Adrian Hedden
Carlsbad Current-Argus
achedden@currentargus.com

One thousand shipments of nuclear waste were sent to a federal repository near Carlsbad in the two years since a new contractor assumed control of the facility.

Salado Isolation Mining Contractors (SIMCO), a subsidiary of international construction company Bechtel, officially took over the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant’s operations Feb. 5, 2023, replacing Nuclear Waste Partnership (NWP) which held the contract for the previous 10 years.

SIMCO, formed by Bechtel exclusively to operate the repository, was signed to the $3 billion contract in November 2022. The agreement included four base years of WIPP operations followed by six optional one-year extensions.

The company replaced NWP, which was owned by Amentum and served chiefly to oversee the site’s recovery from an accidental radiological release in 2014, an incident that led to a three-year shutdown of the facility’s waste emplacement activities.

Amentum and its subsidiaries previously held the primary WIPP operations contract in the years after disposal began in 1999.

Since then, 14,331 shipments of nuclear waste were sent to WIPP from federal nuclear facilities around the country as of May 3, according to the latest data published by the U.S. Department of Energy.

The agency uses WIPP to dispose of transuranic nuclear waste (TRU), which is clothing materials, equipment and other debris irradiated during nuclear activities.

The waste is buried at WIPP in a salt deposit about 2,000 feet underground. The salt gradually collapses on the waste, burying the refuse and blocking radiation from escaping.

On Thursday, May 8, the number of shipments received at WIPP under the SIMCO banner officially reached 1,000, according to a company news release.

A ‘mixed bag,’ critics say

The 1,000th shipment came from Idaho National Laboratory, the most frequent shipper of waste to WIPP with 7,544 –about 52% – of the waste shipments, according to WIPP shipment data.

The lab also contributed more shipments to the 1,000 under SIMCO than any other site – 744 or about 75% of the total.

“It has been an honor to work with the dedicated staff in the WIPP organization. It takes all of us to safely get a shipment from our generator sites to emplacement at WIPP,” read a statement from SIMCO. “This milestone reflects the dedication and coordination of the teams involved and highlights SIMCO’s ongoing commitment to supporting the nation’s nuclear waste cleanup mission.”

Don Hancock, nuclear waste program manager at the Albuquerque-based Southwest Research and Information Center – a government watchdog organization and frequent critic of WIPP – said SIMCO’s performance was a “mixed bag” since the company took over.

“SIMCO has not had a major accident,” Hancock said, alluding to the 2014 incident under NWP’s watch. “That’s a low bar.”

He argued SIMCO’s most recent performance-based bonus, about $15.7 million awarded for Fiscal Year 2024 – Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024 – was poorly justified. Hancock pointed to 490 shipments to WIPP out of a goal of 520 cited in a “report card” put out by the DOE last year detailing the reasoning for the bonus.

“They have not really met the aspirational shipping targets they had,” he said.

The report card evaluated SIMCO’s performance in five key areas, including “very good” or excellent” ratings for quality, schedule, cost control, management and regulatory compliance. SIMCO’s lowest rating, for cost control, was 76%.

Hancock said this was because of struggles to complete a site-wide ventilation system rebuild that started with an estimated cost of $135 million in 2019 and was expected to be finished by 2021. The most recent estimate, from 2022, placed the project’s budget at $486 million, according to a report from the Government Accountability Office.

WIPP officials estimated the system would go into service this summer or fall.

“They’re behind schedule and over budget,” Hancock said. “Their management of capital improvement projects, I think, has not been great.”

What other facilities ship to WIPP?

After Idaho, the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina was the next highest shipper of waste to the site with 1,804 shipments, records show.

Savannah River was followed by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in northern New Mexico with 1,691 shipments and the Handford Site in Washington with 572.

The now-defunct Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site near Denver had the second-highest number of shipments with 2,045 before being shut down in 2006.

Hancock chided WIPP’s operators for failing to increase shipments from Los Alamos.

