NMSP Press Releases

UPDATE: On July 20, 2022, Elizabeth H. Montoya was located and is safe.   

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

Santa Fe County, NM - A recent New Mexico State Police operation has taken thousands of fentanyl pills off the streets and led to the arrest of two Santa Fe residents.    On July 6, 2022, a New Mexico State Police officer was surveilling Cooks Road in Santa Fe,...

Guadalupe County, NM - The off-duty death of a New Mexico State Police officer is now under investigation following the discovery of his body inside his Santa Rosa home.   Officers went to the home on the evening of Monday, July 18, 2022, to conduct a welfare...

Silver City, New Mexico – The New Mexico State Police is seeking the public's assistance in locating Araceli V. Torrez. Torrez is a 17-year-old Hispanic female, 5’1” tall, 138 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. She was last seen in the late evening on July 17,...

Socorro County, NM – On July 17, 2022, at approximately 7:46 p.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a single vehicle fatal rollover crash on Interstate 25, near milepost 160, north of Lemitar, NM.    The initial investigation indicates a 2010 Chevrolet...

Eddy County, NM - On July 16, 2022, at approximately 6:37 a.m., the New Mexico State Police responded to a single vehicle fatal crash on West Main Street near Centennial Avenue in Artesia, NM.    The initial investigation indicates a 2001 Dodge Ram pickup, driven...

Santa Fe County- A New Mexico State Police warrant round-up in Santa Fe County nets two men who failed to appear in court for outstanding DWI warrants. On July 5, 2022, the New Mexico State Police Uniform Bureau in Santa Fe conducted a warrant round-up operation in...

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 July 2022.   We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired...

For Immediate Release July 8, 2022   State Police Officers in Los Lunas Make Drug Arrest   Los Lunas, NM - On June 28, 2022, at around 8:30 a.m., two State Police officers were patrolling in one marked State Police patrol unit on West Brazaro near Monterey...