From the Las Vegas Optic Fire crews from multiple agencies have contained a fire that threatened the city’s water supply and caused the evacuation of the United World College-USA. The Peterson Fire began Friday afternoon around 1:30 p.m., fueled by sustained winds of 15 to 20 mph, according to officials with the New Mexico Forestry…
From the Las Vegas Optic Fire crews from multiple agencies began fighting a wildlife Friday afternoon about five miles northwest of Las Vegas. Located southwest of Montezuma, the Peterson Fire has burned about 20 acres and caused the evacuation of the United World College-USA. Carl-Martin Nelson with UWC-USA said school security notified him of the…
From the Las Vegas Optic A woman in custody at the San Miguel County Detention Center on charges relating to a string of violent robberies last year faces additional charges of assaulting a corrections officer while attempting to escape custody. Adamina R. Esquibel, 20, of Las Vegas, has been charged with one count battery upon…
From the Las Vegas Optic A former Las Vegas firefighter convicted of raping a then 16-year-old girl has been sentenced to the maximum time in prison allowed by law. District Court Judge Gerald Baca sentenced David Garcia, 48, to 15 years in prison, with three years of the sentence suspended, according to Fourth Judicial District…
From the Las Vegas Optic One of the men accused of shooting and killing a teen and wounding two others near Storrie Lake State Park last year has been charged with having drug paraphernalia in his jail cell, court records show. The new charge was filed Tuesday against 30-year-old Roger Tait-Gomez, who is currently being…
From the Las Vegas Optic Following a three-day trial, a jury found a former Las Vegas firefighter guilty of raping a girl he lived with. The jury deliberated for nearly six hours before finding David Garcia, 48, guilty of criminal sexual penetration of a child. Garcia is scheduled to be sentenced April 14. The rape…
From the Las Vegas Optic On the evening of April 11, 2003, officers with the Las Vegas Police Department responded to a home on Sixth Street near Baca Avenue after receiving a call about a possible dead body. Those officers ultimately entered the home with a search warrant, and soon began investigating one of the…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Mora woman intentionally rammed her vehicle into another vehicle — nearly hitting two men — fled the scene, then returned to ram the vehicle four more times, according to a criminal complaint filed in Mora Magistrate Court. Amity F. Maes, 29, was arrested March 15 and charged with two…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Pecos man has been charged with criminal sexual contact with a minor, nearly a year after police were first notified of the sexual assault involving his 5-year-old daughter. Lester Ortiz, 45, was arrested March 12 and booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center on one count of second-degree…
From the Las Vegas Optic A 14-year-old Las Vegas boy has been arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the February killings of two men from Villanueva. Enrique Duran-Garcia was arrested March 8 in Albuquerque. During a March 10 detention hearing in District Court in Las Vegas, Duran-Garcia was ordered to be…