Perceived low shipment rates from the northern New Mexico facility where in coming years the federal government plans to increase development of plutonium pits – triggers for nuclear warheads – was a sticking point, Hancock said, as he hopes to see New Mexicans get the most benefit from WIPP.

In 2023, as SIMCO took over operations, the energy department was embroiled in negotiations with the New Mexico Environment Department for a 10-year renewal of WIPP’s state operations permit.

One major provision of the permit renewal called for WIPP to prioritize shipments from Los Alamos. In Fiscal Year 2024, which ran from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024, the department touted 49 shipments of waste in SIMCO’s annual scorecard.

Hancock said the number of shipments from Los Alamos, a number he admitted was influenced by the lab’s efforts to prepare waste for WIPP, was inadequate to be counted as a SIMCO success.

“The priority of LANL shipments – rhetorically they do that but in practice they do not,” he said. “The huge majority of shipments come from Idaho. DOE and SIMCO should take more responsibility for that. They can’t blame it all on Los Alamos.”

Managing Editor Adrian Hedden can be reached at 575-628-5516, or @AdrianHedden on the social media platform X.

Adrian Hedden
achedden@currentargus.com
Eugene Heathman
eheathman@elritomedia.com
El Rito Media

Federal agencies manage some of southern New Mexico’s biggest economic drivers, and Republican lawmakers warned they could be facing funding cuts in response to the state administration’s apparent opposition to President Donald Trump.

Trump in recent months sought to cut government spending, creating the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led by Elon Musk to trim the federal workforce and cancel expenses such as real estate contracts throughout the U.S.

Trump also indicated he could curb funds to states that do not comply with his executive orders on a range of topics including border security, transgender athletes and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

In one example of the Trump administration’s efforts to ensure state compliance, the Department of Education on April 3 sent a “reminder” to state education agencies of their “legal obligations” under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, arguing that any state using DEI practices could be found in violation of federal law and denied funding.

New Mexico Sen. Jim Townsend, a Republican who represents parts of Eddy and Chaves counties in Senate District 34, said the best solution is for New Mexico to comply with Trump’s directives.

Townsend is a member of the newly created interim Federal Funding Stabilization Subcommittee within New Mexico’s Legislative Council, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers tasked with analyzing the effects of Trump’s actions on the state, aiming to limit economic impacts resulting from possible federal funding cuts.

“We shouldn’t be singled out,” Townsend said. “The president has the authority to act. If there are cuts, I want to make sure we aren’t impacted more than others.”

Carlsbad Mayor Rick Lopez, a Republican who said he voted for Trump in the 2024 election, said potential staff cuts at federal agencies were troubling, as Carlsbad is home to several federal agencies that oversee its key industries: oil and gas, nuclear waste, and tourism.

“It’s a dilemma,” he said. “These kinds of uncertainties are tough.”

Ruidoso Mayor Lynn Crawford said despite Trump’s actions, he expected the village would still receive relief dollars from the federal government he said it was entitled to via disaster declaration enacted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the wake of South Fork and Salt Fires.

The fires burned about 17,000 acres in spring 2024, leading to at least two deaths and destroying hundreds of homes in the Ruidoso area, subsequently causing devastating floods int he area.

Crawford did agree though that defying Trump’s orders could interrupt other federal funds for the state.

‘I can see where some funding could be interrupted. However, we are under a Presidential Disaster #4795 and that is not so much a political issue,” he said.

“I can see that interfering with (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), Border Patrol or other agencies might get your funding stopped.”

Meanwhile, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham indicated in recent months that she could call a special session before the regular 2026 Legislative Session to potentially deal with such impacts.

But Townsend maintained that the best policy was to follow Trump’s orders.

“There are certain things President Trump asked the states to do,” Townsend said, pointing to Trump’s calls for states to block transgender women from playing women’s sports and to enforce federal immigration laws. “We did the sanctuary thing, with was directly against him. I think those things will have direct consequences.”

