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It took a District Court jury in Tucumcari less then 30 minutes Thursday to find a former Tucumcari Police officer guilty of criminal damage to property of a household member. Pete Vargas, 32, stood silent at the Tenth Judicial District Court as the decision of the jury was read. Judge Drew Tatum sentenced Vargas to complete 364 days probation, anger management courses and pay restitution for the damaged property. Vargas was originally charged with fourth-degree felony breaking and entering and misdemeanor criminal damage to property in an inci...
A preliminary trial scheduled for Friday for a local teen who has pleaded not guilty in connection to the deaths of two family members has been waived. Tony Day, 14, remains in the Quay County Detention Center juvenile section charged with two open counts of murder in the Nov. 26 deaths of Sue Day, 67, and her daughter Sherry Folts, 49, at the family home on Quay Road 63. The motion to waive the preliminary hearing and the two pleas of not guilty were filed by Day's attorney Jeff Buckels on Dec. 13, in the Tenth Judicial District Court....