06-10-2011

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Roswell Daily Record

2 girls arrested for murder THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY

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June 10, 2011

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Two 15-year -old girls were arrested Wednesday night for the murder of a foster parent who took troubled youth into her San Patricio home, police said. Both are being held at the Chaves County Juvenile Detention Center. Desiree Linares and Alexis Shields were apprehended in

Carlsbad after police alleged the pair bound Evelyn Miranda’s, 53, hands and feet with an electrical wire and a cell phone cord and then suffocated her with a pillow, according to court records and police statements. The Lincoln County Sherif f’s Of fice would not release the teenagers’ names Thursday, however, Chaves County District Court records on Roswell resident

“(Police) learned from (Shields) that she then placed a pillow over the face of (Miranda) and held that pillow over her face until she stopped breathing”

Linares identify the two girls. A sheriff’s deputy assigned to the

PANETTA PREDICTS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Leon Panetta, President Barack Obama’s choice to head the Pentagon, predicted on Thursday that Iraq will ask the United States to keep some American forces in that country beyond year’s end, the current departure date. In wide-ranging testimony at his Senate confirmation hearing, the current CIA director and former - PAGE A6

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Alice Eppers reacts as she is greeted by a surprise going-away party thrown by family, friends and colleagues, Thursday, at the office of Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M. The congressman thanked Eppers for working at his Roswell office after he was elected, saying, “She really set the standard” for all of his district’s local offices.

Pearce addresses Job Corps students JONATHAN ENTZMINGER RECORD STAFF WRITER

DALLAS WINS GAME 5

DALLAS (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki and the Dallas Mavericks finally have the lead in these ultra-close NBA finals, and now it really is “now or never” for LeBron James and the Miami Heat. Nowitzki scored 29 points, driving for the go-ahead dunk with 2:45 remaining, and the Mavericks beat the Heat 112103 on Thursday night to take a 3-2 lead in the NBA finals. Five years after going up 20 on the Heat, the Mavs ... - PAGE B1

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CLASSIFIEDS..........B5 COMICS.................B3 ENTERTAINMENT.....A8 FINANCIAL .............B4 GENERAL ..............A2 HOROSCOPES ........B5 LOTTERIES ............A2 NATION .................A6 OPINION ................A4 SPORTS ................B1 WEATHER ..............A8

INDEX

Man found dead after cop chase

See MURDER, Page A3

JESSICA PALMER RECORD STAFF WRITER

TOP 5 • Grass fire • RPD charges woman with attempted murder • Harry and the Potters rock Roswell • Summer fun • Robbers hit Valero gas station ...

case wrote in the documents how the teens allegedly murdered Miranda. “(Police) learned from Desiree M. Linares and Alexis D. Shields, after advising each ... (of their) interrogation rights for children, that (Shields) placed Evelyn V. Miranda in a choke hold while (Linares) tied her hands and feet,” reads the doc-

Congressman Steve Pearce, RN.M., visited Roswell Job Corps, Thursday, with a message of hope, initiative and perseverance for students. “Everyone has got to pick themselves up,” Pearce said. “You gotta tell them truth ... I’ve had to pick myself up so many times, I can’t count them. You can pick yourself up, too.” Pearce spoke to the student body in the campus’ recreational center gym about the importance of goal-setting, and being aggressive on initiatives that can build a better tomorrow for America. “Your generation is going to be defined by what you do,” he said. See PEARCE, Page A3

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Roswell Job Corps students and Iraqi nationals from left, Ali Hashim, Mahmood Albadri and Alaulddin Hameed perform soccer drills during an informal coaching lesson for area kids, Thursday. The three Iraqis have been enrolled at the Job Corps for five weeks and have been in the United States for nine months and are helping coach a local youth team.

A man was found dead in the junkyard at Remco Auto Parts and Wrecking, 4600 S. Main St., Sunday. The death of the middle-aged subject followed a pursuit by Chaves County Sheriff’s Deputies, Roswell Police Department and New Mexico State Police. The cause of death is not yet known. “About 3:30 a.m., Sunday, a deputy observed suspicious activity. The deputy … initiated a traffic stop on the 4300 block of South Main Street,” Chaves County Sheriff’s Sgt. Daniel Ornelas said. He explained that the driver produced a fake ID and exited the vehicle. “The deputy told him to retur n to his vehicle. A small struggle ensued, and he struck the deputy in the face.” The subject then fled on foot. “A BOLO (be on the look out) was put out with a description of the suspect,” said Ornelas. The Roswell Police Department and New Mexico State Police were called for an agency assist. The suspect eluded officials. “He was last seen jumping fences,” Ornelas said. The last fence took him into the junkyard at 4600 S. Main St. Remco was contacted to open up the yard. “The suspect was found, deceased ... around 8:10 a.m.,” said Ornelas. The local representative of the Office of Medical Investigation was called to the scene and pronounced the subject dead around 11 a.m. The body was sent to Albuquerque for autopsy. “Officers went in to observe the autopsy,” said Ornelas. Officials at OMI would not speci-

AP sources: US planes hit Yemeni al-Qaida targets

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say American forces launched an airstrike against al-Qaida targets in southern Yemen last week to keep al-Qaida’s Yemeni offshoot from taking advantage of the unrest in the Persian Gulf nation. The officials said Thursday the strike by U.S. war planes last Friday killed a midlevel al-Qaida operative named Abu Ali al-Harithi,

and other followers. It followed a May 5 drone strike that just missed alQaida cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, due to a technical malfunction, two U.S. officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the classified operations. Of ficials said neither strike was part of any change in policy or intentional increase in countert-

errorist operations, but they were launched because of intelligence leading to the targets. “These operations have not been stepped up,” one of ficial said. “They are dependent on the availability of the right information at the right time.” While not confirming the strike, CIA Director Leon Panetta said his agency and elite U.S. special oper-

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jobs are scarce and food prices are likely to stay high through next year, according to new data that reinforced evidence of a U.S. economy stuck in a weak patch. There was some good news in the spate of reports released Thursday. The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in April after American companies sold more goods overseas and imports fell. The second straight month of record exports helped Wall Street end its six-day losing streak. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 75 points to

close up for the day. Broader indexes also increased. But most economists downplayed the impact of the smaller trade gap. They said it was mostly because of temporary factors and focused on other reports that suggest hiring could weaken and growth could slow. Thursday’s data showed: •The number of people seeking unemployment benefits hardly changed for a second straight week, the Labor Department said. Applications ticked up 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 427,000 last week. It marked the ninth

straight week in which applications have been above 400,000. That trend represents a setback after applications had been declining all winter. •A wet spring will likely cut the size of this fall’s corn harvest and keep food prices high through 2012, the Agriculture Department said. That would limit consumers’ ability to spend money on other goods. Consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of the U.S. economy. •Exports of U.S. goods and services rose to a

ators were continuing to work with the Yemeni government to keep the militants at bay, despite the ongoing revolt aimed at ousting President Ali Abdullah Saleh. U.S. officials said al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula was trying to exploit the situation to carry out further attacks. The group has been behind some of the most

See CHASE, Page A3

creative recent terror attacks aimed at the U.S., including last year’s plot to put explosive devices on U.S.-bound cargo planes, and the attempt to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner in 2009. “While obviously it’s ... a scary and uncertain situation, with regards to counterterrorism, we’re still very

High unemployment claims, food prices slow economy

See ECONOMY, Page A3

See YEMEN, Page A3

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Job seekers register at the 10th annual Skid Row Career Fair held at the Los Angeles Mission, June 2.


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