While New Mexico has no official state law declaring it a “sanctuary state” for undocumented residents of the U.S., major cities such as Albuquerque and Santa Fe have enacted policies to limit local compliance with federal immigration enforcement, according to a Feb. 18 report from the University of New Mexico.

On April 15, Lujan Grisham and four other Democrat governors – JB Pritzker of Illinois, Jared Polis of Colorado, Wes Moore of Maryland and Tina Kotek of Oregon – sent a letter to the Trump-led Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, opposing a rule proposed by the agency to increase federal oversight over health care insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act.

The rule would have the effect, the governors wrote, of blocking states from regulating their own health care markets.

“The ACA marketplace has provided stable, affordable coverage for New Mexico families working hard to move up the economic ladder, ensuring continuity of care as incomes change,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement.

“This proposed rule threatens to disrupt that progress, shift costs to New Mexicans, create unnecessary administrative barriers, and limit access to essential health services, ultimately hurting working families across our state.”

‘You can’t run out of money.’

At the federally owned Waste Isolation Pilot Plant about 30 miles east of Carlsbad the Department of Energy already saw a 25% reduction in its federal workforce, mostly through DOGE-led voluntary terminations occurring when employees accepted buyouts allowing them to stop working in February but collect a salary through September.

WIPP is where the federal government disposes of transuranic nuclear waste (TRU), which is clothing materials, equipment and other debris irradiated during nuclear activities.

Most of the work is undertaken by Salado Isolation Mining Contractors, a contractor hired by the Department of Energy, which leads operations at WIPP. But about 50 of the 1,500 WIPP workers across Eddy and Lea counties are federal, employed by U.S. Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office.

Reductions in the federal staff, along with hiring freezes that could be imposed on the budget that funds Salado could affect the long-term health of the WIPP facility, a major employer in the area, Lopez said. Along with being mayor of Carlsbad, Lopez also works at the WIPP site.

“Anyone could take it,” Lopez said of the buyouts. “You could potentially lose an entire department.”

He also alluded to the termination of 14 workers at Carlsbad Caverns National Park via DOGE in February, leading to the cancellation of ranger-guided tours and limited visitation hours. Lopez said he was unaware of any staff cuts at the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees oil and gas operations on federal land in the region.

Bureau officials declined to comment on any possible staff cuts at the agency.

What is certain, Townsend said, was that if the state skirts policy preferences coming from the White House, it could be in danger of retaliatory downsizing.

“Most of these things, we will have the ability to work around,” he said of reductions tied to DOGE’s activities, and other systemic reductions in spending. “But I think it’s problematic to go against his initiatives. It’s ludicrous to poke the bear and not expect him to bite you.”

And while he expected the Village of Ruidoso to receive the federal funds needed to rebuild from the fires and future disasters, Crawford said he welcomes agency reforms under Trump.

“Of course, we are working on long term project planning that will need future funding, all conversations indicate disaster funding for FEMA projects will be coming,” Crawford said.

“There is a consensus that FEMA will be overhauled, personally I think that is a good thing.”

But concerns lingered for Lopez that the resulting cuts could also impact infrastructure grants the city relies on for road repairs and other improvements. He said the region that pumps enough oil to fund almost half of the state budget already sees little local return from Santa Fe.

“With oil and gas growing, we can’t keep up with the roads as it is,” Lopez said. “We don’t always get a lot of state money this way. It’s frustrating, but you can’t run out of money. That’s not how it works.”

ARREST

Samantha L. Delgado arrested for embezzlement (42500-$20000), larceny from all others (4250-$500).

April 19

INTOXICATED

12:24 am – Officer dispatched to 3600 block of W. Quay Ave. in reference to a intoxicated subject.

SUSPICIOUS

12:51 am – Officer dispatched to 1400 block of Gilchrist Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

2:07 am – Officer dispatched to 100 block of N. 26th St. in reference to suspicious activity.

2:23 am – Officer dispatched to 1000 block of S. 2nd St. in reference to suspicious activity.

ALARM

4:22 am – Officer dispatched to 2700 block of N. 1st St. in reference to a burglary alarm.

