NMSP Press Releases

UPDATE: CANCEL Silver Alert - Albuquerque, NM – Francisco Acevedo-Aguirre has been located. For questions please contact APD at (505) 242-2677.   ###

Texico, NM – Two Curry County women are under arrest accused of abusing multiple children in their care.   The New Mexico State Police and a staff member from the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) visited the home on July 22, 2022, where...

Statewide, NM - State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols; and registration, insurance, and driver's license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of September 2022. We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce...

Bernalillo County, NM – On August 23, 2022, at around 9:30 p.m., the New Mexico State Police responded to a crash involving a motorcycle and two other vehicles on I-40 eastbound, at milepost 161, east of Albuquerque.   The initial investigation indicated that a...

Eddy County, NM – An Artesia teen was killed on Monday when the vehicle he was a passenger in collided with a semi-truck.   New Mexico State Police received the call on August 22, at around 6:00 p.m., and were alerted to a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 285 at the...

Edgewood, NM - The Torrance County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public's assistance in locating Destiny Scott. She was last seen on August 23, 2022, at her residence located on Idlewilde Lane in Edgewood, New Mexico around 9:30 p.m.   Destiny Scott is a...

Santa Fe, NM - UPDATE: CANCEL Silver Alert – Barbara Carlton has been located and is safe. For details, contact Santa Fe PD at (505) 428-3710. # # #     

UPDATE: CANCEL Silver Alert for Otero County Sheriff’s Office–Chaparral, NM – Bernardo Quiroz has been located and is safe. For questions, please contact the OCSO at (575) 437-2210. ###

Velarde, NM – An argument in Alcalde on Sunday turned violent leaving one man hospitalized and landing one man in jail.   The investigation began on August 21, 2022, at around 1:30 p.m., when New Mexico State Police officers were called to 176 County Road...

Santa Fe, NM - The following is information for the distribution of a Silver Alert from the Santa Fe Police Department.  Please refer all media inquiries and questions to the Santa Fe Police at (505) 428-3710.     Santa Fe PD is asking for the public's...