Category Archives: Mesilla Valley News
Boy, 2, Drowns in Backyard Swimming Pool
A 2-year-old Las Cruces boy drowned Monday evening in a backyard swimming pool. About 9:20 p.m. Monday, June 24, 2024, Las Cruces police and fire personnel were dispatched to the 1000 block of Second ...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 25, 2024
Third Juvenile Arrested in Gun Shop Burglary
Las Cruces police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms arrested a third juvenile believed to be involved in Sunday's theft of 30 firearms from a local gun shop. The third juveni...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 25, 2024
Business and Community Safety is Topic of Livestream
The Las Cruces Police Department's next Bridging the Badge livestream, scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, will discuss what local businesses are proactively doing to improve safety at their properties an...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 25, 2024
Police Seek Suspect in Telshor Shooting
Las Cruces police are asking for the public's help locating 30-year-old Sergio Guadalupe Jacquez who is believed to be responsible for a shooting that critically injured a man Sunday afternoon on Tels...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 24, 2024 Police are looking for Sergio Guadalupe Jacquez, 30, who is suspected in Sunday's shooting that critically injured a man on south Telshor Boulevard.
Police ID Four Killed in Separate Double-Homicides
Las Cruces police are continuing to investigate Sunday's double-homicide on the East Mesa while an arrest has been made in the double-homicide that occurred on Wofford Drive. Luis G. Noyola, 46, was a...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 24, 2024
Police, ATF, Investigate Gun Shop Burglary
Las Cruces police and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are investigating Sunday morning's theft of 30 firearms from a local gun shop. Investigators learned that shortly before 4...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 24, 2024
Cooling Stations to be Reactivated Beginning Monday, June 24, 2024
Triple-digit temperatures are expected to return to Las Cruces' weather forecast for several days this week. The City of Las Cruces will reactivate cooling stations beginning today, Monday, June 24, 2...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 24, 2024 VladisChern / Depositphotos.com
Police Investigate Two Separate Double-Homicides
Las Cruces police are investigating two separate double-homicides that occurred Sunday morning within a span of less than 11 hours. The first occurred about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, June 23, 2024, at the in...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 24, 2024
LCFD Sends Technical Rescue Team to Ruidoso
In response to escalating concerns of flash flooding in and near Ruidoso, N.M., the Las Cruces Fire Department has dispatched a Technical Rescue Team of seven firefighters who are highly trained in sw...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 20, 2024 The Las Cruces Fire Department has dispatched a seven-member swift water rescue team, part of its Technical Rescue Team, to Ruidoso, N.M., to help local crews who are battling wildfires and performing rescues as a result of the South Fork and Salt Fires.
HAWK Signal Crosswalk on Picacho is Now Operational
Motorists and pedestrians who frequent west Picacho Avenue in Las Cruces should be aware that a new HAWK signal crosswalk is now operational. The HAWK signal crosswalk is on west Picacho Avenue at 4th...
Martin Fernandez Jr Jun 20, 2024