CHAVES COUNTY — The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) arrested a Texas man last week on child sex crime charges as he was travelling through Chaves County.

A be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) was issued around 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23, for a man with an active warrant out of Midland County, Texas, on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Law enforcement were advised the subject, identified as 23-year-old Kyle Junker, was possibly travelling through southern New Mexico en route to Albuquerque.

NMSP officers were able to locate Junker’s vehicle approximately 15 minutes after the BOLO was released near mile marker 167 on U.S. 380 in Chaves County. Junker was arrested and booked into the Chaves County Detention Center without further incident.