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Thursday, January 17, 2013  Members of a special task force shake out drugs and weapons.

Thursday, September 20, 2012 

Tuesday, September 11, 2012  Officials say Curry County Detention Center inmates caused a flood and started fires during a random search for contraband.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  A Tucumcari man shoots another resident in thigh. He is now in custody.

Friday, August 24, 2012  An investigative report shows Curry County jail officials placed an inmate in a cell next to a rival despite multiple warnings that the two be separated.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  An inmate who was found unresponsive at the Potter County Detention Center this morning has died.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  Video of a fight at the Curry County Detention Center is now showing on YouTube, courtesy the Clovis News Journal.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  Ryan Leaf's arraignment on charges that the former NFL quarterback broke into two homes in Montana and stole prescription drugs has been postponed.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  Ryan Leaf is to be arraigned on charges that the former NFL quarterback broke into two homes in Montana and stole prescription drugs.

Monday, March 12, 2012  A former Curry County jail administrator has been allowed to resign and has been awarded nearly $70, 000 under a new settlement.

Friday, February 10, 2012  After the shooting death of 10-year-old Carlos Perez in Clovis in 2005, five men were wanted for murder. Four were caught within 24 hours -- but one, Noe Torres, was on the run ever since. That is, until just a few weeks ago when he was captured in Chihuahua, Mexico.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012  An Amarillo man was booked into the Potter County Detention Center after a report came in on him trying to pass a counterfeit check.

Monday, December 19, 2011  The U.S. Marshals Service has added a New Mexico man convicted of killing a 10-year-old boy to its list of the nation's 15 most wanted fugitives.

Monday, November 14, 2011  Curry County Sheriff's office is looking for an inmate that escaped from the Curry County Detention Center in Clovis early Sunday morning.

Thursday, November 18, 2010  Officials with the Curry County Detention Center now say that the inmate was not mistakenly released.