LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Office of the Attorney General’s Office and the Doña Ana County District Attorney declined to pursue criminal charges against a Las Cruces Police Department officer for the shooting death of 75-year-old Amelia Baca in April 2022. The situation began when Baca’s daughter called 911, saying her mother suffered from […]
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LAS CRUCES - The Las Cruces Police Department arrested and charged a man with five first-degree counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor.
Police said Joshua Ruben Chavez, 43, is accused of raping a 9-year-old girl and taking pictures of her 10-year-old sister s breasts and genitals in 2019. Chavez is facing two misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure along with the five felony counts of sexual penetration of a minor.