LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A Las
Cruces police officer has resigned after being charged in a hit-and-run
accident in which his personal vehicle allegedly knocked down a road sign on
Interstate 25.
Police spokesman Dan Trujillo
says 30-year-old Michael Clifton resigned Friday from the police force.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports
Clifton resigned four days after he was charged in the accident that occurred
earlier this month.
Clifton faces misdemeanor
charges of careless driving, leaving a crash scene, failure to give notice of a
crash and failure to give a written report related to the crash. He also faces
a petty misdemeanor charge of tampering with evidence.
He's scheduled to be arraigned
April 2 in Las Cruces Magistrate Court.