Gunfire spurs arrests and hearings in Artesia
Artesia face a weekend of gunfire as Mike Ripley faces a July 12 hearing on aggravated assault after a shotgun barrage in a Main Street parking lot. Martin Green is hospitalized in serious condition. Tommy Gonzales faces July 15 on burglary charges. Sunny Wind, 25, faces a concealed weapon count after bar security found a loaded .357 meant for a liquor establishment.
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Regional suit targets Eddy County officials and sheriff
A federal suit seeks 2 million dollars against Eddy County commissioners Arnold Crabb Johnnie Bowman and John Means Sheriff LeRoy Payne Sgt Harvey Smith and Louis Granger plus the county itself on claims involving Guadalupe Hernandez who says he was assaulted battered and tortured in a July 1976 jail cell in Carlsbad. Hernandez alleges injuries left him unable to care for himself and seeks 500000 for lost earning capacity 1 million for custodial care and 500000 in punitive damages.
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Guadalupe Hernandez
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Arnold Crabb
Johnnie Bowman
John Means
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