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LPD’s Innovative New De-Escalation Tactic: Hitting the Suspect with a Cruiser

lubbock-sucks — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 14:33:31 +0000

Welcome to Lubbock, where the only thing more dangerous than wandering around drunk on an access road at 5 a.m. is the police response. Early Saturday morning, out near the Preston Smith airport, 25-year-old Adonis Porter was reportedly intoxicated and annoying the employees of a local business. Doing exactly what you’re supposed to do, the [...]

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Twisted Tea, Straight To Jail: Lubbock Man Reminds Us Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Or Open Roads)

lubbock-sucks — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:14:19 +0000

Ah, Tuesday evenings in Lubbock County. The sun sets, the wind howls, and the locals apparently decide to treat our flat, endless dirt roads like a demolition derby. This week’s contestant is 30-year-old Jason Boyd, who was arrested and charged with intoxication assault after a two-vehicle wreck near the sprawling, scenic metropolis of County Road [...]

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Hub City Driving: Where You Can Manage a Fatal Wreck on a Completely Empty Road

lubbock-sucks — Sat, 23 May 2026 15:16:27 +0000

Leave it to Lubbock to prove that you don’t even need other cars on the road to cause a catastrophe. Around 4:15 a.m. last Friday, May 22, while normal cities were sleeping, the Texas Tech Police Department and the Lubbock PD Major Crash Investigation Unit were dragged out to the 1300 block of Texas Tech [...]

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Another Shocking Twist: Lubbock Drivers Still Undefeated by Slight Road Curves

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 20 May 2026 16:28:38 +0000

Tuesday evening around 6:30 p.m.—right when normal people are winding down or heading to dinner—the intersection of 55th Drive and Salem Avenue turned into the latest backdrop for Lubbock’s favorite extreme sport: ignoring physics. According to the Lubbock Police Department, 23-year-old Isaiah Wilson was flying west down 55th Drive at a “high rate of speed” [...]

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Mother’s Day in the Hub: Flowers, Brunch, and Window-Side Knifefights

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 12 May 2026 14:46:03 +0000

While most of Lubbock was busy overpaying for lukewarm brunch buffets and pretending to like their mother-in-laws this past Sunday, 27-year-old Andrew Ruiz was busy reminding us why we can’t have nice things. According to the Lubbock Police Department, Ruiz decided to celebrate Mother’s Day by turning a casual drinking session on Elkridge Avenue into [...]

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Lubbock’s Finest Criminal Geniuses Literally Film Their Own Felonies on the Victim’s Phone

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 06 May 2026 22:35:38 +0000

Anthony Jamarillo-Medrano, an 18-year-old resident of our lovely Hub City, was recently treated to a brand new mugshot and a whopping $200,000 bond at the Lubbock County Detention Center. He was arrested on May 4 following a March incident where he apparently decided that committing a sexual assault wasn’t enough—he also needed to make sure [...]

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Lubbock’s Best Designated Driver Hits a Pedestrian, Drives Home, and Bails Out

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 05 May 2026 17:33:31 +0000

Leave it to the Hub City to turn a rare moment of actual responsibility into a total disaster. Back in August 2025, a group of friends were doing the classic Lubbock weekend routine: getting absolutely plastered at Rodeo 4. Realizing they were in no condition to operate heavy machinery, one friend did the right thing [...]

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The Speed Limit is 20, but the Ambition was Infinite

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 01 May 2026 14:31:07 +0000

It’s 1:30 a.m. in the Hub City, a time usually reserved for questionable Taco Bell runs and wondering why we live in a place where the wind feels like a personal insult. But for one driver near Knoxville Avenue and Texas Tech Parkway, Friday morning was a masterclass in why physics doesn’t care about your [...]

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Lubbock’s Favorite Hobby: Turning Commutes into Crime Scenes

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 01 May 2026 14:22:49 +0000

Ah, Highway 87 and the FM 1585 overpass—the scenic route for anyone who enjoys dodging orange barrels or, apparently, people who think traffic lanes are “open to interpretation.” It’s been two years since Alex Noyola Castanon was killed by a wrong-way driver, and because this is Lubbock, the driver wasn’t just “confused”; they were rocking [...]

