Roswell Daily Record
Vol. 124, No. 63 75¢ Daily / $1.25 Sunday
THE VOICE OF THE PECOS VALLEY
March 14, 2015
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Accident on Main Street kills motorcyclist
By Jeff Tucker Record Staff Writer
A Roswell man was killed in a violent motorcycle accident Friday afternoon on Roswell’s North Main Street. The motorcycle-car crash occurred at about 3:05 p.m. at the intersection of North Main and 19th streets, said Todd Wildermuth, public information officer for the Roswell Police Department. The 31-year-old motorcyclist was killed immediately after the crash, Wildermuth said. The driver of the car involved in the crash, a 78-year-old Roswell man, was not injured, he said.
The driver of the car was alone in the vehicle and the motorcyclist was riding alone, Wildermuth said. The names of those involved in the crash were not available Friday night. Thomas Vick, who was at the scene at the time of the crash, said the motorcyclist was riding northbound on North Main Street as the car was headed southbound. Vick said the driver of the car began turning left onto 19th Street as the motorcyclist came through the intersection and hit the passenger side of the car. Vick said the impact was so violent that it knocked
the hubcaps off the car. Numerous Roswell police officers and firefighters were at the gruesome scene processing evidence, as scores of onlookers gathered around the intersection at the same time. The intersection of North Main and 19th streets was closed for several hours Friday afternoon as investigators processed the scene. Two New Mexico State Police accident reconstructionists were called to assist in the investigation. Staff Writer Jeff Tucker may be contacted at 575622-7710, ext. 303, or at reporter01@rdrnews.com.
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Roswell police and firefighters respond to a motorcycle-car crash Friday afternoon on Roswell’s North Main Street. The motorcyclist was killed in the 3 p.m. accident. No other injuries were reported.
Pirtle’s time bill passes its second Senate committee
Pumped up!
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Above: Cristiane C. de Oliveira, Music Residency Director for the National Dance Institute of New Mexico, leads the thirdand fourth-graders in a vigorous dance number at East Grand Plains Elementary School Friday. The NDI program works with students for a week ending with a performance for the school and their parents. The purpose of
the program is to develop discipline, a standard of excellence and a belief in themselves that will carry over into all aspects of their lives. Right: East Grand Plains Elementary School Principal Elisa Begueria, sitting at center, talks to students participating in the NDI program after their performance in the school gym Friday afternoon. The Roswell event is
Carlsbad man admits to drug, firearm charges Staff Report A Carlsbad man police found with more than a pound of methamphetamine pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Cruces Friday to narcotics trafficking and firearms charges. David V. Munoz, 39, pleaded guilty to a threecount felony information charging him with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute methamphetamine, being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition and possession of heroin with intent to distribute. Munoz, who remains in federal custody pending sentencing, faces a prison sentence of not less than five years and not more than 40 years on the methamphetamine charge, a maximum of 10 years in prison on the firearms charge and not more than 20 years in prison on the heroin charge. Munoz was charged on Nov. 10 with methamphetamine trafficking charges. He was arrested Dec. 15 after being transferred from state custody to federal custody.
According to the court records, the Pecos Valley Drug Task Force on Oct. 20 executed a search warrant on Munoz’s residence and vehicle where they reported finding about 784 grams of methamphetamine, about 9.42 grams of heroin, $1,391 in cash, ammunition and several firearms. In his plea agreement, Munoz admitted during the search of his residence and vehicle, PVDTF officers seized 81.81 grams of methamphetamine and 11.88 grams of heroin from his bedroom and several firearms and ammunition from throughout his residence. Munoz also admitted that the officers seized 613.58 grams of methamphetamine from his vehicle. Munoz also admitted he was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition because he previously had been convicted of conspiracy to traffic illegal drugs in Oklahoma. The case was investigated by the Las Cruces office of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration and the PVDTF.
sponsored by Leprino Foods and included an evening performance for the parents. The nonprof-
it organization strives to expose youngsters to art while also teaching the importance of exercise.
A bill that would place New Mexico permanently on Mountain Daylight Time was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday and now heads to the Senate floor with a week to go in the 2015 state legislative session. Senate Bill 377 was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday by a 4-2 vote. “No one likes changing clocks twice a year, so let’s stop doing it,” said state Sen. Cliff Pirtle, R-Roswell, sponsor of the bill. If enacted, the state will have had its last time change on Sunday, when clocks moved forward from Mountain Standard Time to Mountain Daylight Time. Pirtle’s bill would keep the state on Mountain Daylight Time all year long, the equivalent of Central Standard Time throughout the entire year. His bill would put all of New Mexico on the same
time as Dallas and Chicago for four months of the year, and behind those two cities by an hour for the eight months around summertime. New Mexico, like Arizona, would not switch times at any point in the year. Pirtle said changing times twice a year no longer makes sense and can cause health problems and accidents. He said most New Mexicans prefer daylight saving time and want to stop changing their clocks. Pirtle’s “Permanent Mountain Daylight Savings Time” bill, his top legislative priority, was passed by the Senate Public Affairs Committee Feb. 26 by a 5-1 vote. If the time bill passes the Senate, it will head to the New Mexico House of Representatives, where state Rep. Brian Egolf, D-Santa Fe, is sponsoring the bill. The legislative session ends at noon March 21.
ILEA-Roswell celebrates graduation
After three weeks of training, delegates from Albania, Kosovo and Romania graduated Friday from their session at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell. The 35 delegates were a combination of police officers, judges and prosecutors. Bottom left: Besa Nikehasani, head of Albania delegation, presents Frank Taylor, project manager of ILEA-Roswell, with a gift on behalf of her group. Bottom right: Bogdan Despescu, head of the Romania delegation, presents Taylor with a token of the group’s appreciation.
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