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Alleged heavy machinery thief jailed

Man shot by sheriff in January turned himself in

PORTALES — Six months after a sheriff’s bullet ended his alleged rampage in Portales on a stolen front-end loader, James McFarlin turned himself in Thursday morning to the Roosevelt County Detention Center.

McFarlin, 48, of Portales, was hospitalized...