Month: October 2011

A man who was repeatedly told to leave the scene of a house fire was arrested after he struck a deputy and resisted arrest, deputies said. El Paso County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to a house fire on the 100 block of River Street about 1:45 a.m. Monday in Fabens, Texas. Deputies reported seeing smoke

By Angela Kocherga EL PASO, Texas — Sunday night’s episode of “Border Wars,” which was shot in El Paso and Juarez, focused on the brutal fight over a key smuggling corridor. ?The men and women of Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security have a very tough, complex job and we?re honored to be able

Doa Ana County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a shooting in Anthony that left a 25-year-old man wounded. Deputies responded to the 100 block of Boone Circle in Anthony just before 3 on Sunday afternoon. The 25-year-old man was taken to an El Paso-area hospital after suffering a gunshot wound. Another man, reportedly the victim’s stepfather,

Local mom Timber Dawson decided to take advantage of her husband’s pilot’s license and put together an unforgettable field trip for El Paso’s home-school community on Saturday. “Well, sometimes when I say ‘lower’ and he goes faster and really low, it makes us float up into the air,” said Jenacy Dawson. Jenacy and her siblings

Thousands of public pools in cities and towns nationwide will be taking a fresh look at their safety systems after federal regulators changed course Wednesday on measures required to keep swimmers, especially children, from getting trapped in pool drains. The Consumer Product Safety Commission voted 3-2 to revoke guidance it provided pool operators nearly 18

El Paso police say a 22-year-old man is in ‘serious but stable’ condition following a crash early Sunday morning in the city’s upper valley. Investigators told ABC-7 they were called out to the 3900 block of Doniphan Drive at around 1 a.m. According to police, the driver of a Chevrolet Trailblazer was headed north when

The ongoing saga over the city reinstating benefits to gay and unmarried partners is one of the most fascinating El Paso news events ever. The twists and turns through this quagmire continue, leading up to the impending recall election for the mayor and two council members. Everyone has an opinion on this matter. Those opinions

A Juarez police officer ended up on the U.S. side of the border and in the custody of Border Patrol agents. A Border Patrol official said the Mexican police officer was chasing suspects in Juarez when he crossed into the U.S. side of the Rio Grande. It happened at about 4:30 Friday afternoon near Downtown

Dona Ana County investigators said they need to talk to someone who left the house of the realtor who was killed last month. They’re looking for the person who was in a gold 1997 Ford Taurus. The four-door sedan had New Mexico license plates 198PRK. It was seen on Friday, September 23rd leaving the house

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry says he is open to sending American troops to Mexico to help battle drug cartels. Perry, the Texas governor, likens the situation to Colombia, where the government accepted American military support in battling the war on drugs. Perry says the current violence may require similar military action. He often calls

The Obama administration says the killing of a New Mexico-born cleric in Yemen has raised the risk of anti-American violence worldwide. The State Department says the death of Anwar al-Awlaki, who was born in Las Cruces, would provide motivation for individuals or groups to retaliate against U.S. citizens or American interests. A department warning issued

El Paso Police tell ABC-7 that they have arrested and booked a man wanted for a 2002 capital murder. Investigators said Alfredo Holguin, 37, was stopped in Juarez earlier in the week. They said further investigation by Mexican authorities revealed that Holguin had an outstanding Capital Murder warrant in El Paso. Holguin was deported from

El Paso police and FBI officials told ABC-7 that a woman robbed the First National Bank at 9342 Alameda Avenue in the Lower Valley at 10 a.m. Friday. According to the FBI, the woman walked into the bank and approached the teller with a note demanding money. Authorities said the woman then fled on foot.

Las Cruces Public School District officials say a 16-year-old Onate High School freshman was stabbed in the abdomen. It happened in the school?s back parking lot, on the east side of the building around 3:30 Monday afternoon. A student told ABC-7 this was the last thing he ever expected to see on school grounds. ?It

A recent school appearance by the city’s embattled mayor has a local attorney crying foul. Mayor John Cook was invited to Tippin Elementary School on Wednesday. The northwest El Paso campus asked Cook to take part in its “Take-Your-Dad-To-School Day” festivities. A spokeswoman for the El Paso Independent School District told ABC-7 that attorney Theresa

A 26-year-old student was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing thousands of images and more than 100 videos of child pornography, the U.S. attorney’s office announced Friday. Luis Enriquez-Alonso, who is a student at the University of Texas at El Paso, admitted to using two individual Internet protocol (IP) addresses

One “can” make a difference. That was the motto of Friday’s event at Insights Science Museum in Central El Paso. After almost two decades and competitions in 140 cities around the world, CanStruction came to the Sun City. Teams comprised of engineers and engineering students collected canned goods to create football-themed sculptures for a good

A Las Cruces police officer shot a man accused of “physically assaulting” a woman after he struck the officer with an unknown object in the forehead early Friday, investigators said. Police were called to the Buena Vida Apartments, or the Good Life Apartments, at 1505 La Fonda Drive after reports of a woman being physically