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Vigil planned for local man...

A well-known fixture in the Meadow City was found dead Friday afternoon. Las Vegas Police confirm that the body of William Smith Jr., better known to most in Las Vegas as “Skip,” was found in an alleyway between 5th Street and 6th Street, just south of Robertson High School. Smith was 71.

Police have not said how Smith died, but according to Chief of Police David Bibb, Smith’s death is being treated as suspicious.

Man breaks into Plaza Hotel to...

A Las Vegas man’s getaway wasn’t clean, but at least he was.

Las Vegas Police say 30-year-old Ignacio E. Gallegos broke into a room at the Plaza Hotel, apparently took a shower, then removed a 50-inch television from the wall and walked home with it.

Police: Men stole 22 boxes of...

A Las Vegas man was arrested and another man is being sought for the theft of 22 boxes of ice cream bars from a local Dairy Queen store.

Encinias found guilty in murder...

By Kelsey Kendall
Las Vegas Optic

On Tuesday, Aug. 13, Michael Encinias, a Rio Rancho resident, was found guilty in the murder of former Las Vegas resident, Dawn Sandoval. 

Two Vegas men arrested following...

By Kelsey Kendall

Two Las Vegas men were arrested after a traffic stop on Friday, Aug. 9 when the driver, Lucas Duran, nearly hit a police officer’s vehicle. Duran was arrested for aggravated driving while intoxicated. His passenger, Joseph Tenorio, was arrested for assault on a police officer after he was told he was free to go.

The police officer stopped Duran after he failed to yield and was seen talking on a cell phone. 

Pecos woman charged with...

A Pecos woman has been charged with pointing a gun at two San Miguel County Sheriff’s deputies following a traffic stop earlier this month.

Catalina A. Quintana, 24, was booked into San Miguel County Detention Center on Aug. 2, charged with two felony counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer with a deadly weapon, and felony possession of a controlled substance.

ABQ murder suspect arrested in...

A man wanted in Bernalillo County on an open count of murder was arrested in Las Vegas in a joint effort by Albuquerque Police, New Mexico State Police and Las Vegas Police.

According to Lt. Mark Soriano of NMSP, 37-year-old Franklin Gallegos was arrested around 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 14, at a home in the 2100 block of Lopez Street, on the city’s west side.

Drowning victim identified as...

New Mexico State Police has identified the drowning victim whose body was recovered from Storrie Lake as Larry Jake Lucero, 51-year-old Los Lunas resident, who drowned last weekend. The NMSP Dive Team recovered the body Sunday afternoon. 

New Mexico State Parks has confirmed there was only one adult victim. 

Phone records of former Pecos...

A former Pecos basketball coach facing charges of criminal sexual penetration and criminal sexual conduct says he is willing to plead guilty and file as a sex offender to avoid prison time, according to a new court filing. 

Arizona man charged with...

An Arizona man was arrested last week at a Las Vegas motel, accused of slapping a woman on her bare butt and biting her on the back multiple times.

Damon F. Freeland, 35, of Houck, Arizona, was arrested and booked into the San Miguel County Detention Center after being charged with felony criminal sexual contact, and misdemeanor battery.