HAND SANITIZER INSTEAD OF BEER
Thoreau, Oct. 23

A man who entered the Speedway store in Thoreau before 3 am, couldn’t get the beer out of the refrigerator, so he took hand sanitizer instead. Julius Hoskie, 55, of Thoreau was upset about something when he approached the beer refrigerators and tried to open them.

The cashier saw him take two bottles of hand sanitizer and put them into his pockets and leave the store without paying. The cashier called 911 and McKinley County Sheriff’s Deputy Miguel Bittony drove to the store. He confirmed Hoskie matched the caller’s description and detained him while he spoke with the cashier about the incident.

Hoskie appeared intoxicated and...

Lucas Bowman
Oct. 18, 10:39 pm
Aggravated DWI (Second)

A driver called the McKinley County Sheriff’s Department after seeing a white Chrysler traveling over 100 mph and swerving on the road near Yatahey.

Deputy Johnson Lee responded to the call, but was unable to locate the car. Then as he began traveling south on U.S. Highway 491, he saw a vehicle matching the description driving south at a high rate of speed. Lee followed it as it turned west onto Highway 264 and continued speeding.

The Chrysler failed to maintain its lane and eventually turned onto the shoulder of Sagebrush Liquors without using a signal. Lee pulled over near the vehicle and saw the driver, identified as...

State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of November to reduce alcohol-related fatalities.

The New Mexico State Police says these checkpoints are helping change attitudes about drinking and driving.

 

Week ending Friday, October 29, 2021

 

Climate Warnings

The world is now on track for 2.6 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels based on current pledges by world leaders to cut emissions, according to the United Nations. The prediction comes as a survey of nearly 90,000 climate-related studies revealed that 99.9 percent of all atmospheric scientists agree that global heating is being caused by human activities, especially greenhouse gas emissions. “This report is another thundering wake-up call. How many do we need? The emissions gap is the result of a leadership gap,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters. “The era of half measures and hollow...