4:59 am – Officer dispatched to 2700 block of N. 1st St. in reference to a burglary alarm.

THREATS

6:23 am – Officer dispatched to 100 block of W. Centre Ave. in reference to threats.

DOMESTIC

9:06 am – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to verbal domestic.

ALARM

9:15 am – Officer dispatched to 2500 block of W. Main St. in reference to a burglary alarm.

HARASSMENT

9:29 am- Officer dispatched to 2600 block of W. Menefee Ave. in reference to harassment.

DOMESTIC

9:34 am – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to physical domestic.

UNWANTED

11:58 am – Officer dispatched to 1300 block of W. Main St. in reference to an unwanted subject.

WELFARE

1:15 pm- Officer dispatched to 700 block of W. Bullock Ave. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

1:55 pm – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to the welfare of a child.

ACCIDENT

2:21 pm – Officer dispatched to S. 7th St. and Carper Dr. in reference to a motor vehicle accident.

LARCENY

2:22 p m- Officer dispatched to 400 block of W. Quay Ave. in reference to larceny shoplifting.

ACCIDENT

4:02 pm – Officer dispatched to W. Main St. and N. 13th St. in reference to a motor vehicle accident.

WELFARE

4:49 pm – Officer dispatched to 300 block of W. Mill Rd. in reference to the welfare of a child.

UNWANTED

5:10 pm – Officer dispatched to 600 block of N. 26th St. in reference to an unwanted subject.

5:46 pm – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of Cannon Ct. in reference to an unwanted subject.

SUSPICIOUS

5:54 pm – Officer dispatched to 1400 block of W. Ray Ave. in reference to a suspicious trespass.

6:58 pm – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

7:19 pm – Officer dispatched to 300 block of W. Texas Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

WELFARE

8:48 pm – Officer dispatched to 900 block of Bullock Ct. in reference to the welfare of a child.

DISTURBANCE

9:42 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

LOUD

11:01 pm – Officer dispatched to 900 block of W. Ray Ave. in reference to loud music.

April 20

ARREST

Makayla Rae Letcher arrested for battery against a household member.

Matthew Mark Garcia arrested for failure to appear.

SUSPICIOUS

12:00 am – Officer dispatched to 900 block of S. 5th St. in reference to a suspicious vehicle.

BURGLARY

12:48 am – Officer dispatched to 700 block of W. James Ave. in reference to an auto burglary.

ALARM

12:59 am – Officer dispatched to 1500 block of W. Main St. in reference to a burglary alarm.

SUSPICIOUS

1:39 am – Officer dispatched to 900 block of N. 13th St. in reference to suspicious activity.

DISTRUBANCE

2:08 am- Officer dispatched to 900 block of S. 1st St. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

HARASSMENT

4:55 am – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to harassment.

SUSPICIOUS

7:42 am – Officer dispatched to 200 block of Centennial Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

DISTURBANCE

10:44 am – Officer dispatched to 27th St. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

WELFARE

11:13 am – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

BURGLARY

11:22 am – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to an auto burglary.

LOUD

2:10 pm – Officer dispatched to 1200 block of W. Runyan Ave. in reference to loud music.

WANTED

2:39 pm – Officer dispatched to 500 block of S. 20th St. in reference to a wanted subject.

VANDAL

7:17 pm – Officer dispatched to 200 block of W. Main St. in reference to vandalism.

DISTURBANCE

7:40 pm – Officer dispatched to 1000 block of W. Chisum Ave. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

LARCENY

7:48 pm – Officer dispatched to 500 block of W. Main St. in reference to larceny.

WANTED

9:23 pm – Officer dispatched to 300 block of W. Gage Ave. in reference to a wanted subject.

SUSPICIOUS

9:36 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 block of W. Quay Ave. in reference to a suspicious vehicle.

DISTURBANCE

10:09 pm – Officer dispatched to N. 10th St. and W. Texas Ave. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

SUSPICIOUS

11:12 pm – Officer dispatched to W. Washington Ave. and S. 13th St. in reference to a suspicious person.

