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Gustavo Dominguez was sentenced to 90 years for his role in the 2025 Young Park mass shooting but will be eligible for parole after 25 years under New Mexico’s juvenile code.
A jury found 17-year-old Adan Delgado guilty of five felonies tied to the 2025 Strykers Shooting World burglary in Las Cruces while acquitting him on two counts and deadlocking on two others.
Zachary Babitz was sentenced to life plus 26 years in federal prison for a 2024 New Mexico crime spree that included robberies, carjackings, a fatal shooting and a Las Cruces pursuit.
New Mexico schools and youth organizations can request free virtual or in-person DOJ training aimed at preventing online child exploitation and helping adults recognize warning signs.
Jerimiah Angel Castillo Zubiran, 18, will remain jailed pending trial after a judge granted prosecutors’ pretrial detention motion in an Idaho Avenue shooting case.
Court records allege an 18-year-old Las Cruces man opened fire on three people after an encounter near an Idaho Avenue gas station. Prosecutors are seeking pretrial detention.
Pancho Garcia was sentenced to 23 years in prison for the 2025 shooting death of Las Cruces school bus driver Juan Lujan.
Las Cruces and NMSU police issued 155 traffic citations during a three-hour enforcement operation along University Avenue on the first day of fall classes.
Javon Fielder, 17, pleaded guilty to eight felony counts in the 2025 burglary of Strykers Shooting World in Las Cruces.
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