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Roswell Daily Record

Vol. 122, No. 260 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday

THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

October 30, 2013

www.rdrnews.com

Agencies investigate officer-involved shooting JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

Roswell had another officer-involved shooting, Monday night, when officers from the Roswell Police Department received a call about a subject driving around town who was armed and potentially suicidal. Of ficers contacted the man, Richard Johnson, near the Town Plaza Apartments, 1201 W. McGaffey

St. According to police daily records, Johnson shot at the of ficers. Of ficers returned fire. Sgt. Cruz Zavala was shot on the breastplate of his police-issue armor and sustained a minor injury. He was taken to a local hospital where he was treated for his injuries and released. Johnson, 35, was also struck by gunfire. According to the RPD press release, Johnson was flown

to Lubbock for further medical treatment and underwent surgery. A multijurisdictional team, comprised of the RPD, New Mexico State Police and the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office, was in meetings all day while investigating the incident. Several of ficers were involved. The RPD release stated: “Officers involved in the incident are on administrative leave per standard Roswell Police Department

policy.” Zavala’s name is confirmed. The other officers’ names have not yet been released. Meanwhile, a cloud of fear has descended upon the city, after two confirmed murders, two officer-involved shootings and bombs found within the city limits in a single week. One woman reported she had a police scanner and was getting it out so she could keep track of things. Another said she had

Fun for fall

Above: Fourth-graders from Valley View run through the Scary Corn Maze at Graves Farm & Garden during a field trip, Tuesday morning. Right: Fourth-graders from Valley View select their pumpkins at Graves Farm & Garden during a field trip, Tuesday morning.

Menos cobertura de algunas reclamaciones no compensadas esperado para proveedores TESS TOWNSEND RECORD STAFF WRITER Como parte de la conversión del programa Sole Community Provider (SCP) en Safety Net Care Pool (Safety Net) en 2014, hospitales inscritos en el programa recibirán menos cobertura para reclamaciones no compensadas los cuales son ahora compensadas por Indigent Health Care Services (Indigente). Los

wanted to go out to get something to eat and decided against it because she felt it was not safe. Another person said she saw on Facebook that not one but two people were killed in the Monday-night officer -involved shooting. In the absence of real information often rumors replace fact. Mayor Del Jurney said: “I don’t want to minimize anything. We have had a rash of tragic circumstances. I’m proud of our

police department.”

President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration to provide federal aid to New Mexico for mid-September flooding and storm damage. The White House says the federal assistance will supplement state and local recovery ef forts in the affected areas. According to the White House, the declaration means federal funding is available on a cost-sharing basis with state and local governments and certain nonprofits for emergency work and repair or replacement of damaged facilities. The counties where the funding is available are Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Eddy, Guadalupe, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, and Torrance.

On Oct. 22, New Mexico lawmakers urged the president to respond quickly to separate requests for disaster assistance for the state and Santa Clara Pueblo. In a release, several legislators thanked the president for the declaration. “This assistance is badly needed in communities that sustained severe damage to roads, bridges, dams and other structures,” said Sen. Tom Udall. Sen. Martin Heinrich said that he is “pleased that President Obama has taken action and quickly responded to our requests for federal disaster assistance for the state and Santa Clara Pueblo.” Rep. Steve Pearce said the declaration “opens up key resources to help New Mexico recover and move forward.”

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) — David Hall was afraid of his own son. They were getting into violent, physical fights requiring police intervention. Fearing the teen would end up in juvenile detention, Hall had his son hauled away in handcuffs and shackles to a southern New Mexico ranch for troubled youths. He didn’t see him again for 11 months, when police raided the Tierra Blanca ranch amid allegations of abuse. There are few options for parents like Hall, and in that vacuum, a relatively

unregulated, off-the-grid industry of reform youth camps has flourished, despite a decade of highprofile cases alleging beatings and other abuse at some camps. Proponents of such programs — which can cost upward of $100,000 a year — say they are an effective, last-ditch solution to save troubled youth from the criminal justice system. “My feeling is that I would rather have my 17year -old son in shackles than go to visit him at 18 in

He noted that the incidents that have occurred in Roswell and Chaves County have found their reflection across the state and urged people to be proactive in helping the police.

Republican mayoral candidate Dennis Kintigh expressed his sympathy for local law enforcement. “They are tired, not only from the long hours, but stress and working in a state of high tension.”

Obama signs disaster declaration for New Mexico’s Sept. floods

Parents still turning to troubled-youth ranches

Mark Wilson Photos

The English version of this story ran in the Saturday, Oct. 26 edition of the Daily Record. The headline was, “Providers to see less uncompensated claims coverage.”

WEDNESDAY

hospitales recibirán mas compensación para porciones de reclamaciónes de Medicaid no compensadas. Indigente cubre reclamaciónes de pacientes quienes no tienen seguro de salud y demuestran que no pueden pagar sus costos de atención de salud. La mayoría de fondos para hospitales inscritos en SCP actualmente cubren reclamaciónes Indigentes. En Chaves County (Condado), hospitales Lovelace Health System y Eastern New Mexico Medical Center están inscritos en SCP. Los fondos de SCP vienen del condado y del gobierno federal. El condado también usa

HIGH 81 LOW 44

TODAY’S FORECAST

otro dinero de impuestos del condado para proporcionar fondos Indigentes a proveedores de atención de salud quienes no están inscritos en SCP. La Casa de Buena Salud recibe mas fondos Indigentes que otros proveedores no inscritos en SCP en el condado.

Lovelace, ENMMC y La Casa recibieron $320,000, $4 millones and $400,000 respectivamente en fondos aprobados de Indigente en el año fiscal 2013. Los fondos no cubren reclamaciónes no compensadas al 100 por ciento. Según Jeff Dye, CEO de la organización de promoción de proveedores New Mexico Hospital Associa-

• JOYCE ANN CARR • HARVEY DALE TAYLOR • STOARMY J. (MILLER) VARGAS

tion (NMHA), teóricamente en el futuro, habrá menos reclamaciones no compensadas por pacientes sin seguro. La disminución predicha es por la expansión de Medicaid y la nueva disponibilidad de planes subvencionados de seguro de salud como parte de ley de reforma del sistema de salud, Ley de Asistencia Asequible. La ley es efectiva el primero de enero. “Todos esperamos que, con un mayor número de personas cubiertas por Medicaid y un mayor número de personas cubiertas por el intercamSee SCP, Page A3

• DOROTHY S. MARTIN • BETTY LEWIS • DYLAN ADAM DAVIS

TODAY’S OBITUARIES PAGE A7 & A8

See RANCHES, Page A3

Person of interest

Police are seeking Christopher Trujillo, 25, as a person of interest in the homicide that took place in the parking lot of Variety Liquors last week. Trujillo is described as: 5feet, 11-inches tall, 197 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Those with information about Trujillo’s whereabouts should contact the police at 575-624-6770.

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