Category: News

State Police: Man threatened to shoot officer

State Police: Man threatened to shoot officer

From the Las Vegas Optic New Mexico State Police arrested a Rowe man for threatening to shoot an officer with a shotgun, according to a criminal complaint filed in San Miguel Magistrate Court. Jon Jones, 57, was arrested Oct. 18 and booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center on a second-degree felony charge of…

Read More Read More

August death of William ‘Skip’ Smith officially ruled a homicide

August death of William ‘Skip’ Smith officially ruled a homicide

From the Las Vegas Optic William C. Smith, the 71-year-old man better known to many in Las Vegas as “Skip,” was stabbed and cut more than 20 times during an attack that the Office of the Medical Investigator has ruled a homicide, according to autopsy reports released this week. OMI’s report paints a violent picture…

Read More Read More

Battery call results in seizure of 17 marijuana plants in Montezuma

Battery call results in seizure of 17 marijuana plants in Montezuma

From the Las Vegas Optic San Miguel County Sheriff’s deputies located a suspected marijuana grow operation while attempting to arrest a man wanted for striking his girlfriend with a belt, according to court records. Ardell R. Cavitt, 53, of Montezuma, was arrested Oct. 10 and booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center on several…

Read More Read More

Pecos man accused of molesting 8-year-old girl

Pecos man accused of molesting 8-year-old girl

From the Las Vegas Optic A 26-year-old Pecos man has been arrested following accusations that he made inappropriate contact with an 8-year-old girl he was babysitting. Jacob M. Varela was booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center Tuesday morning on one count of criminal sexual contact with a minor, a second-degree felony. A warrant…

Read More Read More

Pecos man arrested a second time for violating restraining order

Pecos man arrested a second time for violating restraining order

From the Las Vegas Optic New Mexico State Police have arrested a man for violating a restraining order for the second time in five weeks. Police first arrested Bernie Lopez, 71, of Pecos, in early September, and charged him with aggravated stalking for violating a restraining order issued in April. Last week, Lopez was arrested…

Read More Read More

Man faces charges for firing shots at neighbor’s house

Man faces charges for firing shots at neighbor’s house

From the Las Vegas Optic A Pecos man fired multiple shots outside a neighbor’s home after his request to use the bathroom was denied, according to a criminal complaint filed in San Miguel Magistrate Court. Maurice L. Hilborn, 72, of Pecos, was booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center early Monday morning after being…

Read More Read More

One man dead in Mora double shooting

One man dead in Mora double shooting

From the Las Vegas Optic New Mexico State Police are investigating a double shooting in Mora that left a man dead and sent another to the hospital. NMSP identified the man killed as Jermain R. Jennings of Rio Rancho, and according to a criminal complaint filed in Mora Magistrate Court, the man wounded was his…

Read More Read More