ALAMOGORDO POLICE DEPARTMENT

700 Virginia Avenue
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310
(575) 439-4300

   

DATE: October 3, 2019

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FROM: Detective Raymond Brown 
T0: Brian R. Peete, Chief

SUBJECT: Incident While Attempting to Locate Dominic Orona

 

On October 2, 2019 at approximately 1509 hours, I, Detective Raymond Brown, was
speaking with Detective Sergeant Rodney Scharmack in his of?ce. Srg. Scharmack
received a phone call from a female who I was able to recognize the voice of as Of?cer
Charlene Ashe who was on duty at the time for the Alamogordo Police Department. I
overheard the conversation and Of?cer Ashe advised Sgt. Scharmack she believed a
subject with an active warrant for his arrest, Dominic Orona, was currently in the area
of Alaska Ave. and was last seen northbound on a white in color BMX-style bicycle and
was last seen wearing a white in color shirt and had a backpack on.

I told the other detectives, to include Detective William Lewandowski, and Detective
Zachariah Diaz, to go with us and help attempt to locate Dominic Orona in the area of
Alaska and provided them with the information given to Sgt. Scharmack. Myself, Det.
Lewandowski, Det. Diaz, and Sgt. Scharmack all went downstairs and got into our
separate unmarked trucks. Sgt. Scharmack was operating his grey in color Ford F-150,
Det. Lewandowski was operating his white in color 2019 Chevrolet Silverado. Det. Diaz
was operating his blue in color Ford F-150, and was operating my black in color 2019
Chevrolet Silverado. We all drove over towards the area of Alaska Ave. between 15'
Street and 10th Street to help attempt to locate Mr. Orona.

Approximately 5 minutes into searching the area, I went over towards the area of town
between 1St Street and 10th Street, and Florida and White Sands Blvd. to attempt to
locate Mr. Orona as have come across both he and his brother, Robert Orona,
several times throughout my career in this area. Also in the area helping us attempt to
locate Mr. Orona were both Of?cer R. C. Brown as well as K-9 Of?cer Mauricio Puente.
was under the impression Mr. Orona and Alex Otero were friends or family of some
kind and I knew Mr. Otero lived at 413 Street. While driving in this area, I came to a
st0p at the 6?h Street and Maryland intersection at the stop sign for eastbound traf?c.
While stopped there, I observed a white in color, lifted, Toyota Tacoma with large tires
and aftermarket rims driving northbound on Maryland Ave., towards 10th Street. At this

time, I did not think anything of the vehicle as it appeared to be just any other vehicle
on the roadway going about its business. As I continued to the next intersection, 7th
Street and Virginia Ave., once I stopped and made sure the intersection was clear, I
turned to the right, now southbound on Virginia Ave. Approximately 1 block to the
south, 6th Street and Virginia Ave., I looked in my rearview mirror while still traveling
southbound, I observed the same white in color Toyota Tacoma following me. was
still attempting to locate Mr. Orona at this time and was driving approximately 20mph
so I could look to my left and right as I passed streets. The white Toyota Tacoma
followed me for a few blocks and then I turned right at the intersection of Virginia and
3rd Street and proceeded to the intersection of 3"d and Maryland. The Toyota Tacoma
was still following me. I proceeded through the intersection, still driving slowly and
coming to complete stops at the stop signs. Once I went through the intersection of 3rd
and Maryland, the Toyota Tacoma turned right onto Maryland, northbound, no longer
behind me. I proceeded to New York and 3rd Street. I then turned right again onto New
York Ave. and proceeded northbound to 4th Street. I then turned right onto 4th Street
from New York, traveling eastbound until I got to the intersection of 4th Street and
Texas Ave. before turning left onto Texas Ave., I observed the white Toyota Tacoma
was now behind me again. I turned left onto Texas Ave. and so did the Tacoma. The
Tacoma followed me until I turned right onto Street. The Tacoma continued
northbound on Texas Ave. and did not follow me to Florida Ave., hoWever, while
waiting at the intersection of Florida Ave. and Street, the same Toyota Tacoma was
now traveling southbound on Florida Ave. and passed in front of me.

A couple of minutes later, I met with Of?cer Ashe. Sgt. Scharmack, and Detective
Lewandowski on Miami Ave. near the intersection of Florida Ave. and told them about
the white Toyota Tacoma that was following me in the area. I observed the white
Toyota Tacoma pass us southbound on Florida Ave. and pointed it out to Of?cer Ashe.
Of?cer Ashe asked Sgt. Scharmack to get the license plate off of the truck as it passed
by. Sgt. Scharmack had dispatch run the New Mexico license plate displayed on the
back of the Toyota Tacoma (NJK407). APD Dispatch advised the license plate
returned to Alfonso and Ann Marie Hernandez to a white in color 2015 Toyota to an
address of 509 Virginia Ave. I knew this to be Hernandez, an Alamogordo City
Commissioner. was unsure of why he was following me around but it was extremely
distracting while I was attempting to locate a subject with warrants for his arrest.

Approximately 3 to 5 minutes later, I was traveling west on 1St Street, passing through
the intersection of Florida Ave. and looked to my right where I observed the same
white Toyota Tacoma traveling south on Florida Ave. towards this intersection. To
make sure this was the same Tacoma with the same license plate, I turned into the
parking lot of Daylight Doughnuts and waited at the exit for the Tacoma to pass. When
it passed, it entered the straight lane and waited at the traf?c light to proceed
southbound. I observed the license plate was the same New Mexico plate (NJK407). I
pulled up just ahead of the truck in the right-hand turn lane and looked into the front
windshield and observed a Hispanic male driver. This was the last time I saw this
vehicle while attempting to locate Mr. Orona.