After tasing, suspect identified

By Roger Lanse

Friday, Mar. 15, 2024, at approximately 10:22 p.m., Bayard Police Department officers were dispatched to 225 Erie Street in Bayard in reference to a 55-year-old male caller advising his roommate was threatening to cut his head off with a knife. Arriving at the residence, officers knocked on the door and made contact with a male, later identified as Christopher Sturdevant, 56, who aggressively swung the door open and began cursing at the officers.

According to a BPD incident report, the suspect refused to identify himself saying the victim had told him "to get the f*** out." The suspect continued to refuse to identify himself, and after officers gained entry into the residence, he ran up the stairs, despite being given multiple commands to stop and walk toward the officers. Unable to see if the suspect was clear of any weapons, a taser was deployed, the prongs striking the suspect's left arm and thigh. At that point, the suspect was handcuffed and identified. Sturdevant was placed under arrest, charged with resisting, evading, or obstructing an officer and concealing identity.

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Child found deceased during a cruelty to children investigation.

By Roger Lanse

Ten Grant County Sheriff's Office deputies and detectives, four EMS personnel, and an OMI employee, responded at various times to 97 Quail Run in the Wind Canyon area on Sunday, Mar. 10, 2024, in reference to a medical call received about 11:14 a.m. The Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority advised that the an adult male and an adult female are saying, "Ow," a 5-year-old female is unresponsive, and a 7-year-old male has pain in his legs. Deputies first arrived at the address at approximately 11:19 a.m.

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Grant County Commission holds work session 031224 part 1

[This is the first of a series of articles on the Grant County Commission meeting on March 12, 2024.]

By Mary Alice Murphy

Grant County Commissioners heard three presentations at the March 12, 2024 work session.

The first presentation came from the High Desert Humane Society president Heidi Ogas. She gave the annual report for the Grant County Animal Shelter, which is run by the HDHS..

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Man arrested for three active warrants

By Roger Lanse

Sunday, Mar. 10, 2024, Grant County sheriff's Office deputies were dispatched to 23 H.L. Watkins Road, Silver City, at about 5:45 p.m. in reference to an unwanted subject call. A male had been reported squatting on their property for an hour and refusing to leave, although now he was reported leaving.

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Man identified in roundabout way

By Roger Lanse

On Monday, Mar. 11, 2024, at about 9:01 p.m. a Silver City Police Department officer was dispatched, while patrolling, to the Food Basket at 1220 N. Hudson Street in response to an unwanted subject call. The officer was told by the Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority, the male, reportedly, had consumed beer without paying for it and was refusing to leave. Arriving at the location, the assistant manager of the business directed the officers to the store's restroom where they observed a male inside without a shirt and wearing jeans.

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Ethics Complaint against Democrat Councilwoman – Part Three

By Frost McGahey, Investigative Journalist

On June 13, 2023, Chief Hector Carrillo of the Bayard Police filed a formal complaint with the State of New Mexico Ethics Committee against City Councilwoman Frances Gonzales. The impetus for this was the pending charge of False Reporting, but there had been other incidences.*

The first incidence was on July 30, 2022 at the Cobre Consolidated School District's Summerfest. Annette Acosta, the school official and the event coordinator, had received a complaint from Sami Morales. Morales explained she had been walking by the city council tent when she overheard Councilwomen Gonzales state she was very unhappy that the Republican Party tent was so close to her party's tent.

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Man criminally damages property

By Roger Lanse

A Santa Clara Police Department officer was dispatched to 610 N. East Street on Saturday, Mar. 16, 2024, at approximately 5:19 p.m. to a disturbance call. When the officer arrived at the address, he was met by the 48-year-old male victim, who stated his nephew, Matias Marquez, 23, of Santa Clara, was "destroying his house," declaring his nephew "threw a crazy and started breaking things in his house." The victim told the officer, Marquez had lived at this address prior but had been kicked out a 'few months ago' and had been living at the homeless shelter. He returned yesterday.

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Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce heard from NM MFA representative 030724

Photos by Lynn Janes
Article by Mary Alice Murphydsc 0002NM MFA representative Julie Halbig was featured speaker.

dsc 0028Chamber Biard Member Sabrina Pack served as emcee.The Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce held its monthly luncheon on March 7, 2024. Julie Halbig of the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority served as featured speaker.

Halbig, NMMFA director of compliance and initiatives, said the agency is reaching out all over the state "because we know that housing, and affordable housing in particular, is impacting all our communities. It will take all of us together to be the solution."

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