DOMESTIC

11:28 pm – Officer dispatched to 2100 block of W. Grand Ave. in reference to physical domestic.

ARREST

April 21

Matthew Mark Garcia Arrested for aggravated battery vs household member inflicting injury.

Sheila Madrid arrested for failure to appear.

DOMESTIC

12:47 am – Officer dispatched to 200 block of N. 13th Rural St. in reference to physical domestic.

12:49 am – Officer dispatched to 3600 block of W. Quay Ave. in reference to verbal domestic.

1:33 am – Officer dispatched to 300 block of Gage Ave. in reference to physical domestic.

WELFARE

3:45 am – Officer dispatched to 700 block of S. 8th St. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

8:16 am – Officer dispatched to 200 block of W. Cleveland Ave. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

9:38 am – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. Roselawn Ave. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

10:08 am – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

FRAUD

11:08 am – Officer dispatched to 300 block of N. 43rd St. in reference to fraud.

ACCIDENT

12:30 pm – Officer dispatched to S. 13th St. and W. Missouri Ave. in reference to a motor vehicle accident.

STOLEN

1:07 pm – Officer dispatched to 300 block of N. 1st St. in reference to a stolen vehicle.

THREATS

1:18 pm – Officer dispatched to 600 block of W. Richardson Ave. in reference to threats.

DISTURBANCE

2:06 pm – Officer dispatched to 300 block of N. Freeman Rural Ave. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

SUICIDE

3:05 pm – Officer dispatched to 800 block of Cleveland Ave. in reference to a death by suicide.

ACCIDENT

4:30 pm – Officer dispatched to 600 block of W. Main St. in reference to a motor vehicle accident.

RECKLESS

5:07 pm – Officer dispatched to 2600 block of W. Main St. in reference to a reckless vehicle.

DOMESTIC

5:41 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to physical domestic.

ALARM

6:47 pm – Officer dispatched to 900 block of Alvarado Ave. in reference to a burglary alarm.

DISTURBANCE

6:56 pm – Officer dispatched to 200 block of N. 13th Rural St. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

RECKLESS

7:04 pm – Officer dispatched to 3300 block of W. Main St. in reference to a reckless vehicle.

8:32 pm – Officer dispatched to W. Hermosa Dr. and S. 13th St. in reference to a reckless vehicle.

WELFARE

9:57 pm – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. Roselawn Ave. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

ALARM

10:01 pm – Officer dispatched to 2700 block of N. 1st St. in reference to a burglary alarm.

SUSPICIOUS

10:27 pm – Officer dispatched to S. 37th St. and W. Quay Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

SHOTS FIRED

10:35 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 N. 10th St. in reference to shots fired in the area.

SUSPICIOUS

10:37 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to a suspicious trespass.

April 22

ARREST

Juan Carlos Ruiz arrested for driving on revoked license.

ALARM

2:00 am – Officer dispatched to 2200 block of W. Main St. in reference to a burglary alarm.

SUSPICIOUS

5:06 am – Officer dispatched to 1600 block of Northgate Pl. in reference to a suspicious person.

DISTURBANCE

5:25 am – Officer dispatched to 700 block of W. Washington Ave. in reference to a family disturbance.

SUSPICIOUS

5:26 am – Officer dispatched to 400 block of W. Logan Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

INDECENT EXPOSURE

6:54 am – Officer dispatched to W. Mahone Dr. and W. Main St. in reference to indecent exposure.

GRAFFITI

9:11 am – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 1st St. in reference to graffiti.

LARCENY

9:29 am – Officer dispatched to 2400 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to larceny.

UNWANTED

9:56 am – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of S. 13th St. in reference to an unwanted subject.

DISTURBANCE

1:28 pm – Officer dispatched to 600 block of S. 1st St. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

STOLEN

2:28 pm – Officer dispatched to E. Hermosa Dr. and S. 1st St. in reference to a stolen vehicle.

HARASSMENT

2:5 pm – Officer dispatched to 100 block of N. 15th St. in reference to harassment.

