas woman missing for more than nine years has come to a tragic end. Investigators with New Mexico State Police have determined that Cindy “Tig” Rivera, who was last seen in June of 2012, was killed by her ex-husband, Christopher Trujillo, according to an affidavit…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Pecos woman has been charged in the death of a man found dead in an Albuquerque motel room late last month. Johana Y. Quintana, 31, has been charged with an open count of murder and tampering with evidence following the June 21 shooting death of 37-year-old Kenny Rougemont. The…
From the Las Vegas Optic A San Miguel County jury has found William R. Daniels, 63, guilty of second-degree murder in the October 2018 shooting death of 46-year-old Roman Latimer Lucero Sr. Daniels faces up to 16 years in prison — 15 years for the murder conviction, plus an additional year for a firearm enhancement.…
From the Las Vegas Optic Police in Las Vegas have issued an ultimatum to criminals: Get out of town or go to jail. The warning was issued Monday by the Las Vegas Police Department. Inspired by Old West lawmen of the 1800s, it reads in part: “The citizens of Las Vegas have tired of robbery,…
