CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say a former international fugitive charged with the death of a 10-year-old Clovis boy was assaulted within hours of arriving at the Curry County jail by child's uncle.
Undersheriff Wesley Waller tells the Clovis News Journal that jail staff placed Noe Torres in a holding cell near one occupied by the uncle, Richard Silva.
Waller says Silva asked staff to use the bathroom and began punching Torres as he passed by. Torres was chained to a bench but wasn't seriously hurt.
Authorities say Torres was part of a gang that fired several bullets into a home in September 2005 that killed Carlos Perez.
Torres was captured in Mexico in January and returned to New Mexico. He's been in state custody but was brought to Clovis for court hearings.
Amarillo, TX - The Coffee Memorial Blood Center is hosting their second Over the Edge Challenge to raise money for new equipment through a repelling adventure in downtown Amarillo on August 1.
Amarillo, TX - The Coffee Memorial Blood Center is hosting their second Over the Edge Challenge to raise money for new equipment through a repelling adventure in downtown Amarillo on August 1.
Wednesday, July 23 2014 9:24 PM EDT2014-07-24 01:24:35 GMT
The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Arizona to carry out its third execution in the past year Wednesday following a closely watched First Amendment fight over the secrecy surrounding lethal injection drugs.
A condemned Arizona inmate gasped and snorted for more than an hour and a half during his execution Wednesday before he died in an episode sure to add to the scrutiny surrounding the death penalty in the U.S.
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoman man has been charged with sexually abusing boys and girls while volunteering at an organization in Kenya that assists neglected children.
OKLAHOMA CITY - An Oklahoman man has been charged with sexually abusing boys and girls while volunteering at an organization in Kenya that assists neglected children.
Tuesday, July 22 2014 3:23 AM EDT2014-07-22 07:23:29 GMT
A man who says he is the father of two of three teens charged with fatally beating two homeless men says that they too were once homeless, and he has no idea what prompted the brutal Friday night attack that police...
A man who says he is the father of two of three teens charged with fatally beating two homeless men says that they too were once homeless, and he has no idea what prompted the brutal Friday night attack that police say...
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