McKinley County Sheriff's deputies are currently on the look out for a man who reportedly stole less than $200 from a local Family Dollar.

Deputies were called to the Family Dollar located on Highway 602 south of Vanderwagen around 9 am on Sept. 3. According to Sheriff James Maiorano III, a man walked into the store wearing a ski mask and gloves. He allegedly tried to open one of the business' cash registers.

A store employee allegedly approached him and asked him what he was doing. That's when the man reportedly pulled out a firearm.

At press time Maiorano said his deputies were unsure if the firearm was real or fake.

The man allegedly told the store employees to open the cash...

A man who stole a car has been arrested and will be charged with possession of a stolen motor vehicle, fleeing law enforcement, false imprisonment, and an outstanding bench warrant.

During the evening hours of Aug. 29, McKinley County Sheriff's Office pursued a man who was later identified as Deon Begay. Begay allegedly stole a truck from someone in Holbrook, AZ.

At some point during the chase MCSO deputies did lose sight of Begay. But then a "good Samaritan" waved some deputies down to show them where the suspect had fled on foot.

A New Mexico State Police helicopter was in the area on a different operation and used its technology to locate the suspect on foot about a mile from...

OTERO COUNTY — The New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau has completed and submitted a case file to the Twelfth Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Alamogordo, N.M. concerning the officer-involved shooting by an Otero County Sheriff’s Officer on June 25. The case has been assigned to the Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office for further review.

In line with ongoing efforts to keep the community informed, New Mexico Department of Public Safety Secretary Jason R. Bowie, along with NMSP command staff and a representative from the Governor’s office, met with Mescalero Apache tribal leaders on Aug. 15 to provide an overview of the investigation process and an update...

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Timo Molina conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Allision Road. One arrest was made for an outstanding bench warrant.`