Police Blotter

A five-month-old baby was killed in a traffic accident north of Thoreau last Wednesday.

A Socorro County Sheriff’s deputy Wednesday fired at a car theft suspect who attempted to run him over, according to statements by both New Mexico State and Navajo Nation police. Neither the deputy nor the suspect was injured.

Between the evening hours of Valentine’s Day 2014 and noon the following day, a 75-year-old Counselor, New Mexico, man was beaten to death at his residence, according to the FBI.

The initial investigation indicated a 2006 Ford Van, driven by Jorge Cruz Villalobos, 34, of Oklahoma, was traveling west on Interstate 40. The Ford lost control on a snow-packed, icy roadway and rolled into the median.

Between the evening hours of Valentine’s Day 2014 and noon the following day, a 75-year-old Counselor, N.M., man was beaten to death at his residence on the Navajo Nation.