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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…

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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…

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Scott Mason, 2019 Excellence in Finance

Scott Mason, 2019 Excellence in Finance

From the Idaho Business Review As the vice president and brokerage director for MassMutual of Idaho, Scott Mason is in a position to help people, both individuals and other agents. “I love training agents, and I love working with my own clients,” Mason says. “We change people’s lives, and we change families’ lives for generations.”…

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Todd Christensen, 2019 Excellence in Finance

Todd Christensen, 2019 Excellence in Finance

From the Idaho Business Review Todd Christensen attributes his lifelong interest in finance and business to something his father said to him when he was 8 years old. “I recall, very vividly, an experience with my dad,” Christensen says. “We went to open up a banking account, and before we went in, he said, ‘Son,…

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Katie Dow, 2019 Excellence in Finance

Katie Dow, 2019 Excellence in Finance

From the Idaho Business Review It’s no secret that a lot of business gets done on the golf course. For many business professionals, it’s why they take up golf in the first place. But it was the opposite for Katie Dow: she was already a golfer when she realized she wanted to go into finance.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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