Portales Man Found Guilty in Rape Case ❏ Roy Brown, 29, Faces up to 53 Years in Prison
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TUESDAY,SEPT. 19, 2017 Inside: 75¢ Protests resume in St. Louis. — Page 6A Vol. 89 ◆ No. 147 SERVING CLOVIS, PORTALES AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES EasternNewMexicoNews.com FIREFIGHTER TESTING Portales man found guilty in rape case ❏ Roy Brown, 29, faces up to 53 years in prison. By Eamon Scarbrough STAFF WRITER [email protected] PORTALES — A Portales man on Monday was found guilty of rape and faces up to 53 years in prison. Jurors found Roy Brown, 29, guilty of two counts of criminal sexual penetration resulting in great bodily harm, plus aggra- vated battery and other charges. Brown was arrested in June of 2016, accused of sexually assaulting a woman after forcibly entering her home south of Portales. “I never had a doubt in my mind that this defendant sexually assaulted (the woman). It’s a good day for Portales, and it’s a good day for victims, and a good day for our vic- tim,” said District Attorney Andrea Reeb. Brown’s attorney Craig Acorn was not immediately available for comment after the verdict. The jury decision came three hours after a morning of heated closing arguments. Reeb asked jurors to use common sense and reason in deciding the outcome of the case, warning them to avoid “red herrings” presented them by the defense. “It’s not the state submitting red her- BROWN on Page 4A Representative chosen for Clovis school Staff photos: Zech Lucero board position Above: Clovis ❏ Firefighter Shawn Hamilton will Charles represent District 4 until Nunez, left, checks to see term open for re-election. if water is By David Grieder pumping STAFF WRITER properly, while [email protected] Lt. Chris Elam evaluates his CLOVIS — Shawn Hamilton was performance appointed Monday evening to represent District Four on the Clovis Municipal as part of a Schools Board of Education, following driver-opera- public interviews and a nail-biting tie- tional test on breaker vote among four candidates dur- Monday at ing a special meeting of the board. Clovis’ Fire Hamilton will serve the rest of the Station 5 on unexpired term of Justin Howalt, who Brady Avenue. recently vacated the position in advance of assuming the role of Clovis city man- ager next month. Right: Lt. The term lasts through February 2019, Evan Benner at which time the position is open again brings up a for election. Hamilton as well as the three ladder as part other candidates — Barney Jaramillo, of an aerial Ray Mondragon and Mitch Simms — test. said during their interviews that they Firefighters planned to run for the position then, even trained if they were not appointed for the remain- throughout the der of the current term. Board members Cindy Osburn and day. Kyle Snider first voted for Hamilton, while Board President Paul Cordova and Board Vice-President Terry Martin each initially cast votes for Mondragon. After neither candidate received a majority, Osburn nominated Jaramillo and Snider BOARD on Page 3A Forecast: Today Wednesday Thursday Index Calendars..........................2A Puzzles..............................5A Reach us at: High: 89 High: 87 High: 88 Classified ......................5-6B Markets ............................2A (575) 763-3431 Comics ..............................4B Obituaries..........................3A Low: 57 Low: 56 Low: 65 Voices................................4A Sports ............................1-3B PAGE 2A ✦ TUESDAY, SEPT. 19, 2017 LOCAL THE EASTERN NEW MEXICO NEWS Events calendar State to hold car seat clinic Today p.m. at Portales Public Library. ■ Science Museum Family Theme: Welcome Fall. Information: By David Grieder “National Child Passenger Safety Week Data from the National Highway Night — 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at Clovis 575-356-3940 Seat Check Saturday.” STAFF WRITER Traffic Safety Administration “estimat- Community College’s Interactive ■ Tween program — 4:30 p.m. Certified technicians will be on site at [email protected] ed three out of four child safety seats Science Museum, 500 Trades at Portales Public Library. Theme: the store from 10 a.m. to noon and par- are not used correctly. However, the use Road east of main campus off of Newspaper art. Information: 575- CLOVIS — Buckle up for safety, and ents can bring their car seat and their of child safety seats reduces fatal injury Seventh Street. Admission: Free. 356-3940 be sure to do it properly: That’s the child. The event is free, and the first to by 71 percent in infants and by 54 per- Information: 575-769-4909 arrive will be first served, according to ■ Books n Babies — 10:30 Friday message from the state, which for the cent for toddlers ... in passenger cars,” ■ first time will include Clovis in its a news release from New Mexico said the release. a.m. storytime for children age 0-3 Blood drive — 1 p.m.