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Manslaughter? More Like ‘Man-Slight-Inconvenience’ Until You Forget to Call Your PO

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:34:54 +0000

Lubbock: where the wind blows 40 mph, the water tastes like a swimming pool filter, and killing your friend in a drunken wreck apparently earns you a decade of “pretty please don’t do it again.” Zachary Peterson, the man who managed to dodge a prison cell after a fatal 2021 crash, is back behind bars [...]

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Lubbock Love Language: Ramming, Shooting, and a Mid-Crime Power Nap

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 14:13:12 +0000

Welcome back to another episode of “Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in the 806.” Today’s contestant for Mother of the Year is 22-year-old Cysili Quintanilla, who decided that a night out at Santiago’s wasn’t complete without a high-stakes demolition derby and a light dusting of gunfire. According to court docs, the festivities kicked off [...]

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The King is Coming, so the Cavalry is Here to Make Sure You Don’t Die Before the Encore

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:57:27 +0000

Because apparently, Lubbock drivers are so collectively incapable of navigating a paved road without causing a catastrophe, the Texas Department of Public Safety has launched a covert “surge” operation. Dubbed “Operation Tejas”—which sounds like a Steven Seagal movie that went straight to DVD—this initiative involves busing in troopers to babysit our local officers (why do [...]

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Smith Unit Guard Takes a “Career Research” Trip to the Other Side of the Bars

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:37:38 +0000

In today’s episode of Lubbock’s Best and Brightest, we meet 19-year-old Jo’Brian Liendo. Jo’Brian was a correctional officer at the Smith Unit in Lamesa, but apparently, he felt his job performance was suffering because he lacked “lived experience.” To fix this, he headed over to the 7200 block of Avenue S last Sunday to see [...]

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Texas Tech Police Master the Art of the Shrug After F-150 Claims Another Victim

lubbock-sucks — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:41:15 +0000

In a city where the “state flower” is a crumpled Ford F-150 bumper, Lubbock has once again proven that the only thing more dangerous than our intersections is the bureaucracy tasked with patrolling them. Jordyn Dabelstein, a 22-year-old student with the audacity to actually stop at a red light on Texas Tech Parkway, was rear-ended [...]

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Spur 327: Where the Speed Limit is a Suggestion and Beer Bottles are Co-Pilots

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:27:48 +0000

Welcome to another episode of “Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in the Hub City.” This week, 32-year-old Anthony Washington finally pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter for a 2024 crash that ended the lives of 20-year-old Blake Garza and 18-year-old Naomi Harry. Washington walked away with a 40-year sentence, which sounds impressive until [...]

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The Hub City’s Favorite Game: Jurisdictional Hot Potato (feat. A 3/4-Ton Truck)

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:27:07 +0000

Welcome to Lubbock, where the only thing flatter than the landscape is the police department’s transparency. We’ve got another tragic “oopsie” on our hands, this time at the corner of Texas Tech Parkway and Indiana Avenue. On Saturday night, Jordyn Dabelstein—a 22-year-old nursing student who actually had a promising future elsewhere—was sitting at a red [...]

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Lubbock’s Finest Finds the ‘Funny’ Side of a Compound Fracture

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:00:33 +0000

In the latest installment of Why We Can’t Have Nice Things in the 806, we bring you the story of 23-year-old Alec Isaiah Banda. On a recent Friday morning—a time when most of us are struggling to stay awake through a Zoom call—Alec decided to spice things up at the intersection of FM 41 and [...]

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Extreme Home Makeover: The ‘Lundun’ Mata Special

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:40:25 +0000

It wouldn’t be a standard Lubbock weekend without someone treating our residential streets like the final lap of the Daytona 500. Around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday—the witching hour when the Hub City’s brightest minds decide between a Taco Bell run or a felony—23-year-old Lundun Mata decided to see if his pickup truck could double as [...]

