Man accused of killing Wake County deputy Ned Byrd extradited back to US
The man accused of shooting and killing a Wake County deputy is being extradited back to the United States to face murder charges, according to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office. In August 2022, Alder Alfonso Marin-Sotelo was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder following the shooting death of Deputy Ned Byrd.
Fake band tries to smuggle $2.7M in cocaine hidden in bus over Texas border, CBP says
The bus had been crossing the border “every week or two weeks” for months before it was caught, according to officials.
2 men shot up wrong truck and killed 11-year-old, NM officials say. They’re convicted
Two men were convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in connection with a shooting in New Mexico that killed an 11-year-old boy and wounded his cousin, prosecutors said. Nathen Garley and Jose Romero each face life in prison plus 49 years, the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office said in a Feb. 21 post on Facebook.