CNJ staff report Police are investigating a Saturday altercation in Clovis that left two men with stab wounds and a third man beaten. Around 4 p.m. Saturday police were called to the Clovis Apartments on North Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard for a multiple stabbing report. Police found two men with stab wounds and a […]
Muleshoe police investigate fighter’s death
CNJ staff Muleshoe police are investigating the suspicious death of a 28-year-old professional mixed martial arts fighter whose body was found on the steps of the Catholic Church Rectory Sunday morning. Rolando Willie “Shadow” Scott had been shot, according to Chief Brian Frieda. Police have not yet classified it as a homicide, Frieda said, pending […]
Police investigate drive-by shooting
Freedom New Mexico A Texas man was shot in the leg during a Saturday night drive-by shooting at the Grand Avenue apartments. Clovis police Capt. Patrick Whitney said around 8:30 p.m. William Mitchell was struck near the buttocks by a .45 caliber bullet that bounced up from the pavement. “When the shooting started, he grabbed […]
Police investigate forged doctors’ notes
CNJ staff A Clovis woman is being investigated for forging doctors’ notes to explain her child’s absences from school. Clovis Municipal Schools officials contacted police about a week ago and turned over 14 doctors’ notes the suspect had sent to her daughter’s Clovis elementary school to explain her absences, according to a police report released […]
June 13, 2008 Police Blotter
Samplings of recent calls received by Clovis-area law enforcement officers, according to reports: Around 4 a.m. June 5 an officer responded to a business in the area of 14th and Mitchell streets for an attempted break-in. A man said he had parked his semi-truck behind the store so employees could unload food. While he was […]