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Alamogordo, NM – The Alamogordo Police Department kept busy last week, responding to a steady volume of calls involving warrant services, property crimes, domestic issues, drug activity, and traffic enforcement.
Here’s a categorized summary of the main offense types with approximate totals:
Warrant-Related Arrests
Dozens of warrants served, mostly for Failure to Appear (Municipal, Magistrate, and District Court), probation violations, and conditions of release. This continues to be one of the top categories week after week.
Property Crimes
• Shoplifting: 8+ incidents (several involving juveniles at retail stores).
• Trespassing: 8–10 cases.
• Criminal Damage to Property: 4–5 reports.
• Scavenging: 2–3.
• Recovered Stolen Vehicle: 1.
Violent and Domestic Incidents
• Battery (including against household members): 6–8.
• Aggravated Assault (with deadly weapon): 3.
• Domestic Disturbances: Multiple responses, several resulting in arrests.
Drug-Related Offenses
• Trafficking Controlled Substances: 3+.
• Possession of Controlled Substances: 5+.
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia: 4+.
Traffic and DWI
• DWI: 4–5 arrests (some with added charges like reckless driving or open container).
• Other traffic violations led to multiple citations.
Other Notable Calls
• Disorderly Conduct / Resisting or Obstructing: 6–8.
• Juvenile Referrals: 10+ (shoplifting, battery, criminal damage, runaway, probation violations, etc.).
• Animal at Large / Rabies Exposure: 2–3 citations.
• False Reports: 1–2.
• Unattended Death (natural causes): 1.
How This Compares to the Prior Week (April 27–May 3, 2026)
Warrant arrests remained heavy in both weeks, staying a consistent priority for APD. Shoplifting and trespassing numbers were similar, with a slight uptick in juvenile involvement this past week. Drug-related activity was comparable, though this week saw more coordinated White Mountain Drug Task Force assists. Domestic and violent incidents stayed steady, with a similar number of batteries and aggravated assaults. DWI arrests held about even. Overall activity levels appear consistent between the two weeks, with no major spikes or drops in any major category.





The complete daily police logs for May 4–10 are available in the official PDF here:
https://www.ci.alamogordo.nm.us/DocumentCenter/View/18046/May-4-to-May-10-2026-PDF
Alamogordo Police continue working hard to keep our community safe. If you see something suspicious, report it right away.
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Jeeses Chryst Edwards . . . take a MIDOL will ya?
in this day and time it might be useful to be reminded that muckraking was once an honorable function of the press...to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. a couple of references:
Chris, thank you for yet another example of great local investigative journalism!
I'll ask around to see if other folks can add more information and evidence to help answer the questions you have raised.
Thanks again!
Sunny, with a high of 92 and low of 68 degrees. Sunny during the morning, clear during the afternoon and evening,
regarding the dispute involving employees at the public owned golf course: authoritarians/conservatives hate unions passionately - they are altogether too independent to fit in with their plans for more complete control. besides, authoritarians need to control patronage to extend their grip.
Absolutely true! If it wasn't for unions, a large portion of democrat politicians would lose a source of income . Thank you for bringing that up!
since you are concerned about unions financial support for democrat politicians - might i direct your attention to the amount of $$$ that oil and gas companies supply to republican politicians? sauce for the goose, sauce for gander?
Thank You Alamogordo Police Department. Lock Him Up And Throw Away the Key!!! Let's Kick His Family Out Of Here Too!!
Well, if we stay in the theme of mudslinging, it’s a horrible thing that this is happening in Otero county. Perhaps its time fir a regime change in the sheriffs office.
another fringe candidate with considerable experience and background, who fails to grasp the underlying problems for manufacturing in our country. for decades, investors have been shuttering mills/mines/production/assembly lines, and moving off-shore to take advantage of cheaper labor
True. When 300 dollar shoes cost a dollar to make in China…
Sheriff Yazza for the win.
viewed from a wider scale - this is just another case of hard-ball politics within the republican establishment, the same conditions exist all the way up to the white house.
democracy is so 20th century...get with the program, authoritarianism is the new gold standard of the party.
True. What happened at the Otero County Democrat Party again?
Great History lesson on a one-of-a-kind facility and its importance to the nation's security, and fuels our local economy.
As a student aide working there in 1978, I was in awe of the work, the people and the technology at the time. I was so lucky to be able to work with not only the surveyors, one of which was **** Golly, and also work with the dam setters which included Mr. Coyazo, Mr. Baca, Mr.