One man is in jail after being suspected of breaking into multiple vehicles. Witnesses saw a group of people breaking into cars at the Enclave Apartments, in the 4600 block of 71st Street. Officers were called out about 3:30 A.M. last night, and saw a brown Bronco fleeing the scene. Police managed to arrest eighteen [...]
Updated: A Wolfforth man convicted yesterday of one charge of injury to a child learned his punishment today. A Lubbock jury sentenced Richard Esch to 55 years in prison. Esch’s daughter, two months old at the time of the 2005 incident, suffered broken ribs, retina damage and brain trauma after being violently shaken by her [...]
A 55-year-old man is behind bars accused of taking inappropriate pictures of a woman. Lubbock police arrested Mitchell Turner yesterday at the Coronado Inn on I-27. A Lubbock grand jury had indicted him Tuesday for reportedly taking pictures of a woman bending over at a local grocery store. Turner was seen using a camera concealed [...]
A positive identification has been made in the beating and dragging death of a Lamb County man. 52 year-old Ronald Bures was killed last week. The Lamb County Sherriff’s Office has arrested two suspects in Bures murder. They are 51-year-old Mickey Birchfield and 53-year-old Bradford Halderman. Both are currently being held on a $50,000 dollar [...]
A shooting at Hobbs has left a teenager dead. Eighteen-year-old Jacob Navarette was shot around 1 a.m. Saturday and brought to a Lubbock hospital where he died. A search is underway by Hobbs police for whoever shot the young man.
An autopsy was scheduled today to definitely identify the mangled body of a man who was beaten and then dragged behind a car for more than three miles from Lamb County into Hale County. Authorities said witnesses saw a vehicle dragging the body along a farm road Friday. It was discovered later in a ditch [...]
For the second time over the past two days, a Lubbock County jury has handed down a stiff sentence to someone selling cocaine in Lubbock. 25 year-old Brett Jamar Johnson today was sentenced to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty on Wednesday to multiple drug related charges. Johnson was arrested in February after being [...]
An assailant who fatally stabbed a man at an east Lubbock bar early today is
on the loose. The victim, 26-year-old Christopher Eric Perez, was pronounced
dead at Grace Medical Center after being stabbed before 2 a.m. at the Boss
Office Bar at 518 East 34th Street. Police are searching for a man described
as a 35- to 45-year [...]
Seven more arrest warrants have been issued in connection with thefts of thousands of dollars worth of Apple electronics from United Parcel Service in May. It brings to 16 the number of warrants issued in the case. Court papers have named Robert Ramos as the UPS employee who headed the theft operation. He allegedly took [...]
By: Cole Shooter
Two people are in jail after stealing a television from a local car dealership. Around 1:45 this morning, officers saw a vehicle drive by with the trunk partially open, and came to a stop when he saw officers in the area in the 1900 block of Avenue L. The two in the car [...]