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Crime

  • ATF opens satellite office

    By STACI GUY Daily Press Staff Writer The opening of a new satellite office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Roswell this week comes as welcome news to local law enforcement officials, both in Artesia and in Eddy County. Wednesday, a federal law enforcement officer announced the opening ... more »

  • Man sentenced in August 2008 shooting

    By STACI GUY Daily Press Staff Writer A 20-year-old Artesia man who was found guilty in the August 2008 shooting of an Artesia man will spend the next seven-and-a-half years in prison. Twenty-year-old Carmelo Zaragosa was sentenced Friday in District Court to 25 years in prison with all but nine of those years ... more »

  • Man sentenced in shootings

    By STACI GUY Daily Press Staff Writer A 23-year-old Artesia man will spend the next 15 years in prison for his part in a double shooting last February at the intersection of 10th and Main streets. In December, a jury panel found 23-year-old Shawn Jimenez guilty of multiple felonies, including a second-degree count ... more »

  • Prelim set in hospital assault case

    By STACI GUY Daily Press Staff Writer A preliminary hearing has been set for next month for a 52-year-old Artesia man accused of assaulting hospital personnel Monday at Artesia General Hospital. Artesia police arrested 52-year-old Alan Glenn Monday evening after they received a report of an “irate subject” inside the emergency room at ... more »

  • Man could face 24 years in prison for sex crimes

    By STACI GUY Daily Press Staff Writer A 46-year-old Artesia man is facing up to 24 years in prison after a District Court jury panel found him guilty Thursday of two sex crimes involving a young girl. David Casas, 46, was arrested in June on warrants for sexually assaulting a young girl at ... more »

  • Couple will not face trafficking charges

    By: STACI GUY — Daily Press Staff Writer — Drug trafficking charges brought against a 31-year-old Artesia man last year have been discharged in Artesia Magistrate Court. In addition, his girlfriend accepted a plea agreement and had a drug trafficking charge amended to a lesser felony. Thirty-one-year-old Phillip Sevier and his girlfriend, 26-year-old Sarah Kidd, were arrested last April and ... more »

  • Suspected flasher caught in Roswell

    By: STACI GUY — Daily Press Staff Writer — A 31-year-old man accused of exposing himself to several women in public settings has been caught by authorities in Roswell. According to Artesia Police Department spokesman Sgt. Lindell Smith, officers on Sunday received a third report in less than a week of a man exposing himself and making lewd comments to ... more »

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