RECKLESS

3:48 pm – Officer dispatched to 1800 block of W. Centre Ave. in reference to a reckless vehicle.

UNWANTED

4:04 pm – Officer dispatched to 600 block of S. 1st St. in reference to an unwanted subject.

ACCIDENT

4:17 pm – Officer dispatched to 100 block of N. 1st St. in reference to a motor vehicle accident.

5:06 pm – Officer dispatched to 900 block of W. Clayton Ave. in reference to a motor vehicle accident.

SUSPICIOUS

5:08 pm – Officer dispatched to 1400 block of W. Main St. in reference to a suspicious person.

UNWANTED

6:10 pm – Officer dispatched to 1600 block of W. Centre Ave. in reference to an unwanted subject.

SHOTS FIRED

7:24 pm – Officer dispatched to 200 block of N. 13th rural St. in reference to shots fired in the area.

SUSPICIOUS

10:30 pm – Officer dispatched to 1500 block of W. Yucca Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

INCORRIGIBLE

11:11 pm – Officer dispatched to 500 block of W. Missouri Ave. in reference to an incorrigible child.

April 23

ARREST

Marisela Sanchez arrested for contempt of court, failure to comply.

Cristobal Roberto Segura Dixon arrested for aggravated battery vs household member inflicting great harm, criminal damage to property of household member.

WELFARE

12:03 am – Officer dispatched to 200 block of W. Hermosa Dr. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

SUSPICIOUS

5:03 am – Officer dispatched to S. 1st St. and E. Main St. in reference to a suspicious person.

8:17 am – Officer dispatched to 300 block of N. 14th St. in reference to a suspicious person.

WANTED

8:31 am – Officer dispatched to 100 block of N. 15th St. in reference to a wanted subject.

LARCENY

9:58 am – Officer dispatched to 400 block of W. Quay Ave. in reference to larceny.

DISTURBANCE

11:35 am – Officer dispatched to 2200 block of W. Main St. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

UNWANTED

12:27 pm – Officer dispatched to 300 block of W. Grand Ave. in reference to an unwanted subject.

WELFARE

1:36 pm – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of W. Bullock Ave. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

WANTED

3:02 pm – Officer dispatched to 100 block of n. 15th St. in reference to a wanted subject.

HARASSMENT

4:17 pm – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. Roselawn Ave. in reference to harassment.

WELFARE

7:14 pm – Officer dispatched to 900 block of W. Lolita Ave. in reference to the welfare of a child.

 RECEKLESS

8:19 pm – Officer dispatched to S. 17th St. and W. Centre Ave. in reference to a reckless vehicle.

FIGHT

9:27 pm – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to a fight in progress.

LOUD

10:04 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to loud music.

INCORRIGIBLE

10:22 pm – Officer dispatched to 500 block of W. Missouri Ave. in reference to an incorrigible child.

DISTURBANCE

10:50 pm – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. Roselawn Ave. in reference to neighborly disturbance.

April 24

ARREST

Iziah James Rodriguez arrested for failure to appear, concealing identity, evading, obstructing an officer, possession, delivery, manufacturing of drug paraphernalia, fugitive from justice arrest warrant.

LOUD

12:49 am – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. Roselawn Ave. in reference to a loud noise.

1:03 am – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to a loud noise.

WELFARE

1:39 am – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. Roselawn Ave. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

SHOTS FIRED

3:41 am – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to shots fired in the area.

INCORRIGIBLE

7:06 am – Officer dispatched to 500 block of W. Missouri Ave. in reference to an incorrigible child.

WELFARE

9:01 am – Officer dispatched to E. Richey Ave. and N. 1st St. in reference to the welfare of an adult.

SUSPICIOUS

9:46 am – Officer dispatched to 800 block of W. Cannon Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

WELFARE

12:32 pm – Officer dispatched to 2600 block of Wishbone Ln. in reference to the welfare of a child.

1:11 pm – Officer dispatched to 2600 block of Wishbone Ln. in reference to the welfare of a child.

