Two charged in illicit massage parlors in Roswell
Federal authorities arrested Shaoping Wen and Xu Wang both 64 and 41 on March 21 in Roswell and other New Mexico and Texas locations. They face charges of conspiracy to use interstate travel in aid of racketeering enterprises and potential penalties up to five years.
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New Mexico
Texas
Roswell
U.S. District Court
Shaoping Wen
Xu Wang
Wen
Wang
FBI
South Main St
U.S. Justice Department
Roswell Pedestrian Killed Crossing Sunset Avenue
A 53 year old Roswell man, Jimmy James Galvan, died after being struck by a northbound 2021 Hyundai Elantra while crossing Sunset Avenue near Hobbs Street. The driver, a 29 year old man, and a 23 year old woman passenger were uninjured. The crash occurred in a poorly lit area and remains under investigation.
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Roswell
Jimmy James Galvan
South Sunset Avenue
West Hobbs Street
Galvan
All Inclusive Park phases may seek new bids for second phase
City staff recommend rebidding the All Inclusive Park at the Cielo Grande Recreation Area for the second phase that would add lighting benches picnic tables and shade shelters. The first phase cost nearly 1.7 million funded by 1.46 million state grant and city match 393 5 thousand. The second phase could cost about 1.2 million with a 853 thousand state grant and possible additional city funds. A date for rebid was not set in the Infrastructure Committee agenda.
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Cielo Grande Recreation Area
Roswell educators discuss at chamber education lunch
Roswell chamber lunch covered attendance, dress codes, and cell phones. Speakers included Brian Luck RISD superintendent, Todd DeKay ENMU Roswell executive director, and Orlan Lee LUNCH. The event at 131 W Second St was hosted by Andrea Moore and Gary Thrine.
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Roswell Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Second St
Andrea Moore
Gary Thrine
Brian Luck
Roswell Independent Public Schools
RISD
Todd DeKay
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
ENMUR
Orlan
South Roswell Suffers Brief Power Outage
A section of South Roswell experienced a brief power outage Thursday as a fault on a transmission line to two substations tripped the system. Electricity was restored 60 minutes later after the line was patrolled and cleared. About 6,397 customers between South Main Street Lea Avenue Hobbs Street were affected.
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South Roswell
South Main Street
Lea Avenue
Hobbs Street
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Diana Velazco
Roswell Public Library
Velazco
Children’s Area
Jim Hilley
Roswell Daly Record
Lee
Orlando Griego
Ronald
Ron” Rubel Hidalgo
Pamela McLeod
Lorene Kuykendall
Wes Reeves
Xcel Energy
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