A naked man was arrested in New Mexico after allegedly pulling a light fixture off a home and assaulting a police officer. Elijah Jason Paul De Armond, 24, was arrested on Saturday at around 10 p.m. after Las Cruces police officers allegedly found him completely naked and banging on the front door of a home in the 900 block of …
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Daughter of this blue bastion's last Republican senator shatters state Republican fundraising record
FIRST ON FOX: The daughter of New Mexico’s last Republican senator has set a new fundraising record for a GOP Senate candidate in the blue-leaning southwestern state. Nella Domenici’s campaign announced early Friday that the candidate brought in over $1.25 million from mid-January, when she launched her bid, through the end of last month, which brought to a close the …
Read More »New Mexico middle school placed on lockdown as illegal immigrants are arrested just off campus
A middle school in southern New Mexico was placed on lockdown after illegal migrants were apprehended just outside the school, a Border Patrol spokesperson told Fox News Digital. On March 27, around 8:42 a.m., agents assigned to the Santa Teresa Station were notified by Sunland Park Police Department regardinga group of six individuals outside Santa Teresa Middle School. Border Patrol …
Read More »WATCH: Police officer on horseback chases suspected shoplifter
New Mexico police officers recently pursued a suspected shoplifter on horseback, bodycam footage shows. The Albuquerque Police Department published video of the March 20 incident on Facebook on Friday. In a post, the department explained that its mounted unit was nearby when its officers heard a commotion about a recent robbery. Suspect Mark Chacon, 30, allegedly stole $230 worth of …
Read More »New Mexico regulators worry about US plans to ship radioactive waste back from Texas
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials gathered Tuesday in southern New Mexico to mark the 25th anniversary of the nation’s only underground repository for radioactive waste resulting from decades of nuclear research and bomb making. Carved out of an ancient salt formation about half a mile (800 meters) deep, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant outside Carlsbad has taken in around …
Read More »Afghan refugee convicted of murder in New Mexico killing of Muslim man
An Afghan refugee was found guilty Monday of first-degree murder in one of three fatal shootings that shook Albuquerque’s Muslim community during the summer of 2022. Muhammad Syed faces life in prison for killing 41-year-old Aftab Hussein on July 26, 2022. He also will stand trial in the coming months in the other two slayings. During the trial, prosecutors presented …
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