-4:30 Department of Transportation. at Portales Public Library. Theme: annual “Child Safety Seat Clinics” p.m. at Clovis-Carver Public Library “We try to get all over the state,” said Those who cannot attend the clinic ABCs. Information: 575-356-3940 parking lot. Information: 575-625- Saturday morning at Wal-Mart. Lisa Kelloff, chief executive officer of Saturday morning can access educa- ■ Afterschool STEAM — 4:30 9743 Efforts to educate local parents on the tional resources by calling 800-231- p.m. for grades K-6 at Portales Safer New Mexico Now, which is “proper selection and use of their child assisting with the project. 6145. There are car seat “fitting sta- Public Library. Activity: K’Nex Saturday safety seats,” have taken place sporadi- tions” in various locations in the state Engineering Part 2. Information: ■ Celebrate Recovery “Clovis is doing really well, and to 575-356-3940 RockFest — noon to 4 p.m. at cally in the city in years past; but this is me it’s a really underserved area. I’m but none yet in Clovis — although that Highland Baptist Church, 2201 N. Clovis’ first time to be included among going to try to help them throughout the could change in the coming years, said Wednesday Main St., Clovis. Food, games and seven other cities statewide in the year.” Kelloff. ■ Preschool story-time — a concert. 10:30 a.m. at Portales Public ■ Mirage-Visions of Library. Theme: Welcome Fall. Fleetwood Mac — 7 p.m. Cultural Information: 575-356-3940 Arts Series concert at Marshall LOCAL ROUNDUP ■ ENMU Film Series — 7:30 Auditorium. Tickets: $15-$20. SEPT. 19 p.m. showing of “Alphaville” (1965), Information: 575-769-4031 Curry to hear sioners this morning are the first of three in a Gothic Science ■ Honor luncheon — Noon at On this date ... expected to consider the Fiction and Noir series. Information: Fort Sumner Public Library, 235 W. fair presentation addition of a security offi- 575-562-1011 Sumner Avenue. Author Jodi 1972: Work was CLOVIS — The Curry cer for the Roosevelt Thomas is speaker and guest of expected to continue for County Commission is County Courthouse. Thursday honor. Information: 575-355-2832 three to four days to clear ■ Curry County Extension scheduled to hear a presen- The security issue stems a 23-car train wreck that tation this morning on the from a letter from 9th Club leader training — 2 p.m., The events calendar is a daily had happened near St. extension office, 818 Main St., 2017 Curry County Fair at Judicial District Court listing of area events. To place an Vrain the day before. The Clovis. Topic: “Guidelines to over item on the calendar, call the its regular meeting, set for 9 Chief Judge Drew Tatum the counter drugs.” Information: newsroom at 575-763-6991 or e- accompanying Clovis a.m. at 417 Gidding St. stating that bailiffs would 575-763-6505 mail: News-Journal photo Curry County Events no longer be responsible ■ Preschool story-time — 6 [email protected] described the scrambled Center and Fairgrounds for security in the court- cars as a “fruit salad,” General Manager Joelle room. since the derailed freight Reed is listed to deliver the Sheriff Malin Parker said included 16 loads of table “Talent Find” contest at preliminary report on the in the commission’s Sept. 5 grapes, a load of oranges, fair as well as a presentation meeting that the addition of Meetings calendar the county Farm Bureau and several carloads of meeting in Portales. The on the complex’s financial a court officer would cost ■ statements through July. Today Clovis Master Water canned goods. sisters performed “I between $50,000 and ■ The events center Clovis Master Water Assurance Plan District 3 meet- It took four hours for Almost Lost My Mind,” $55,000 and would allow ing — 6 p.m. at Firendship Center, received a citation for serv- that person to take individ- Assurance Plan District 4 meet- firefighters from Melrose, accompanied by Mrs. John 901 W. 13th Street. Information: ing alcohol to a minor dur- uals into custody and serve ing — 6 p.m. at Kingswood Clovis, Portales, and Werner of Elida. Methodist Church gym, 2600 North 575-769-7828 ing this year’s fair in arrest warrants. Cannon Air Force Base to Harding Burris of Halo Main Street. Information: 575-769- snuff the flames that broke August. Also at today’s meeting, 7828 Thursday Jersey Farm also made the Other presentations listed set for 9 a.m. at Roosevelt ■ Clovis MainStreet Board — out after a rupture in the “Elida Notes.” He was off ■ Portales City Council — fuel line that fed the diesel on the commission agenda County Courthouse: 6:30 p.m. in council chambers at 8:30 a.m. at 418 N. Main Street. to Abilene, Texas, to show include: ■ A request for the Information: 575-769-7828 motors of one of the his prize-winning Jerseys, ■ the Memorial Building. Information: ■ mechanically refrigerated Update on Eastern New renewal of a contract with 575-356-6662 ext.