Hospitals lockdown after threatening call in Roswell New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center and Lovelace Regional Hospital were placed on lockdown Tuesday after a threatening call. Police dispatched to both locations as investigators sought the source, with ENMMC lockdown lifted by 2:49 p.m. and Lovelace noting the lockdown was no longer in place by 3:24 p.m.
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Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Lovelace Regional Hospital
Todd Wildermuth
Roswell
E. 19Th St
APD
Wildermuth
Brooke Linthicum
Whitney Marquez
Lovelace Health System
Lovelace
Roswell district investigates Wool Bowl turf disposal
Roswell Independent School District faces scrutiny as Superintendent Dr. Ann Lynn McIlroy to self report improper disposal of old Wool Bowl turf. Board members including Alan Gedde and Ruben Sanchez attended the meeting where public comment raised PED rule concerns and a formal education department complaint was filed.
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Roswell Independent School
Ann Lynn McIlroy
Alan Gedde
Ruben Sanchez
Kathleen Pittman
Mona Kirk
James Edwards
Orlando Padilla
RISD
Padilla
Roswell
Department of Education
Roswell Independent
Risd School Board
Roswell man pleads guilty in swatting case
A Roswell man, Stephen Scott Landes, 29, pleaded guilty in U S District Court in Wilmington to one count of threatening and conveying false information concerning the use of an explosive. He admitted making interstate bomb threats against a Walmart and an elementary school in Georgetown Delaware. Landes faces sentencing November 27 and could receive up to 10 years in prison. Swatting involved reporting false emergencies to trigger armed police responses aimed at harassing an identified target.
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Roswell
Georgetown
Delaware
Stephen Scott Landes
U.S. District Court
Wilmington
Landes
U.S
District of Delaware
New Mexico considers checks on gun sellers
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham proposes stricter oversight of gun sales in New Mexico as El Paso shootings prompt talk of extending background checks to private sellers. A Wednesday summit at the state Capitol will gather public safety experts and an FBI briefing to discuss domestic terrorism precautions.
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Santa FE
Michelle Lujan Grisham
New Mexico
el Paso
Texas
State Capitol
State House
Senate
FBI
Susan Grisham
Water district seeks new offices and shop in Roswell plan
The Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District votes to build a new office and shop on East Second Street Roswell. Directors discuss tying district property to city water lines and issuing an RFP while current facilities are deemed too small for future needs.
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Roswell
East Second Street
Pecos Valley Artesian Conservancy District
Second St
Aron Balock
Pecos Valley
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