Man charged after New Year's Day stabbing downtown

A downtown New Year's celebration was disrupted when a Silver City man was stabbed in an altercation on Bullard Street.

[MitchHellman]

For some time now I have been nagging civic leaders to institute regular foot patrols in the downtown area. Aside from the perception/public relations advantages inherent in doing so, the cops actually stand a good chance of catching someone in a criminal act.