All Entries Tagged With: "Lamar Police Department"

Two Arrested in Lamar Drug Bust
On Monday, 3/30/2015, at approximately 5:00 PM, officers from the Lamar Police Department executed a search warrant at 224 Sage Dr. Officers have been conducting an investigation of the residence since December of 2014. During the investigation officers have received numerous tips from the community concerning the sales of illegal narcotics from the residence. Officers […]

Meth Bust in Lamar
Officers from the Lamar Police Department responded to Wal-Mart, 1432 East Olive Street on a report of a theft from the store. Officers from the Police Department and a Prowers County Deputy contacted the suspect vehicle near the intersection of County Road 9 and U.S. Highway 50. The occupants, later identified as Patrick Patterson, 43, […]

LPD Conduct Local Drug Bust-Arrest Rhett Lucero
On Monday, 3/23/2015, at approximately 4:00 PM, officers of the Lamar Police Department executed a search warrant at 1701 S. 7th Street. Over the last three months officers have conducted an investigation of marijuana sales from the residence. During the investigation, officers received numerous tips from the community and information from the Geary County […]

LPD Make Two Drug Arrests
On Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at approximately 8:15 PM Lamar Police Officers responded to Walmart on a report of suspicious prescriptions being passed to the pharmacy. Officers later arrested Julia Compton (Howards), 33 of Lamar, for four counts of fraud and three counts of possession of a schedule two controlled substance. Ryan Birney, 26 […]

Failure to Register Warrants Arrest for Lamar Man
On Tuesday, February 3, 2015, an officer conducted a sex offender check in the 1700 block of South 11th Street. Officers found the subject’s apartment to be empty and no one living there. Officers conducted an investigation and determined the subject failed to register as required. On Wednesday, February 4, 2015, an arrest warrant was […]

Lamar P.D. Arrests 3 in Drug Busts
On Thursday, January 8, 2015, at approximately 7:30 P.M. Lamar Police Officers responded to the 200 block Sage Drive on a report of suspicious activity. Officers later arrested Justin Ludwig, 30 of Lamar, and Alisha Sena, 25 of Lamar, for possession of methamphetamine. Lamar Police Department Narcotic Officers followed up on the case and later […]

Lamar Police Make Heroin Bust
The Lamar Police Department conducted a traffic stop Tuesday, December 23, 2014, in the 500 block of North 6th Street. Kevin Ludwig, age 27 of Lamar, was observed driving a vehicle on the roadway with a suspended driver’s license. During investigation on the traffic stop, officers located several items of contraband and controlled substances, including […]

Lamar Council Sets Public Hearing Date on Corner Wine & Liquor Transfer
A public hearing for the liquor license transfer for Corner Wine and Liquor was set for January 12, 2015. The store at 1201 South Main Street was recently sold by Melinda Grover to Rodney and Gail Schroeder. The transfer of ownership was submitted to conduct a transfer of license operating under a temporary permit […]

Arrest Made in Wal-Mart Bomb Hoax
Virgil Hunt, 32, of Lamar, was arrested for the December 1st, false bomb threat for the local Wal-Mart store, according to interim Lamar Police Chief, Kyle Miller. Miller said the arrest was made on December 8 and Hunt is being held in the Prowers County Jail on $6,000 bond. He is being charged with false […]

Lamar SWAT Teams Assists Bent County
On Sunday, November 23, 2014, Lamar Police Department S.W.A.T. was called out for an Agency Assist with Bent County Sheriff’s Office. The Bent County Sheriff’s Office had a residence in the 700 block of Grand Avenue in Las Animas surrounded. Two subjects with felony warrants, Dustin Greer (26) and Christopher Jacobs (36), were holed up […]

Regional Drug Training Course Concludes in Lamar
Do you need to be able to recognize illegal drugs on sight, or can you make a determination about the type of drug that has been used by observing a user? The Drug Training Expert course, hosted by the Lamar Police Department, and attended by numerous law enforcement officers from the region, helps police officials […]

Little Caesar’s Robbers Sought
Press Release On Sunday, November 2, 2014, at approximately 9pm, Lamar Police Department officers were dispatched to a robbery in the 1200 block of South Main Street, Little Caesar’s Pizza. The suspects took money and the DVR system and existed the establishment. Suspects were described as two male parties, around 5’9″ tall, wearing dark colored […]

HOPE Center Sports a Student-run Bicycle Repair Class
Take four bicycles in various stages of repair, four boys with somewhat greasy fingers, an instructor and a Friday morning at the Project HOPE Center at Lincoln School is underway. For the past four or five weeks, on Friday mornings and Monday evenings, youngsters, mostly middle school age boys, will cover the floor in their […]

McCrea Out as Lamar Police Chief
Lamar Police Chief, Gary McCrea, after having been placed on administrative leave with the department since mid to late October, has been replaced by Captain Kyle Miller as acting chief of the Lamar Police Department. City Administrator, John Sutherland, said he was not at liberty to be more specific regarding McCrea’s departure from the city […]

Lamar PD Investigating Car Break-Ins
Media Release The Lamar Police Department is working on several cases involving vehicles being broken into between the hours of 11pm on 10/29/2014 to approximately 3am on 10/30/14 in the 1000 Blk of 10th, 11th and 12th Streets. If anyone has any information or saw anything suspicious in the area during these times they […]
Sisneros Hearing for October 22
Mykel Sisneros is now facing murder charges relating to the death of Rudy Ray Munez. Sisneros last appeared in Prowers County District Court in late September for a hearing. The 21 year old Lamar resident was first charged with second degree assault against Munez who was discovered beaten, in an alleyway in the 100 block […]

Friday Night Fire–RV Burns on South Main in Lamar
A fire destroyed a recreational vehicle at 2400 South Main Street at Main and Savage in Lamar this past Friday evening. Lamar Fire and Ambulance responded to the call along the highway at 7:16pm. The fire apparently started in the engine compartment and spread to the rest of the camper as it was being moved […]

Safe Disposal of Outdated Prescription Drugs
On Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm the Lamar Police Department in cooperation with DEA will be participating in the ninth National Drug Take Back Initiative. This program is focused on providing convenient locations for the public to drop off excess, unused, and expired prescription and other medications. The collection […]

House Fire on North 12th in Lamar
A rental property at 408 North 12th Street caught fire shortly after 3pm, Tuesday, September 9. Lamar Fire and Ambulance crews responded while the Lamar Police Department blocked access to the streets and Atmos Gas turned off the gas flow into the house. Residents from several streets away said they heard some kind of explosion […]

Burglary Suspect Arrested by LPD
On Wednesday, September 3, Lamar Police Officers received a call of a burglary at 7 Forest Street, Precision Pawn. During the investigation of the burglary, officers learned items taken during a criminal trespass call in the 100 block of West Lee Avenue, which occurred on the previous day, had been pawned by Hunter […]