Las Cruces Man, 32, Booked on Multiple Battery on Peace Officer Counts

Allegedly... Fernando Ibarra, 32, of Las Cruces was booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center on April 21, 2025, under booking number 2500003051. Jail records list eight charges tied to the booking, including four felony counts of battery on a peace officer and a felony count of criminal damage to property greater than $1,000, along with misdemeanor counts of criminal damage and arson under $250. The arrests on the battery and property-damage counts were recorded at South Solano Drive and California Avenue, and the arson charge lists the Doña Ana County Detention Center as the arrest location, suggesting it was alleged to have occurred inside the facility. No bond is listed on any count. In New Mexico, battery on a peace officer is a fourth-degree felony, and criminal damage to property over $1,000 is also a fourth-degree felony. A search of New Mexico court records and regional news coverage did not surface published reporting that can be clearly tied to this booking. All counts are allegations. Ibarra is presumed innocent unless and until a court finds otherwise.