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Former Alamogordo police officer sentenced to decade in prison for vehicular homicide File/KOB ROSWELL, New Mexico — A  former Alamogordo police officer has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for his involvement in a crash that killed one person and injured two others. Luke Maxwell Towner pleaded guilty in October to charges that included vehicular homicide and driving under the influence. His sentence, handed down in December, also includes three years of supervised probation, the Roswell Daily Record newspaper reported. Towner was speeding when he rear-ended another vehicle...

Associated Press The state of New Mexico Wednesday announced that one of New Mexico's 33 counties — Catron County — saw enough improvement in its per-capita daily incidence of new COVID-19 cases and its average test positivity rate to relax some of the public health regulations under the state’s color-coded risk system. Officials said more than two dozen counties saw improvements in at least one of the two categories while 21 saw improvements in both metrics. State Health Secretary Dr. Tracie Collins said during a briefing Wednesday that she feels positive so far about the rollout of va...

Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record A former Alamogordo police officer received a 15-year sentence Monday on charges related to a 2019 vehicle wreck in Roswell that left one person dead and two others injured. Luke Maxwell Towner (Submitted Photo) Dianna Luce, district attorney for New Mexico’s 5th Judicial District, confirmed Wednesday that Judge James Hudson followed the state’s recommendation in sentencing Luke Maxwell Towner, 31, of Tularosa, to 12 years incarceration, with another three to be served on supervised probation, on one count of homicide by vehicle, driving while under ...