1:14 pm – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Richey Ave. in reference to welfare of an adult.

UNWANTED

1:18 pm – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of N. 1st St. in reference to an unwanted subject.

4:33 pm – Officer dispatched to 900 block of W. Lolita Ave. in reference to an unwanted subject.

HARASSMENT

1:55 pm – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of Bullock Ave. in reference to harassment.

ATV

7:19 pm – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. 2nd St. in reference to an ATV vehicle.

UNWANTED

7:20 pm – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of W. Yucca Ave. in reference to an unwanted subject.

LARCENY

8:03 pm – Officer dispatched to N. 7th St. and W. Champ Clark Ave. in reference to larceny.

INCORRIGIBLE

8:31 pm – Officer dispatched to 500 block of W. Missouri Ave. in reference to an incorrigible child.

SUSUPICIOUS

8:39 pm – Officer dispatched to S. 2nd St. and W. Washington Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

DOMESTIC

10:32 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to verbal domestic.

WANTED

10:43 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 block of N. 10th St. in reference to a wanted subject.

 

DISTURBANCE

11:43 pm – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. 1st St. in reference to disorderly disturbance.

April 25

Arrest

Brian Lee Maestas arrested for contempt of court failure to comply.

SUSPICIOUS

12:11 am – Officer dispatched to 800 block of S. 1st St. in reference to a suspicious person.

3:25 am – Officer dispatched to 1300 block of S. 1st St. in reference to a suspicious person.

UNWANTED

8:42 am – Officer dispatched to 1300 block of S. 1st St. in reference to an unwanted subject.

THREATS

9:03 am – Officer dispatched to 600 block of N. 26th St. in reference to threats.

SUSPICIOUS

9:48 am – Officer dispatched to S. 10th St. and W. Quay Ave. in reference to a suspicious person.

WELFARE

11:23 am – Officer dispatched to 1700 block of W. Main St. in reference to the welfare of an adult. <n>WANTED

11:27 am – Officer dispatched to N. 1st St. and E. Richey Ave. in reference to a wanted subject.

SUSPICIUOS

12:52 pm – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of W. Bullock Ave. in reference to a suspicious person. <n>UNWANTED

1:43 pm – Officer dispatched to S. 13th St. and W. Hermosa Dr. in reference to an unwanted subject.

DOMESTIC

2:17 pm – Officer dispatched to 2500 block of Sierra Vista Rd. in reference to a verbal domestic.

ACCIDENT

3:42 pm – Officer dispatched to N. 13th St. and W. Main St. in reference to a motor vehicle accident.

4:37 pm – Officer dispatched to 1300 block of S. 1st St. in reference to a motor vehicle accident.

RECKLESS

5:11 pm – Officer dispatched to N. 13th St. and W. Main St. in reference to a reckless vehicle.

SUSPICIOUS

5:18 pm – Officer dispatched to 1900 block of W. Quay Ave. in reference to suspicious activity.

RECKLESS

5:31 pm – Officer dispatched to S. 15th St and Briscoe Ave. in reference to a reckless vehicle.

UNWANTED

6:05 pm – Officer dispatched to 200 block of S. 1st St. in reference to an unwanted subject.

HARASSMENT

7:33 pm – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of W. Merchant Ave. in reference to harassment.

RECKLESS

8:06 pm – Officer dispatched to 600 block of N. 26th St. in reference to a reckless vehicle.

SHOTS FIRED

8:43 pm – Officer dispatched to 1000 block of S. 11th St. in reference to shots fired in the area.

SUSPICIOUS

9:05 pm – Officer dispatched to 1000 block of N. 13th St. in reference to suspicious activity.

9:09 pm – Officer dispatched to 1100 block of S. Yates St. in reference to a suspicious person.

10:12 pm – Officer dispatched to 400 block of W. Washington Ave. in reference to suspicious activity.

DISTURBANCE

10:47 pm – Officer dispatched to 700 block of W. Carper Dr. in reference to a family disturbance.