Murder charges dropped after key witness recants
A witness recanted at a Chaves County preliminary hearing forcing Judge Pat Casados to dismiss murder charges against Angel and Domingo Martinez in the 2014 shooting death of Fabian Ward Jr. The case hinged on the witness’s newly recanted statements about the motive tied to social media and an alleged relationship, with disorderly conduct occurring at the courthouse parking lot after dismissal.
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Chaves County
Mike Herrington
Angel and
Domingo Martinez
Fabian Ward Jr
Phoenix
No Name Roads
Herrington
Pat Casados
Ward
Fabian Ward Sr
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Angel Martinez
Evangelique
Angel
Domingo
Fabian
Pecos
Raintree
Steven Bell
State of
New Mexico
ENMMC Welcomes Three Nursing Graduates to Staff
ENMMC celebrated three 2015 nursing graduates Lisa Clay Shelly Perez and Lynette Hansen at a Graduate Nurse Signing Party. Clay joined Critical Care Perez Behavioral Health and Hansen Family Care Services. CEO Maribel Acosta highlighted ENMUR partnerships to provide clinical rotations and training in the facility. Susan Golden ENMUR instructor attended the ceremony.
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Lisa Clay
Shelly Perez
Lynette Hansen
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Clay
Perez
Behavioral Health Department
Hansen
Maribel Acosta
ENMMC
Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell
Acosta
ENMUR
Susan Golden
SC honors Pinckney as Alabama lowers flags in wave of flag debates
South Carolina laid Clementa Pinckney to rest in the statehouse rotunda becoming the first African American honored there since Reconstruction. A week after Emanuel AME Church shooting crowds gathered to reflect at the church basement. Governors Haley and Bentley acted on Confederate symbols with flag removals and calls for debate on the monuments.
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South Carolina
Alabama
Columbia, S.C
Clementa Pinckney
Statehouse
Pinckney
Charleston
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
Jesus
Norvel Goff
Myra Thompson
Goff
Thompson
State Capitol
Nikki Haley
Issu
Montgomery
Jefferson Davis
Robert Bentley
Bentley
Haley
Jennifer Pinckney
Eliana
Malana
South Carolina Statehouse
Columbia
S.C
Roswell Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Meth Cocaine Trafficking
Simon Nicholas Sais, 45, was sentenced in federal court in Las Cruces to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for distributing methamphetamine and cocaine in Lea and Chaves counties. The plea covered sales to an undercover agent between June and August 2013, with investigations by the FBI Roswell office and Lea County Drug Task Force.
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Roswell
Simon Nicholas Sais
Las Cruces
Sais
Lea County Drug Task Force
Lea County
Chaves County
FBI
Jail accreditation boosts staff morale
Chaves County Adult Detention Center earned its second consecutive three year re accreditation from the Adult Detention Professional Standards Council. The award recognizes meeting or exceeding ADPS detention best practice standards and is shared by six New Mexico counties including Chaves and Dona Ana.
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Chaves County
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