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• Feb 17, 2021
Alamogordo, NM - On February 13, 2021 at approximately 11:48 a.m., the Alamogordo Police Department responded to a residence on Stanford Avenue in Alamogordo, NM in reference to a neighbor dispute. Here is a statement from the New Mexico State Police:
When the sergeant arrived at the residence, he met with the reporting party. As the sergeant conducted an interview with the reporting party, he heard approximately four gunshots fired towards his direction from 2410 Stanford Avenue. The sergeant had the reporting party seek cover in their residence as he moved towards the residence where the shots were fired. The sergeant observed a male subject who was identified as Nathan Contreras (41) of Alamogordo, NM, standing outside of 2410 Stanford Avenue armed with a handgun. The sergeant identified himself as a police officer and gave verbal commands to Contreras to drop the gun. Contreras ignored the commands and
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• Feb 3, 2021
Valencia County, NM – On Monday, January 25, 2021, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was contacted to investigate a police shooting involving the Los Lunas Police Department (LLPD).
State Police investigators learned that on January 25, 2021, at around 8:05 a.m., LLPD officers conducted a traffic stop on a blue Ford Expedition parked near the intersection of South Camelot Boulevard and Morris Road in Los Lunas, NM. As officers approached the Expedition, they observed a male, later identified as Jerry Yalch, 40, of Los Lunas, NM armed with a handgun inside the vehicle. Yalch refused to exit and barricaded himself inside his vehicle. A short time later, Yalch got out of his vehicle and a foot pursuit ensued.
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• Feb 3, 2021 Las Vegas, NM - On Monday, January 18, 2021, the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate an Officer Involved Shooting involving a New Mexico State Police Officer in Las Vegas, NM.
On January 18, 2021, New Mexico State Police officers were actively searching for a wanted male subject who had fled from a traffic stop involving a gray Honda a week prior in Las Vegas, NM. The male subject was identified as Shaun Kemp (22) of Springer, NM.
At approximately 9:30 p.m., a New Mexico State Police officer who was parked on Garfield Avenue in Las Vegas observed a gray Honda traveling south on Grand Avenue in Las Vegas, NM. The officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop on the Honda. The driver refused to stop and a pursuit was initiated.
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• Jan 29, 2021 Carrizozo, NM - On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, agents with the New Mexico State Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit received information from the United States Marshals Service that two wanted violent fugitives were driving through New Mexico. The fugitives were identified as Tracy Brown, 57, and Diana Thomas, 47, both of Bismarck, Missouri. Brown was wanted for escape from the Iron County Jail in Ironton, Missouri and Thomas was wanted for weapons charges out of Missouri. The two were driving together in a black 2011 Chevrolet Malibu. After receiving this information, the New Mexico State Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit, which was created by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in October of 2019 to arrest wanted fugitives across the state, began an investigation to locate these fugitives, and coordinate a plan to safely take them off the streets and into custody. Due to the violent nature of the individuals t