ALBUQUERQUE — Six residents of Eddy County were sentenced Monday afternoon and this morning by a federal judge in Las Cruces to prison terms for violating the Hobbs Act by robbing businesses engaged in interstate commerce.
The sentences were announced by U.S. Attorney Damon P. Martinez, Fifth Judicial District Attorney Janetta B. Hicks, Special Agent in Charge Carol K.O. Lee of the FBI’s Albuquerque Division, Chief Kent Waller of the Carlsbad Police Department, Chief Don Raley of the Artesia Police Department, and Chief Chris McCall of the Hobbs Police Department. … For the rest of the story, subscribe in print and on the web.