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FM 1585: Where Science Teachers Go to Die and Drunk Drivers Go to Jail (Briefly)

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:34:53 +0000

In a city where the most complex engineering feat is a functioning drainage ditch, we’ve once again proven that physics doesn’t care about your community standing. On Saturday night, while most of us were safely tucked away from the lawless wasteland that is FM 1585, 28-year-old Bode Sam Arnold decided to turn the stretch near [...]

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Red Raider Baseballer Masters the “Curveball” (and the Curb)

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:07:50 +0000

Texas Tech freshman Jesse Rusinek decided to kick off the week by adding a little spice to his stat sheet: one count of Driving While Intoxicated with an Open Container. The 19-year-old pitcher/outfielder was booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center early Monday morning, proving that even the most promising recruits can’t avoid the local [...]

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Run the Red Light, Run From the Scene, Spend 15 Years Thinking About It

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 22:06:38 +0000

Christina Hernandez has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle and failure to render aid in a deadly October 2021 hit-and-run. The victim, 20-year-old Jacoby Springfield, was legally crossing 82nd Street at Avenue U when Hernandez blew through a red light, hit him, and kept right [...]

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Texas: Ringing in the New Year With Fireworks, Drunk Driving, and a Side of Statistical Doom

lubbock-sucks — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:12:56 +0000

Nothing says “Happy New Year” in Texas quite like a reminder that we’re apparently very committed to making it one of the deadliest nights to be on the road. According to FMX 94.5, Texas ranks among the worst states for New Year’s traffic deaths—because of course it does. Over a ten-year stretch, 280 people died [...]

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Slide Road Standoff: Lubbock Man Solves Bar Dispute the Lubbock Way—With Bullets and a Slow-Motion Car Chase

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 02:25:10 +0000

In the latest installment of “Why Are We Like This?”, 28-year-old Juan Lara III was arrested after allegedly shooting at two people outside a Slide Road bar. According to police, the victims were trying to leave like normal human beings who don’t want to get shot, but Lara reportedly decided the best way to end [...]

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Grand Slam with a Side of Airbags: Car Crashes Through Lubbock Denny’s

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 13:49:16 +0000

Because nothing says “Lubbock brunch” like dodging a sedan, the Slide Road Denny’s added a new drive-thru option this weekend — right through the dining room. Witnesses say they were waiting to pay when a car came barreling toward them, turning “Moons Over My Hammy” into “Tires Over My Table.” Employees say the restaurant’s closure [...]

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Birthday Boy from Hell: Lubbock Man Rings in 53 with Assault, Threats, and Puppy Abuse

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:08:46 +0000

Antonio Martinez decided to celebrate his 53rd birthday the Lubbock way—by getting blackout drunk, stripping naked, and turning what was supposed to be a party into a full-blown nightmare. According to court records, Martinez tried to sexually assault a woman, threatened to kill her, and left bruises on her face and neck. Because that wasn’t [...]

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Drunk Driver Who Killed Teen in Lubbock Gets 18 Years — After 3 Years of Freedom

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:13:52 +0000

Justice moves fast in Lubbock—if you’re a Ford F-550. Nearly four years after a drunk-driving crash that killed 17-year-old Kashara Jackson and seriously injured her sister, the man responsible, 35-year-old Timothy Gonzalez of Post, finally got sentenced: 18 years behind bars. Gonzalez admitted to driving drunk, running a red light at 80 mph on Slide [...]

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Trick-or-Treat Crime Spree: Texas Tech’s Week of Burglaries, Booze, and Bad Decisions

lubbock-sucks — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:43:25 +0000

It was another banner week for the Texas Tech Police Department, who apparently decided Halloween season was the perfect time to run a full crime sampler pack. Between Oct. 26 and 31, officers investigated everything — car burglaries, stolen scooters, drug busts, dating violence, harassment, and a hate crime carved into a dorm door at [...]

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Lubbock Teens Are Drunker Than Ever, Police Say

lubbock-sucks — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:01:00 +0000

The Lubbock Police Department reports juvenile alcohol offenses are already higher in 2025 than the totals for all of 2023 and 2024—because apparently the kids are not alright. With 42 charges so far, officers say most were “minor in consumption,” peaking in April when spring fever apparently came with a six-pack. Lt. Brady Cross did [...]

