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Several disturbance calls in Hockley County on Thursday, December 9th, led to a standoff and ended with the suspect on the run.

A Levelland man was sentenced to 55 years in prison plus a $10,000 fine for the May 2020 shooting death of 31 year-old Anthony Valderas Delgado.

The Hockley County Sheriff's Office is searching for 17 year-old Vonte Brown, who was reported missing this past Saturday.

A Lubbock man was arrested last week after a traffic stop in Hockley County revealed drugs and a firearm.

Omar Soto-Chavira was indicted in Hockley County on a capital murder charge and an attempted capital murder charge after a deadly standoff with authorities.

A Lubbock man was arrested in Hockley County on Monday, August 30th after being accused of an aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon back in October of 2020.

Omar Soto-Chavira was officially charged with the murder of Lubbock County Sheriff SWAT Sgt. Josh Bartlett on Wednesday. Soto-Chavira was booked into the Hockley County Jail, hours after being released from a hospital.

Soto-Chivara was arrested on five different offenses on June 29 and posted bail for $66,000 on July 11, four days before the deadly standoff in Levelland.

Lubbock County Sheriff's Office SWAT Commander Sgt. Josh Bartlett was killed Thursday afternoon. The suspect, a 22 year-old man, was arrested at 11:30pm on Thursday.

The standoff that started Friday afternoon in Levelland turned into a shootout in which four members of law enforcement were wounded. One of the four later died in Levelland

A man who was found with a gunshot wound in Levelland on Wednesday, February 17th has been identified as a burglary suspect.

The Hockley County Sheriff's Office has been made aware of suspicious activity between Ropesville and the Lubbock County Line along US Highway 62/82.