Cops and Courts: Wal-Mart employees threatened with BB gun

A 22-year-old Canyon, Texas, man who threatened Wal-Mart employees with a BB gun was arrested Saturday night outside the store, according to police reports.

Police apprehended Aaron Quinones around 5 p.m. behind Wal-Mart. They found a BB gun and a bottle of cognac in his possession, the report said.

Quinones was charged with four counts aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, four counts and shoplifting. He also had multiple outstanding warrants for his arrest, the report said.

He is being held at the Curry County Adult Detention Center on a $21,500 cash bond, according to jail officials.

A Monopoly game between friends turned violent Friday night resulting in a 25-year-old Clovis man being beaten, according to police reports.

Around 11:30 p.m., patrol officers were dispatched to report of a fight in the front yard of a home in the 800 block of Wallace Street and observed an injured man on the porch.

He told officers when he went to his car to leave after playing Monopoly with friends someone attacked him from behind.

A female witness said she, the victim and another individual were playing Monopoly and a fight broke out over money. She said the other man had left on foot.

The victim was treated at the hospital for a laceration in his cheek and head injuries. The case is being investigated as an aggravated battery.

A 65-year-old Clovis woman told police a sneeze was the cause for her single-car rollover around 11 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Prince Street and Llano Estacado Boulevard, police reports said.

She told police she was changing lanes when she sneezed. She lost control of the vehicle, which struck a utility pole before rolling over.

The woman was uninjured but her car sustained major damage, the report said. She was issued a traffic citation.

A Clovis teen said he was beaten by two men Thursday as he walked on Ninth Street, according to police reports.

The 15-year-old told police around 5 p.m. he was confronted by the two men who accused him of being a snitch and began hitting him in the head and face. He said he ran to a house for help and the woman who lived there called police, the report said.

The case is being investigated as felony child abuse.

A 42-year-old Clovis man was arrested last week on charges he sexually molested a 7-year-old foster child in his care, according to court documents.

Richard Glascoe is charged with three counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor and criminal sexual contact of a minor, an arrest affidavit filed Jan. 2 in magistrate court shows.

The girl told police Glascoe, a detention officer at the Curry County Adult Detention Center, had “sex” with her on three occasions between June and November, recounting details of the times and locations where the incidents occurred, records show.

Her parents told investigators their daughter told them Glascoe had done sexual things to her, the affidavit said.

Glascoe is being held on a $100,00 cash only bond at the Bailey County Detention Center.

A detention officer since 2002, Glascoe was on leave at the time of his arrest and remains on leave, Assistant Curry County Manager Lance Pyle said.

A Cannon captain serving as a physician's assistant will face a court martial in February on charges of child molestation , according to the 9th Judicial District Attorney Matt Chandler.

Capt. Robert Bitner was arrested by Curry County Sheriff’s deputies in June on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child under 13, Chandler said.

Chandler said the military requested jurisdiction from his office, which he approved. The case in district court is not closed, however, and his office will continue to watch the federal case, he said.

“We are closely watching the federal case. Our goal is that the (victim’s) family receive justice. If they receive that through the federal trial we will reevaluate (our case),” Chandler said.

Bitner engaged an 8-year-old boy in sexual activity on multiple occasions while the child was a guest in Bitner's home, according to a criminal complaint filed in Curry County Magistrate Court contained

Neither Bitner nor his civilian or military attornies returned calls seeking comment.

A court martial is scheduled Feb. 6 at Cannon, according to Cannon officials.

Cops and Courts is compiled by Sharna Johnson. Contact her at 763-3431, ext. 316, or by e-mail: [email protected]