Las Cruces Woman, 31, Booked on Battery Against a Household Member Charge

Allegedly... Leah Allison-pena, a 31-year-old resident of Las Cruces, was booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center on July 31, 2026. Records show she was processed under booking number 2600006064 following an arrest in the vicinity of Crestview and Delano. She is currently held without bond on a misdemeanor charge of battery against a household member. In New Mexico, this specific charge involves the alleged use of force or violence against a family member or someone within the same household. The arrest location indicates the incident occurred within the jurisdiction of local Las Cruces law enforcement. A no-bond hold is a common temporary status in domestic-related cases pending a standard conditions-of-release hearing before a magistrate. The charges are allegations, and Leah Allison-pena is presumed innocent unless and until a court finds otherwise.