Police in New Mexico have arrested three people in connection with a deadly shooting at a Las Cruces park that left three people dead and 15 others wounded. Las Cruces Police said they had arrested 20-year-old Tomas Rivas and two 17-year-old boys for the shooting, which happened Friday night at an unsanctioned car show at …
A shooting Friday night at a New Mexico park left three people dead and 15 more wounded. Police were called to Young Park in Las Cruces shortly after 10 p.m. for the shooting, which took place at an unsanctioned car show between two groups of people, Las Cruces Police Chief Jeremy Story said. “There had …
A 13-year-old New Mexico boy has been charged with murder after a police found cell footage of him driving a car and intentionally hitting a bicyclist on the road, killing him. Johnathan Overbay was 12 when he rammed 63-year-old Scott Habermehl on May 29, 2024, KRQE reported. Albuquerque Police also took an 11-year-old boy, identified …
An FBI search warrant request reveals disturbing details about the murder of a South Carolina paramedic last March by a man who drove across the country in her car and then killed a New Mexico State trooper who stopped to help him with a flat tire. Jaremy Smith pleaded guilty in federal court last month …
A New Mexico woman who tried to blame her teenage son for a murder she committed pleaded guilty this week to second degree murder with a firearm enhancement. According to prosecutors, Elizabeth Ortiz-Chavez, 49, set up a fight between her then-16-year-old son, Angelo Baldonado, and another 16-year-old, Josue Ruiz, Law&Crime reported. Reportedly, Baldonado’s pregnant sister, …
A special prosecutor in New Mexico has withdrawn her appeal of the dismissal of an involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, ending the lengthy prosecution of the actor for the fatal movie set shooting of his film’s cinematographer. The Santa Fe District Attorney’s Office announced the decision Monday in a statement that blamed “multiple barriers …
A 17-year-old New Mexico boy shot his 8-year-old sister in the head early Tuesday morning, then disassembled the gun and threw it in a dumpster. Police in Clayton said they were called to a home for a shooting at about 7:30 a.m., New Mexico State Police said. Investigators say the boy, identified as Gio Blan, …
A 24-year-old New Mexico man has been accused of gunning down his mother, father, and 17-year-old sister over the weekend, admitting to police that he did so and was going to bury them in a ravine near the house. Bernalillo County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call from the family’s landlord, who lived next door, …
“Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed has accepted a plea deal for sneaking a gun into a New Mexico bar while in that state filming the ill-fated movie. She will be sentenced to 18 months probation for the guilty plea, Variety reported. Gutierrez Reed, 27, is serving an 18-month prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter in the …
A recently released felon wanted for the murder of an 83-year-old man in a Santa Fe Best Buy parking lot earlier this week was captured Saturday night after he and and an accomplice robbed an Arby’s restaurant in Las Cruces. Zachary Babitz and the accomplice, a woman who has not been identified, carjacked a woman …
A new lawsuit has been filed in New Mexico against those involved in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchinson the set of a western movie being filmed in that state in 2021. Attorney Gloria Allred filed the lawsuit against 25 named individuals, including actor Alec Baldwin, armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, and assistant director David Halls, …
The parents of a 5-year-old New Mexico girl have been charged with child abuse resulting in death after the girl was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning beneath their sleeping parents in their tiny home in Silver City. According to KRQE, the state Children, Youth, and Families Department had received multiple calls prior to the …
