From the Las Vegas Optic Just one year after Luna Community College ended a three-year struggle to maintain accreditation, the college has again been placed on probationary status. The Higher Learning Commission, a nonprofit agency that accredits around 1,000 colleges and universities in the U.S., has placed Luna on probation, citing in a Nov. 4…
From the Los Angeles Times When Hannah Gutierrez Reed landed a job working on the Alec Baldwin western “Rust,” she couldn’t believe her luck. “How f— up is it that life’s been so good lately I can’t help but feel like I’m about to fall from grace?” she posted on Facebook on Sept. 29, two…
From the Las Vegas Optic A single bullet pierced Cruz Gallegos’ rib cage in the early morning hours on June 15, 2019. Stumbling past his girlfriend in the doorway of a home on Chavez Street, Gallegos collapsed in the yard. Police and first responders attempted to save his life and prepared to airlift the 27-year-old to…
From the Las Vegas Optic Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual abuse that may be triggering and upsetting for some readers. Discretion is advised. A Las Vegas man with a criminal history of rape has been charged with raping his 6-year-old daughter. Emmanuel P. Stockman, 32, was charged late last month with first-degree…
From the Las Vegas Optic Seven men have been charged in the death of Eric L. Vigil, a 40-year-old inmate who was beaten to death on Nov. 1 while in custody at the San Miguel County Detention Center. All seven men are charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and tampering with evidence.…
From the Las Vegas Optic A call about a suspicious vehicle led to a police car getting rammed and a high-speed chase on Interstate 25 earlier this month, according to court records. Police used a PIT maneuver to stop the vehicle on the interstate and arrested 35-year-old Hinoh Garris, charging him with aggravated assault on…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Mora County man was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for a September 2019 shooting that killed a man and wounded his husband. Alex H. Pacheco, 26, pleaded guilty in August to second-degree murder, aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and shooting at or from a motor vehicle.…
From Downtown Albuquerque News Should Albuquerque voters approve, there’s a pretty good chance a new stadium will soon be constructed somewhere in greater Downtown in the coming years. But while that possibility may strike most area residents as a big new urban novelty for Albuquerque, it’s actually anything but. For much of the last century,…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Villanueva man awaiting trial for first-degree murder in the 2017 death of family member Jimmy Griego has been sentenced to nine years in prison for having a weapon in jail. In August 2018, San Miguel County Detention Center correction officers saw Richard Joseph Griego, 35, reach for an item…
From the Las Vegas Optic A Las Vegas man has been charged with attempting to hit a man with his vehicle after taking a document from the meat processing company valued near $25,000. Workers at High Plains Processing south of Las Vegas called police around 11 a.m. on Oct. 12 to say that Gail Houser,…
