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Jeffrey Ramon Diaz of Roswell pleaded guilty to making multiple bomb threats, including one targeting the Doña Ana County Magistrate Court. He faces up to 10 years in prison at sentencing.
Two Mescalero Apache men were sentenced to federal prison in separate violent crime cases — one for a 2022 assault with a baseball bat, the other for sexually abusing a child under 12.
Guillermo Yanez, 47, of Las Cruces, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison after police found methamphetamine and fentanyl during a foot chase in 2024.
A Deming man is facing two federal cases after allegedly selling drugs and a modified firearm to an undercover officer, then fleeing from a Border Patrol checkpoint near Las Cruces.
Solomon Peña was sentenced to 80 years in prison for orchestrating a politically motivated shooting spree targeting New Mexico Democrats following his election loss.
Jaime Lopez, 35, was sentenced to 96 months in prison after agents found fentanyl and a stolen gun during an attempted arrest in Las Cruces.
A Mesilla Park woman faces multiple charges, including two counts of homicide by vehicle, after a crash in Vado killed two children and injured another, according to state police.
Orangie Lee Fisher, 37, was sentenced to 123 months in prison after a fentanyl trafficking investigation in Las Cruces led to the seizure of drugs, cash and a stolen gun.
Myron Edward Blake Jr., 40, of the Mescalero Apache Tribe, pleaded guilty to assault resulting in substantial bodily injury and faces up to five years in prison.
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