Month: April 2010

CyraCom wants to hire at least 100 bilingual speakers on Tuesday April 6th for it’s Las Cruces location. The company will hold a hiring fair from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 2303 Divot Avenue. Company officials said applicants do not need to be certified translators and just need to be bilingual. No prior experience

A government analyst is now facing murder charges after police say he shot his sister in the head with a .40 caliber handgun. Las Cruces Police Officer Wallace Downs says 40-year-old Richard Scott Zikmanis was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center early Saturday. He was originally charged with aggravated battery with a deadly

The Las Cruces City Council today passed an ordinance which bans talking on a cell phone while driving when the vehicle is in motion. The ordinance passed by a 7-0 vote. The ordinance, which also bans texting while driving, goes into effect Feb. 5, 2010. Fines can be up to $500 and/or 90 days in

Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Investigators have arrested Ricardo Heredia, 20, of Anthony, New Mexico for four counts of aggravated indecent exposure and two counts of enticement of a child. Deputies said Heredia drove around the Anthony area in a small grey car and allegedly contacted young girls in the area and offered them items in

The Supreme Court, with only one dissenting vote Tuesday, struck down a federal ban on videos that show graphic violence against animals. The ruling cheered free speech advocates, but it raised concerns that more animals will be harmed. The justices threw out the criminal conviction of Robert Stevens of Pittsville, Va., who was sentenced to

Three people found shot and killed ? four days later, still no word on who may be to blame. Investigators found the bodies of two men and one woman Thursday morning at the Mesilla Hills Drive home. The home is near Mesilla, New Mexico. It appears the two men found murdered had a business relationship.

Update: By Marissa Monroy – Family members told ABC-7 Friday afternoon that they have been notified by authorities that Gilles and Helga Delisle were found dead in their home Thursday morning. The Delisles were two of the three people who were murdered in the Delisle home. Authorities have not confirmed it was the Delisles that

UTEP senior running back Donald Buckram rushed seven times for 126 yards in his first weekend scrimmage of the spring on Saturday. The 2009 Doak Walker Award semifinalist had three big runs in the 100-play scrimmage, with his fourth carry producing 44 yards, his sixth 45 yards and his seventh 29 yards. The Miners scored

Assistant County Attorney Naomi Gonzalez has defeated incumbent Norma Chavez in the race for State Representative District 76. Gonzalez had 3,624 votes or 53 percent of the vote compared to 3,264 votes or 47 percent for of the vote for Chavez. Gonzalez has never held political office before, while Chavez has represented District 76 since

A tanker overturned on Gateway East near Eastlake in far East El Paso this morning. Gateway East is closed from Eastlake to Moon. It is expected to be closed for two hours. No one was injured in the accident and the tank is not leaking.

The Diablos won’t be El Paso’s only pro baseball team for the 2010 season. The Continental Baseball League recently announced that a New York State League team will become the Desert Valley Lions and will play in El Paso this season. The league also announced that the Coastal Kingfish will be the league’s travel team

Two people were killed by gunfire Sunday afternoon in Alamogordo in what authorities say was a drug deal gone bad. At about 6:43 p.m. Sunday, officers with the Alamogordo Department of Public Safety were dispatched to the area of the Desert Foothills Park, 2907 East First Street, to check on a report of gunshots. Near

Officers with the El Paso Police Dept. have made two busts in which marijuana was being grown inside homes. El Paso Police officers went to a Northeast apartment to investigate a loud party and found a marijuana-growing operation inside the apartment. At about 12:51 a.m. Sunday, officers arrested 19-year-old Valerie Martinez and 22-year-old Marisela Cazares,

Two football players with El Paso connections are hoping their NFL dreams come true Thursday night. El Paso native John Skelton, who played quarterback at Fordham University, and Cornelius Brown, who played defensive back at UTEP, both showed their skills at the NFL Souting Combine a few weeks ago in Indianapolis. Only about 300 players

The Humane Society has teamed up with local artist and muralist, Stephanie Conroy, to paint a beautiful mural on the outside wall of our cat kennel building. The mural, a lovely pastoral scene, will feature the portraits of six pets, three cats and three dogs that were adopted from the Humane Society. Each pet portrait

