On September 16, 2022, at about 6:15 p.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatal crash at the intersection of New Mexico State Road 2 and Darby Road south of Roswell, New Mexico. The initial investigation shows a 2005 Ford Mustang was traveling west on...
NMSP Press Releases
UPDATE: CANCEL SILVER ALERT – Alamogordo Police Department– Pamela Lee
Alamogordo, NM- Pamela Lee has been located and is safe. For more information, please contact the Alamogordo Police Department at (575) 439-4300. ###
UPDATE: CANCEL Missing Endangered Juvenile Advisory – Espanola, NM- Neveah Espinosa
Espanola, NM- Neveah Espinosa has been located and is safe. ###
Missing Endangered Runaway Advisory – Veguita, NM- Ivette Zapata
Veguita, NM- The following is information for the distribution of a Missing Endangered Runaway Advisory. The New Mexico State Police is asking for the public's assistance in locating Ivette Zapata, a Hispanic female, seventeen-year-old, 5’5” tall, weighing 120...
Missing Endangered Juvenile Advisory – Espanola, NM- Neveah Espinosa
Espanola, NM- The following is information for the distribution of a Missing Endangered Juvenile Advisory. The New Mexico State Police is seeking the public's assistance in locating Neveah Espinosa, a Hispanic female, fourteen-year-old, 5’9” tall, weighing 155...
UPDATE: CANCEL Missing Endangered Runaway Advisory – Gallup, NM – Tyesha Yuselew
Tyesha Yuselew has been located and is safe. For more information, please contact the Gallup Police Department. ###
Fatal Crash in Eddy County
Eddy County, NM - On September 15, 2022, at about 10:38 a.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatal crash at the intersection of Porter Road and Carrasco Road south of Carlsbad, New Mexico. The initial investigation shows a 2018 Ford truck, driven...
Missing Endangered Runaway Advisory – Taos County, NM – Shia Silverhatband
Taos County, NM – The following information is for the distribution of a Missing Endangered Runaway Advisory from the New Mexico State Police. The New Mexico State Police is asking the public for assistance in locating Shia Silverhatband a 16-year-old-Native...
New Mexico State Police Arrest Taos man for 8th DWI Offense
Taos, New Mexico- A Taos man is under arrest for an eighth offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and or drug. On Sunday, September 11, 2022, at approximately 9:55 p.m., a New Mexico State Police officer on patrol stopped a vehicle for a...
Tractor Trailer Driver Arrested for Driving While Intoxicated in Gallup
Gallup, NM – On September 2, 2022, at around 11:52 a.m. a Freightliner tractor-trailer, driven by Johnnie Ray Punch Jr., 45, of Houston TX entered the Gallup Port of Entry. Inspectors told Punch to park in the main parking lot to purchase a needed permit. Instead of...