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Charges stem from 2017 incident
Calls include prowler, fireworks, elderly neglect
A jury trial has been set for late-November for David Floyd Morgan, a Raton man accused of shooting his neighbor in early April of this year.
A dog attack on the morning of Tuesday, June 22 left one dog with injuries requiring emergency surgery after an unknown, stray dog made its way on to the victim’s owner’s property.
Data shows meth, heroin two most popular local narcotics
Trinidad Police Department and the Las Animas County Sheriff’s Office responded to about 416 calls between Thursday, June 24 and Wednesday, June 30 including menacing, auto theft, suspicious people, incidents and vehicles, shots fired calls and a prowler. LASO responded to about 112 calls an…
The New Mexico Supreme Court on June 24 upheld a first-degree murder and aggravated stalking convictions of Alejandro Azamar-Nolasco for the 2016 killing of a Raton woman.
City, county agencies respond to auto thefts, DUI, more
New policy creates concerns for adequate oversight of law enforcement — will hinder local news reporting
Trinidad women’s argument escalates with baseball bat, hatchet attack at residence
About 1,400 members in the Cuchara and surrounding areas will be without power for approximately eight hours on Tuesday, June 29.
City, county agencies respond to auto-ped, domestics and sexual assault
Alleged assaults reported to have occurred for years
Trinidad Police Dept. responds to shooting, hit and runs, more
Suspect jailed, now awaiting extradition to Las Animas County
A second Trinidad man, Timothy Wayne Williams, was charged with entering the U.S. Capitol and other federal crimes during the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots.
Sentence handed down Friday morning
Trinidad Police Department responded to calls between Thursday, May 27 and Wednesday, June 2 including calls for a missing person, fighting in Cimino Park, code enforcement for illegal dumping and multiple Driving under the Influence (DUI), High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) calls.
Wildfire is a concern for all communities statewide
There have been two break-ins at Holy Innocents Catholic Church since the beginning of May 2021 and Father Peter Raleigh wants people to know that his church provides social services to those in need, despite chatter on Trinidad social media websites questioning his decision to call the police.
Trinidad Police Dept. responds to smash and grab, engage in pursuit, more
Another person has died in Las Animas County due to COVID-19 according to the latest numbers from the district health department.
Trinidad Police Department responded to just over 360 calls for service between Wednesday, May 5 and Wednesday, May 12.
Trinidad man found in back bedroom of Aguilar Court home
Trinidad Police Department responded to about the same number of calls as last week with a little more than 350 calls for service between Tuesday, April 20 and Tuesday, April 27 including a hit and run, drugs and graffiti. The Las Animas County Sheriff’ s Office was involved with 89 incident…
TPD officers to make every effort to be more present in community this year
Adre “Psyco” Baroz, already charged with killing four people has now been charged with his fifth killing in connection with the discovery of human remains and missing persons cases in the San Luis Valley.
Suspect released, now facing federal court date next week
Trinidad Police Department officers responded to a number of calls this past week with a little over 370 calls for service between Monday, April 12 and Monday, April 19. These calls included but were not limited to assault, traffic stops, welfare checks, fire alarms, school checks, disturban…
Multiple drivers were involved in accidents Tuesday morning with the overnight snow fall.
Locals have opportunity to help keep county protected
Hoehne Fire Protection District responded to a car fire around mid-day Sunday about 21 miles east of the Trinidad city limits.
Salazar already sentenced to DOC for separate incident
Leah Armijo posts bond same day as arrest
A drive by shooting occurred in the 100 block of W. Goddard Ave. in Trinidad Wednesday night, April 7.
David Morgan is a murder suspect currently in the custody of the Colfax County Detention Center as of Thursday morning, April 8. Morgan called Raton Central Dispatch on himself at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 1 and informed them that he had just shot his neighbor James McDowell.
A semi-truck caught fire on 1-25 near Aguilar and Exit 34 Thursday morning April 8.
Two brush fires sparked in the early hours of the evening Monday, April 5 within Trinidad city limits.
The Las Animas and Huerfano County health department is hosting pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics in La Veta and Gardner on April 5.
Suspect found with number of vehicle keys in his pocket
As a result of high winds, a semi-truck overturned at mile marker 39 north of Trinidad as it was driving I-25 northbound Monday afternoon, March 29.
One person suffered minor injuries after colliding with a semi on Interstate 25 Thursday morning, March 25.
Charge stems from 2020 auto theft incident
Major restoration efforts are underway to restore winter weather outages. Thank you for your patience. We know how frustrating it is to not have power when you need it.Our power supplier attempted to re-energize the substation affected by the outage. Their restoration efforts did not hold. P…
Public health officials remind people to be cautious during Spring Break
A Trinidad bookkeeping company for businesses sounded the alarm this week to fraudulent unemployment claims being made against local businesses.
Earlier bombings resulted in two Trinidad men being injured
In recent weeks several Chronicle-News customers have called the paper believing they had been contacted by the newspaper when no one from the office has placed the call.
A body found in an open field near the 900 block of Boulevard St. in Trinidad has been identified as Antonio Ramon Craig, a 48-year-old Trinidad man.
The most recent COVID-19 update from the district health department had the total COVID-19 case count in Las Animas County crossing the 1,000-case threshold at 1,001 with 40 cases currently active and 11 deaths.
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