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LPD to Drivers: Hit-and-Run Is Worse Than Just Being a Bad Driver

lubbock-sucks — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 02:48:17 +0000

Lubbock police are reminding everyone that if you hit someone with your car, the worst possible move is to just drive away like you’re in Grand Theft Auto. On August 19, 44-year-old Todd Boicourt was riding his electric bike when a red pickup plowed into him near Idalou Road and the Loop. He ended up [...]

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Ten Shots, One Dead, and Somehow Still Probation

lubbock-sucks — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 22:24:24 +0000

Elisa Bengoa admitted to slamming back five shots and five beers at Cheers Bar before getting behind the wheel in March 2022. Minutes later, she plowed into 30-year-old Samantha Martinez’s car on 34th Street, killing her instantly. Bengoa’s car kept going, smashing into a building for good measure. She later told police she didn’t even [...]

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Alpha Motel: Where the Drama’s Free, but Bail Costs $92,500

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 23:40:52 +0000

Kaleb Saldana, 28, decided to turn a stay at the Alpha Motel into his own low-budget horror flick. According to court docs, he argued with a woman over a mystery message, then escalated straight to locking her and two others in the room, stealing their phones, threatening to kill them, and assaulting her—all while ignoring [...]

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From 0–10 to 7–5… to Fired: Monterey Coach Gets the Thrash Treatment

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 09 May 2025 23:43:25 +0000

Monterey football coach Judd Thrash took the Plainsmen from absolute rock bottom—a 0–10 embarrassment in 2022—to a district title and playoff win in 2024. That kind of turnaround usually gets you a key to the city, or at least a contract extension. But this is Lubbock ISD, so naturally, it ends with a job posting [...]

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Monterey Football Coach Crashes, Burns—Literally and Figuratively

lubbock-sucks — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 22:49:00 +0000

Monterey High head football coach Judd Thrash spent his Saturday morning in the Lubbock County Detention Center after allegedly getting drunk, crashing his car, and then forgetting the part where you’re supposed to leave your info after hitting something. Bond: $2,500. Street cred: priceless. Thrash was arrested near 130th and Quaker and now faces DWI [...]

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Texas Tech Fans Chuck BuzzBalls, Prove They’re the Real 12th Man of Chaos

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:24:00 +0000

Saturday’s Texas Tech vs. Colorado matchup may not have gone the Red Raiders’ way on the field, but the student section sure found a way to leave their mark—by pelting the turf with vape pens, BuzzBalls, and booze. Because nothing screams school spirit like turning the 50-yard line into a landfill. Coach Joey McGuire admitted [...]

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Drunk Teen in a Truck vs. Football Team in a Bus: Guess Who Lost

lubbock-sucks — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:59:00 +0000

After ACU’s game against Texas Tech, a charter bus full of football players and coaches got slammed at Marsha Sharp and University by a 19-year-old who decided traffic laws — and sobriety — were optional. The bus got shoved into another car, four people were hospitalized, and Head Coach Keith Patterson lost his Chick-fil-A sandwich [...]

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Lubbock Cracks the Top 20 in Drunk Driving Deaths—Because of Course We Do

lubbock-sucks — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:09:56 +0000

Congratulations, Lubbock. Out of 75 U.S. cities studied by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, we managed to rank 18th in fatal drunk driving accidents. That’s 10.99 deaths per 100,000 people—because apparently nothing says “West Texas nightlife” like climbing behind the wheel hammered. We’re in fine company too. Odessa, ever the overachiever, snagged the #1 [...]

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Lubbock Debates the Obvious: Should Adults Be Allowed to Buy Beer in 2009?

lubbock-sucks — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:30:00 +0000

For decades, Lubbock was the biggest “dry” city in Texas, where picking up a six-pack meant driving 40 minutes to the Strip—basically a glorified gas station row outside city limits that cashed in on Lubbock’s outdated prohibition rules. Now, in 2009, the city was finally preparing to vote on whether grown adults should be trusted [...]

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