Robbery Suspect Surrenders After Media Coverage
Roswell man Joe De La Rosa 42 turned himself in to Roswell Police after front page coverage of the Pioneer Bank robbery on Sunset Avenue and Alameda Street. He faces federal robbery and tampering charges with bond set at 25000 and remains in detention awaiting transfer.
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Joe de la Rosa
Pennsylvania Ave
Roswell
Pioneer Bank
Sunset Avenue
Alameda Street
Scorpion
Roswell Daily Record
de la Rosa
de Las Rosa
Chaves County
RPD
John Wayne Davis
Davis
CCDC
Steve Halvorson
Lovato Nominated as Interim Ward V Councilor
City Council in a special session confirmed Richard Lovato as interim councilor for Ward V. The unanimous vote followed Mayor Bill Owen introducing Lovato to council officials and attendees in City Hall Council Chambers.
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City Council
Richard Lovato
Ward
Lee Rogers
Sherry Magee
Judy Stubbs
del Jurney
Steve Landez
David Gonzalez
James Monteith
Bill Owen
Lovato
City Hall
Inmates Escape From Socorro County Jail
Alfredo San Juan and Sonia Arquijo escaped Socorro County Detention Center after two guards were overpowered. San Juan, 22, held on open murder, and Arquijo, held on a nonviolent charge, were last seen after the break near the jail’s southwest area. State police recovered two other inmates but sought San Juan who speaks only Spanish and was last seen in white pants and shirt.
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Socorro
Socorro County Detention Center
Alfredo San Juan
Sonia Arquijo
E.P. Higgs
San Juan
Arquijo
Higgs
David Solomon
George Sosa
Clark seeks mental health stay before execution in New Mexico
Defense argues inmate Terry Clark should be sent to a Las Vegas Medical Center facility for a year to determine competency to drop appeals. Judge Bonem weighs whether Clark, on death row for killing 9-year-old Dena Gore in 1986, is mentally fit to decide his fate amid disputed psychiatrist testimony and prior isolation effects.
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Albuquerque
Terry Clark
Clark
Dena Lynn Gore
Artesia
Brian Pori
Gail Evans
Clovis
Stuart Grassian
Harvard
Portales
Pori
Grassian
Terry
Las Vegas Medical Center
David Bonem
New Mexico
Bonem
Evans
Peri
Thomas Thompson
Grocers Press to Fill Void After Furrs Closures
Community leaders expect remaining supermarkets to serve Roswell and other New Mexico towns after Furrs exits. Eleven stores in New Mexico will close, with six in Texas. Fleming Cos. acquired 66 stores for 107 million, excluding up to 27, leaving 17 unpurchased. The Las Vegas and Roswell markets face economic impact and job losses.
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Albuquerque
Furrs
Texas
New Mexico
Roswell
Farrs
Sylvie Nelson
Chamber of Commerce
Nelson
U.S
Fleming Cos
Fleming
Shane Boyd
Las Vegas
Judy Finley
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Graves Farm
Dr. Gott
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Purgatory
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