Mescalero Man, 38, Held for Federal Transfer at Doña Ana County Jail

Allegedly... Wyatt Michael Pebeashy, 38, of Mescalero, was booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center on October 23, 2025, on a federal transfer hold, according to jail records. The booking sheet lists a single felony count described as "All Other Offenses," with no bond set. A 2012 FBI press release identified Wyatt Michael Lee Pebeashy, then 25 and a member of the Mescalero Apache Nation, as having been sentenced in Las Cruces federal court to 168 months in prison after a guilty plea to aggravated sexual abuse of a child, with a 10-year term of supervised release to follow and a lifetime sex-offender registration requirement. The age and hometown on the current booking are consistent with that defendant, though authorities have not publicly confirmed the reason for the October 2025 federal transfer. Federal transfer holds are routine for defendants moving between U.S. Marshals custody and federal facilities, and can arise from supervised-release violations, new charges, or writs. No new indictment tied to Pebeashy appeared in public Justice Department announcements at the time of booking. These charges are allegations; Pebeashy is presumed innocent unless and until a court finds otherwise.