DEMING – Deming Police and local authorities have released the latest crime and arrest information.
Two men were initially reported in custody. Forty-two-year-old Henry Spooner of Deming was booked on charges of battery upon a household member and on a Luna County Magistrate Court warrant for failure to appear. Thirty-nine-year-old Andrew Calanchi of Deming was arrested on a municipal court warrant involving charges of injuring or defacing property and battery.
Additional arrests this week include fifty-one-year-old Russel Asbill, who was picked up on a Sixth Judicial District Court warrant for failure to appear. Forty-three-year-old Jonathan Deegan was charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Twenty-seven-year-old Jesus Romero was taken into custody by the U.S. Marshal’s Service on a Doña Ana County Magistrate Court warrant for failure to appear. Thirty-four-year-old Ricky Enriquez was arrested for resisting, evading or obstructing an officer and failure to stop. Forty-two-year-old Crystal Johnson was arrested on a charge of battery against a household member.
Police also report a larceny summons issued to fifty-year-old Sonia Granado of Deming. According to investigators, Granado is accused of stealing a woman’s purse at the Dollar Tree store on August thirtieth and was ordered to appear in municipal court. In a separate case, officers are investigating the theft of a green electric bicycle valued at sixteen hundred dollars, taken from the Sunrise RV Park on East Pine Street on August thirty-first.
On the community side, the Deming Police Officer’s Association has made a contribution to local youth sports. The group donated more than one thousand dollars to purchase trophies for the Deming Youth Flag Football League, helping recognize the achievements of young athletes.
All persons named are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Information in this report was provided by the Deming Police Department and the Luna County Detention Center.