Berino Man, 29, Convicted and Sentenced in Vehicular Homicide Case

Oscar Ivan Anchondo, a 29-year-old resident of Berino, New Mexico, was booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center on Sept. 11, 2026. Registered under booking number 2600007262, he was processed on a felony charge following an arrest by the Las Cruces Police Department. The record indicates he was held without bond at the time of this booking. According to court and news records, Anchondo was charged in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of a Berino teenager. Reports show he initially fled the scene of the collision and later faced additional legal complications, including a warrant for his re-arrest and a battery charge involving a jailhouse altercation that was eventually dropped. Court and news records indicate Anchondo was convicted in this case after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and was sentenced to eight years in prison.