Las Cruces man charged after FBI traces school shooting threat to social media post

Albuquerque, NM – A Las Cruces man is facing federal charges after investigators linked him to an online threat to “shoot up a school” and later discovered a loaded firearm and ammunition…

One dead; five injured in rollover crash near Las Cruces, New Mexico

On February 6, 2023, at approximately 12:05 a.m., a black GMC Yukon SUV approached the U.S. Border Patrol immigration checkpoint located near mile marker 26 on State Highway 185, approximately 23 miles…

Las Cruces man sentenced to over 26 years in prison for federal firearms, narcotics conviction

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Paul Michael Astorga was sentenced on Dec. 8 to 26 years and eight months in…

Man from Las Cruces pleads guilty to carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Jesus Manuel Castaneda-Villa pleaded guilty on Nov. 29 to carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury.…

Las Cruces man faces federal firearms charge

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and James VanVliet, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division of the Bureau of…

Las Cruces man charged after standoff with police

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and James VanVliet, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division of the Bureau of…

Man charged with coercion of a minor in Las Cruces

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced today that Shah Mahmood Selab made an initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint…

Las Cruces man charged with armed robbery

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office announced today that Myles…

Las Cruces man charged for threatening to burn New Mexico State University

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that John Oliver…

Las Cruces woman sentenced to four years in prison for wire fraud and false tax returns

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Sandra Roberto was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for wire fraud…

Las Cruces woman sentenced to four years in prison for wire fraud and false tax returns

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, announced that Sandra Roberto was sentenced to four years and three months in prison for wire fraud…

Las Cruces man arraigned on federal charges related to shooting death

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced today that Rudy…

Las Cruces Man Found Guilty of Kidnapping and Carjacking

EL PASO – Yesterday, a federal jury convicted Fernando Angel Puga, aka Cholo, 36, from Las Cruces, NM, of kidnapping, carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury and transportation of a stolen vehicle…

Two Las Cruces men face federal firearms charges

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ruben Martha, 40, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, appeared in federal court today facing a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Pablo Vargas,…

Las Cruces psychiatrist pleads guilty to unlawfully prescribing opioids

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Mark Beale, 75, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, pleaded guilty on March 25 in federal court to unlawful dispensing and distributing of a schedule II controlled substance. Beale will…

A Las Cruces, New Mexico, Drug Leader Sentenced to 270 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking in Sitka, Alaska

JUNEAU – A Las Cruces, New Mexico woman was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy M. Burgess today to 270 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release on…

Armed gunman shot dead by Las Cruces police officer

LAS CRUCES, NM – The Las Cruces Police Department and the Dona Ana County Officer-involved Incident Task Force are investigating an incident that led to the death of a man who is…

Las Cruces murder suspect arrested by U.S. Marshals

LAS CRUCES, NM – Jimmy Levi Rogers, the 29-year-old man suspected in the Aug. 16 shooting death of Ezekiel Diaz on Lohman Avenue, was located and arrested Wednesday in California. Rogers was…

Las Cruces police investigating shooting

LAS CRUCES, NM – Las Cruces police are investigating a Tuesday afternoon shooting that injured a 32-year-old man. Just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, police and fire personnel were dispatched to…

Woman shot inside Las Cruces Planet Fitness

LAS CRUCES, NM – Las Cruces police are investigating a shooting that injured a woman inside a gym on El Paso Road Tuesday morning. About 8 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3, police were…

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Las Cruces man charged after FBI traces school shooting threat to social media post

One dead; five injured in rollover crash near Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Cruces man sentenced to over 26 years in prison for federal firearms, narcotics conviction

Man from Las Cruces pleads guilty to carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury

Las Cruces man faces federal firearms charge

Las Cruces man charged after standoff with police

Man charged with coercion of a minor in Las Cruces

Las Cruces man charged with armed robbery

Las Cruces man charged for threatening to burn New Mexico State University

Las Cruces woman sentenced to four years in prison for wire fraud and false tax returns

Las Cruces woman sentenced to four years in prison for wire fraud and false tax returns

Las Cruces man arraigned on federal charges related to shooting death

Las Cruces Man Found Guilty of Kidnapping and Carjacking

Two Las Cruces men face federal firearms charges

Las Cruces psychiatrist pleads guilty to unlawfully prescribing opioids

A Las Cruces, New Mexico, Drug Leader Sentenced to 270 Months in Prison for Drug Trafficking in Sitka, Alaska

Armed gunman shot dead by Las Cruces police officer

Las Cruces murder suspect arrested by U.S. Marshals

Las Cruces police investigating shooting

Woman shot inside Las Cruces Planet Fitness

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