NMSP Press Releases

Triple Fatal Rollover on Interstate 10 in Luna County

Written by Officer Ray Wilson 05/23/2022 Luna County, NM – On May 21, 2022, at about 10:00 p.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a triple fatal rollover crash on Interstate 10, around milepost 68, west of Deming, NM. The initial investigation indicated that a...

NMSP Arrests Former Correctional Officer for Sex with an Inmate

Written by Officer Ray Wilson 05/20/2022   Cibola County, NM - On May 19, New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau agents were requested by the New Mexico State Police Uniform Bureau to investigate a former Western New Mexico Correctional Facility (WNMCF)...

Fatal Motorcycle Crash on Interstate 10 in Luna County

Written by Officer Dusty Francisco 5/18/2022   Luna County, NM – On May 15, 2022, at approximately 9:41 a.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatal motorcycle crash on Interstate 10, near milepost 73, west of Deming, NM. The initial investigation...

Pedestrian Fatally Struck on U.S. 64 Near Farmington

Written by Officer Ray Wilson 05/18/2022 San Juan County – On May 16, 2022, at around 9:13 p.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatal crash involving a pedestrian and a vehicle on U.S. Highway 64, east of San Juan County Road 6400, near Farmington, NM. The...

Fatal Rollover Crash on US Highway 54 in Lincoln County

Written by Officer Dusty Francisco 5/18/2022 Lincoln County, NM - On May 17, 2022, at approximately 7:32 a.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a one-vehicle fatal rollover crash on US Highway 54 near milepost 151, south of Corona, NM. The initial...

Officer-Involved Shooting involving the Espanola Police Department

Written by Lieutenant Mark Soriano 05/18/2022 Espanola, NM – On Sunday, May 15, 2022, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was contacted to investigate an officer-involved shooting involving the Espanola Police Department (EPD). Agents learned at around...

New Mexico State Police investigate a Homicide in Rio Arriba County

Written by Officer Dusty Francisco 5/16/2022 Rio Arriba County, NM – On May 14, 2022, the New Mexico State Police responded to NM State Road 512, Private Drive 1750, House #2 in Los Brazos, NM, in reference to an unresponsive male subject. When officers arrived on the...

Fatal Commercial Motor Vehicle Crash on U.S. 54 in Quay County

Written by Officer Dusty Francisco 5/16/2022 Quay County, NM – On May 15, 2022, at approximately 9:32 a.m., the New Mexico State Police investigated a fatal crash involving two Commercial Motor Vehicles on U.S. 54 near milepost 346, near Nara Visa, NM by the New...