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. NMSP was…
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…
From the Las Vegas Optic A well-known fixture in the Meadow City was found dead Friday afternoon. Las Vegas Police confirm that the body of William Smith Jr., better known to most in Las Vegas as “Skip,” was found in an alleyway between 5th Street and 6th Street, just south of Robertson High School. Smith…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Pecos woman has been charged with pointing a gun at two San Miguel County Sheriff’s deputies following a traffic stop earlier this month. Catalina A. Quintana, 24, was booked into San Miguel County Detention Center on Aug. 2, charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault on a peace…
From the Las Vegas Optic A man wanted in Bernalillo County on an open count of murder was arrested in Las Vegas in a joint effort by Albuquerque Police, New Mexico State Police and Las Vegas Police. According to Lt. Mark Soriano of NMSP, 37-year-old Franklin Gallegos was arrested around 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 14,…
From the Las Vegas Optic An Arizona man was arrested last week at a Las Vegas motel, accused of slapping a woman on her bare butt and biting her on the back multiple times. Damon F. Freeland, 35, of Houck, Arizona, was arrested and booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center after being charged…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas man’s getaway wasn’t clean, but at least he was. Las Vegas Police say 30-year-old Ignacio E. Gallegos broke into a room at the Plaza Hotel, apparently took a shower, then removed a 50-inch television from the wall and walked home with it. Just after 9:30 a.m. on…
