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Burglar Shot Twice by Homeowner 2/3/12 11:06a

(Deming) -- A would-be burglar had to use his own cell phone to call 9-1-1 after being shot twice by a homeowner.
Sheriff Raymond Cobos confirmed that 32-year-old Justin Hull was shot in the stomach and right leg with a 45-caliber gun after breaking into an unoccupied home off Amapola Road Southeast.
Cobos said Hull called 9-1-1 at about 10:40 Thursday night and told the dispatcher that he needed an ambulance because he had been shot breaking into a home.
The homeowner reported to Luna County Sheriff's officials in December that his home had been broken into. The home is presently unoccupied and without power or telephone service.
Reportedly... the 62-year-old property owner was checking on the home Thursday when he discovered that the home had been broken into again, and property had been piled in rooms ready to be loaded.
The owner decided to stay in the home that evening, and was sitting in a chair with a blanket and his gun facing a door when he was surprised by Hull who entered the home through a different door and came up behind the owner.
The owner told officials he got out of his chair, turned and fired on the burglar.
Hull, who has not yet been charged with the break-in, was flown to an El Paso hospital for treatment of his gunshot wounds.
Cobos said his officers were still investigating the incident and will turn over the results of the investigation to the District Attorney.



AP-NM--WNMU-Anniversary,103
WNMU to celebrate 119th birthday
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SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) - Western New Mexico University is set to
celebrate the 119th anniversary of the school's founding.
The school is scheduled Friday to honor its birthday with a
large birthday cake and piņata. WNMU student also are slated to
bury a time capsule adjacent to Hunter Hall that will rest for 50
years.
Celebrations include a new temporary exhibition entitled
"Aspiration, Politics and Willpower: The People Behind the
Formation of the Territorial Normal School at Silver City."
Established as a Normal School on Feb. 11, 1893, the university
was known as New Mexico State Teachers' College until it changed to
its current name in 1963.



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Crime Report 2/3/12 11:19a

(Deming) -- Here's the area crime report:
Jesus Dominguez-Nevarez, age 24, of Columbus, was arrested on two Magistrate warrants for failure to pay fines... and Robert Lucero, age 50, was arrested on a Municipal warrant for failure to appear.
In juvenile news... the District Attorney's office filed a petition on a 16-year-old boy for causing great bodily injury by vehicle, unlawful taking of a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, no driver's license, driving with an expired registration, no insurance and no seat belts... a petition was filed on a 17-year-old boy for burglary, larceny and causing criminal damage to property, a petition was filed on a 10-year-old boy for causing criminal damage to property... a 14-year-old boy was charged with aggravated assault on a household member... a 12-year-old boy was picked up for larceny and tampering with evidence... and two boys -- one 13 and one 14 -- were cited for larceny.
Also... a faulty power strip providing electricity to a computer is being blamed for a house fire off Dodson Road Southeast... and two-thousand dollars in criminal damage was reported to a pickup truck bed while the truck was parked off Spruce Street.



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02/03/2012