Tag: Crime
Meth bust in Van Horn
Seven people arrested in drug raids
By Gilda Morales
Sheriff Oscar Carrillo and his deputies sent a clear message to local drug dealers last week— “Stop...
Attempted smuggling attempt goes to pot
A possible tire blow-out early last Monday morning, was listed as the cause of a rollover of a 2000 Chevy pickup driven by 23-year-old...
Vandal strikes museum
Year’s end marked by vandalism
By Lisa Morton
Culberson County Sheriff Deputy Olivia Legarretta was dispatched Monday, December 31, to the Clark Hotel Museum on Broadway...
Texas police made more than $50 million in 2017 from seizing...
By Edgar Walters and Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune Dec. 7, 2018
This story is part of a collaborative reporting initiative supported by the Pulitzer...
County grapples with deputy shortage
Law enforcement presence needed in Northeast Culberson County
By Becky Brewster
Culberson County Commissioners met in regular session on November 13, faced with a lengthy agenda....
Commissioners faced with new reality in the north
By Becky Brewster
Culberson County Commissioners were presented with an impassioned plea from representatives working in the northern part of the county to do something...
Post Office vandalized
By Lisa Morton
Local Post Office employees discovered that several mailboxes at the USPS Van Horn facility had been broken into and vandalized last Thursday...