Month: July 2014

One teen clings to life in the hospital – and a man is behind bars. Police say it’s because of stunts like “car surfing.” Is this a new trend that’s becoming a problem in the Borderland? While ill-advised behaviors are nothing new, both El Paso and Las Cruces have seen incidents of car surfing in

Authorities say they finally have the man accused of beating a woman to death in Chaparral, New Mexico, in 2006. Eduardo Estrada, 42, is in the process of being extradited back to the U.S. after being found in Mexico. The body of 31-year-old Emely Howard-Ianni’s was found nude and brutally beaten to death, and Estrada

New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez was on hand Thursday to announce 300 new jobs coming to the region. The company, CN Wire, will bring copper wire manufacturing and sales to Santa Teresa, with operations expected to begin late next month. Martinez said New Mexico’s laser-like focus on bringing in jobs and manufacturing gave it the

A costume shop caught fire in Las Cruces late Wednesday night. Firefighters responded just after 11 p.m. to a report of a building on fire on the 1200 block of West Picacho Avenue. That’s where “The Gen” costume shop is located. Firefighters reported fire and smoke coming from the roof and front of the building.

Las Cruces Police Department arrested a long-haul truck driver suspected of holding a 49-year-old Louisiana woman against her will, according to a press release. William Joseph Taylor, 54, from Oroville, Calif., is charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of assault with intent to commit a violent felony. Around 6:30 a.m. Thursday, June

Dona Ana County authorities say a woman is accused of child abuse in a case involving her friend’s young daughter. County Sheriff’s investigators say the child’s mother had left her in the care of her girlfriend, Yvette Pinon-Carbajal, while she went to work. When she came home, Pinon-Carbajal told the mother her 3-year-old daughter had

Las Cruces Police have charged two in the stabbing death of a man early Monday morning. A third person is facing burglary charges in connection with the death. Angel G. Sambrano, 47, and Michelle Burchett, 31, are charged with one count each of first-degree felony murder, aggravated burglary with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and tampering

Sierra County officials anticipate more visitors to Elephant Butte Lake State Park and the surrounding area in the next few weeks following the discovery of an approximately 3 million year old Stegomastodon fossil at the park. A group of campers recently discovered the Stegomastodon after spotting what looked like an exposed tusk in the sand.

A burglary has a Las Cruces community on edge after the alleged intruder brutally attacked an elderly couple, according to police. Police say the attack happened on the 800 block of Camino Del Rex in Las Cruces and the husband is fighting for his life. The alleged intruder, 42-year-old Guy Jaime Young, is facing several

A Las Cruces man is behind bars, accused of sexually abusing a pre-teen family member. Jose Luis Melendez, 29, has been charged with first degree criminal sexual penetration. Investigators say the victim told another family member, who then called the police.Melendez was arrested June 9 at his home and jailed at the Dona Ana Detention

The alleged victim of a Las Cruces massage therapist didn’t like an extra service he didn’t request. Las Cruces police arrested the therapist, 48-year-old David Figueroa, and charged him with criminal sexual penetration. The victim says he called Figueroa to his home because he wanted a massage to relieve back pain. He became uncomfortable when

Las Cruces Police detained a man Friday after he allegedly got out of hand inside the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Dona Ana County. According to a police report obtained by ABC-7, Arturo Mendoza Jr. has been charged with criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, and criminal trespass. The police report cites witnesses who

A Mesilla woman was arrested Wednesday after allegedly using pepper spray on a 1-year-old baby boy and the child’s grandmother at a home in the 2300 block of Calle Del Norte. Dona Ana County Sheriff’s officials say 32-year-old Sophia Lawson was at the home, which is her boyfriend’s mother’s house. Several of her boyfriend’s family

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Former state Sen. Tim Eichenberg is leading in the heated Democratic race for New Mexico treasurer. Unofficial results show Eichenberg over former state Democratic Party Chairman John Wertheim with 52 percent of the vote. The race has been among the most contentious this primary, prompting a call from Democratic Party Chairman Sam Bregman to tone

Albuquerque businessman and former state GOP Chairman Allen Weh has won the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. The 71-year-old retired Marine colonel defeated political newcomer David Clements of Las Cruces. Weh now faces the popular Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Udall in his first bid at re-election in November. But Weh faces a tough uphill battle.

With final-unofficial results from Dona Ana County’s primary races, here are the results in the two County Commissioner races. County Commissioner District 1: Democratic results so far Billy G. Garrett has 1243 votes or 67 percent of vote and Arturo Uribe has 615 votes or 33 percent of the vote. Charles R. Wendler ran unopposed

At last check, with 68 percent of the total votes cast counted, Buckingham had 2,136 votes versus his Republican opponent, Larry Roybal with 829. Enrique “Kiki” Vigil won the Democratic primary for Dona Ana County sheriff with about 40 percent of the vote with early voting, absentee and election day numbers released. “I want to

The Las Cruces City Council voted to raise the minimum wage Monday. But the battle to raise it even high rages on. After four hours of debate and public comment councillors decided in a 4-3 vote to move forward with city Councilors Miguel Silva and Ceil Levatino’s proposal. “I ask that you please again, vote

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Candidates running in New Mexico’s primary election are making last-minute appeals to voters before polls open on Tuesday. On the ballot in a wide-open Democratic gubernatorial race are Attorney General Gary King, Santa Fe businessman Alan Webber, former government administrator Lawrence Rael and state Sens. Howie Morales and Linda Lopez. Early voting ended Saturday, and

A strange twist in a shooting last week at Las Cruces’s Apodaca Park The man wounded in the neck last May 22 in a shooting at Apodaca Park and his friend have been arrested on charges of illegally restraining the 27-year-old shooter and his young son, according to Las Cruces Police. Giovanni Melero, 27, and

Officials at a southwestern New Mexico charter school have identified the three students among the four killed in a plane crash last week near Silver City. Aldo Leopold Charter School said 16-year-old Michael Mahl, 16-year-old Ella Myers, and 14-year-old Ella Kirk were on board the single-engine plane that went down about a mile northeast of

The Dona Ana County Emergency Operations Center has been activated, and evacuations are underway in a -mile area surrounding a major structure fire at a bio-fuel facility near Anthony N.M. The fire was first reported at shortly after 9 a.m. at 1940 Anthony Dr., at Rio Valley Bio Fuel’s facility. A series of small explosions

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Las Cruces Police are trying to figure out if a shooting at Apodaca Park is gang related. It happened after 2 p.m. Thursday. The park is between Solano and Triviz on the 1200 block of Madrid. Police tell ABC-7 that two young men got into a fight and one of them was shot in the

Las Cruces Police have arrested a 31-year-old man who allegedly assaulted two police officers and damaged a motel room early Thursday morning. An armed man is suspected of assaulting two officers and causing damage to a motel room early Thursday morning. Jeremy L. Sanchez, 31, of the 600 block of Renteria Street in Mesilla Park,

Las Cruces Police have charged a 22-year-old woman for allegedly using a knife to threaten her boyfriend on the morning of May 10. Annette M. Escalera has been charged with one count each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery against a household member. Las Cruces Police say that Escalera and her boyfriend

Otero County Commissioners passed a resolution Monday morning asking the Otero County sheriff to take immediate steps to remove or open gates that are “unlawfully” denying citizens access to their private property rights. About 20 ranchers attended the special meeting. Sheriff Benny House says he believes the ranchers or property owners are in good standing

The head of the recovery effort at the federal government’s nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico said Thursday it could be up to three years before full operations resume at the underground facility. Recovery manager Jim Blankenhorn made the announcement when answering questions from the public during a weekly meeting in Carlsbad. He said