In less than a week, the man convicted of one of El Paso’s most notorious murders will be dead. William Berkley is set to be executed for the brutal murder of Sophia Martinez back in 2000. “There are lots of conflicting thoughts in his mind. It’s probably anger, it’s probably fear,” said Christian Gerstheimer, Curator

Police are looking for the gunman involved in an early morning shooting that left an East Side man with minor injuries. Shortly after 2:45 Sunday morning, a police officer responded to the 11600 block of John Weir after a shooting was reported. When the officer arrived at the home, he noticed the front door of

Police arrested four San Elizario men accused of being part of an auto theft ring and linked them to nine vehicle thefts in the Borderland, police officials said. Thursday evening, police officers stopped a Chevrolet pick-up truck with a flat bed trailer carrying some construction equipment in the 12200 block of North Loop. Detectives specializing

Police said a couple of men inside a car tried to steal the purse of a woman walking into Cielo Vista Mall. When the woman refused to let go of her purse, the men drove away and dragged her while she continues to hold on to her purse, police added. The incident happened Thursday afternoon.

Police charged a man with his third DWI offense after he almost collided with a police officer. Fernando Valles, 58, of the 200 block of California, has already been convicted of DWI twice before, according to police officials. Shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Valles drove onto oncoming traffic on the 3000 block of Alameda near

Police charged a Juarez man with Possession of Marijuana after an investigation led to the seizure of more than 100 pounds of pot at an east-central El Paso home. Jesus Miguel Carbajal, 42, was jailed on a $60,000 bond Wednesday but has since bonded out, police officials said. According to police, detectives conducting an investigation

A study is underway to determine the impact of a Rapid Bus Transit System in the city. Saturday, officials with Sun Metro outlined plans for the new system. They hope it will make residents of El Paso less dependent on vehicles and get them to increase their use of mass transportation systems. “It’s a combination

Las Cruces Police arrested a man for allegedly groping a young girl and offering her and another girl cash to keep quite about his sexual lewdness. Fernando Ibarra, 53, of the 1100 block of east Newberry Lane, has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and three counts of enticement

On April 13, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Deputies Border Security and Intelligence Unit discovered in the desert area about 20 miles south of Las Cruces, what appeared to be a bomb. EOD from Fort Bliss was called to the scene and identified the bomb as being a WWII era bomb. EOD believes the bomb may

Eleven NMSU students woke up to shattered glass and exasperation early Friday morning. Their cars were all vandalized on-campus in the overnight hours. NMSU police say the culprit smashed windows with a baseball bat. They have cameras in the area, but those cameras didn’t record anything. Campus police say they need more funding to update

El Paso Police have arrested Daniel Dalli, 21, of the 12000 block of Willowmist, for his alleged involvement in a recent murder-for-hire plot. Dalli walked into police headquarters earlier today accompanied by his attorney. Dalli was arrested and booked in to the El Paso County Detention Facility on 4 counts of Criminal Conspiracy to Commit

As borderland residents prepare for thunderstorms, some residents in far east El Paso county are cleaning up after severe weather earlier this week. “Didn’t sleep last night,” says Eladio Bosquez. Not many in the neighborhood along Railroad Avenue have for several nights. Hail and rain inundated streets and homes in Tornillo Wednesday afternoon. As flood

The Scotsdale Elementary School PTO has established an account for the Sifuentes family, who were victims of an apartment fire on April 11. The Bank of the West account number is #3096300. The two boys killed in the fire both attended Scotsdale Elementary. Their father, who was injured in the fire, is being treated at

A StormTrack Weather First Alert has been issued by ABC-7’s weather team for this afternoon through tomorrow due to the potential for heavy rains throughout the Borderland. There also is potential for some localized heavy rainfral throughout the region. A 50 percent chance of rain is expected for tonight through Saturday morning. Saturday evening through

El Paso — El Paso’s county sheriff, Richrad Wiles, says a recent drug bust at a West El Paso home could signal a growing trend and a shift in the war on drugs. “I think there is a potential that we could see an increase ofo these crimes because of the nature of the border