Month: March 2016

accused of killing 11-month-old jayla beckley, a foster child in his care. in 20-12 lopez admitted to killing jayla. but yesterday the defense said someone else claimed to kill the baby. they say another foster child — abigail flores who was 12 at the time — admitted she killed jayla. today we heard from one

Update: The Doa Ana County Sheriff’s Office says the total damage is around $37,000 after the mobile home fire on Thursday, which was caused by a woman burning weeds. DASO adds the woman was burning too much at one time, and the fire grew out of control. For more information on how to safely conduct

A critical witness will be allowed to testify next week in the capital murder trial for Antonio Lopez, the man accused of killing an 11-month-old girl in his care. Lopez is accused of beating Jayla Beckley, taking her out of her crib and stomping her to death in 2012. On Wednesday, the jury watched a

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The top-seeded New Mexico State women’s basketball team leapt out to an 8-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back in its dominant 58-44 victory over No. 4-seed Utah Valley on Friday at Orleans Arena in the Western Athletic Tournament semifinal showdown. “I thought the kids came out ready

A Las Cruces man wants his name cleared after charges that he sexually assaulted two young girls were dropped. According to court documents, Las Cruces Police arrested Anthony Bramblett in June after he was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl. While in custody, he was charged with seven additional sexual assault charges. Bramblett says his

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- (1) UTEP forced 21 turnovers and played hard but couldn’t get enough shots to fall in an 66-54 setback vs. (5) Old Dominion in the semifinals of the 2016 Conference USA Championships at Legacy Arena Friday. The Miners (26-4) will now play the waiting game, and will learn their postseason fate on Monday.

accused of sexually assaulting two young girls wants his name cleared after the prosecution dismissed all charges against him. abc-7 reporter evan folan is with our new mexico mobile newsroom today. he’s live with new information. evan? anthony bramblett was facing 9 felony charges for allegedly raping a 13 year old girl and sexually assaulting

ashlie rodriguez. and i’m bob harp. concerns over a vacant home in socorro made it to our abc-7 newsroom. it’s located on the 10-thousand-300 block of valle fertil– a neighbor says it’s become an eyesore and a hazard after it first caught fire a year- and-a-half ago. so what being done to fix it? abc-7

stomping on his 11-month-old foster child, killing her… says another foster child hurt the baby, not him. the defense says she admitted to it. we heard from the girl he blames, now 15-year-old, tell the court… the claim is not true. abigail flores was was asked by the defense… “do you rember seeing a baby?

massive fire the engulfed a woman’s mobile home yesterday afternoon. it happened on the 3-thousand block of old picacho road just west of las cruces. today we learn more on the circumstances of yesterdays fire. reporter evan folan explains what happened. he’s is live with our new mexico mobile newsroom. i want to walk you

is still in the hospital after he was hit by a car yesterday. the officer was on his motorcyle unit when a car the officer was stopped at a red light when he was rear-ended at the intersection of lee trevino and vista del sol. abc-seven’s luke lyddon continues our complete coverage live at six…

movies. other are finding ways to make the world a better place with robots. in today’s estela’s escuelas … we go out to pebble hills high for the robotics camp and competition. these young scientists have been working with robots, programming their every move. and they’ve even taught one robot to “dab” .. students say

pebble hills high school competed in a robotics camp today. in today’s edition of estela’s escuelas.. we caught up with several students who have dreams of becoming engineers. the camp is designed to help students get hands on experience while having fun. they can program the robots to do different things like dance and speak.

the socorro independent school district is looking to fill positions in the district. the district held a job fair today. they are trying to fill 31 different openings including billingual teachers and special education teachers. the chief human resource officer with the district explained why it is so important to fill these positions. “our students

Crimes Against Persons detectives are investigating the death of a 1-year-old child. Police state officers responded to a home on the 4700 block Loma Grande on a water emergency Thursday around 1:40 p.m. Officers arrived to find Fire Medical personnel performing CPR on the child. The child was then taken to University Medical Center where

The El Paso Police Departments Crimes Against Persons Detectives, along with crime scene investigators, are investigating a death after a body was found in an alleyway in central El Paso. The discovery was made Friday morning around 7:30 on the 2300 block of Montana near Palm. Police said the man found was in his 50s.

Update: All occupants have been released from the hospital with the exception of the 13-year-old child. The child is in critical but stable condition at the Children’s Hospital. It was determined the 13-year-old child was not wearing a seat belt. Previous: A 5-year-old boy is dead following a deadly rollover Tuesday afternoon, according to the

Doa Ana County Sheriff’s deputies and a crash reconstruction team are investigating a single-vehicle rollover in Chaparral that killed an 18-year-old man. At around 2 a.m. Friday, a call to 911 alerted deputies to the 400 block of Mesilla View Drive. When they arrived, Juan Solis was under the vehicle he had allegedly been driving.

A big development in court Thursday afternoon as the capital murder trial for Antonio Lopez continues. Lopez is accused of killing 11-month-old Jayla Beckley in 2012. Wednesday the jury saw the interrogation video where Lopez admitted to stomping on Jayla and calling 911. But Thursday the defense questioned another child that was in the home

A federal investigation requested by El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke shows there is a specific reason why El Paso veterans have had to wait so long to see a doctor. After speaking with employees and their supervisors, the Department of Veteran Affairs and Inspector General found the VA clinic staff in El Paso consistently entered

Despite a double-double performance by Terry Winn (21 points and 11 rebounds), The Miners fell to Marshall 87-85 in the final seconds of the Quarterfinals in the C-USA Tournament. UTEP failed to execute with 20 seconds remaining as Omega Harris was blocked at the rim for the potential go-ahead basket. The very next play, Marshall

accused of killing 11-month-old jayla beckley back in 20-12. yesterday we saw the interrogation video where lopez admitted to stomping on little jayla and calling 911. but today the defense questioned another child that was in the home when baby jayla died a child that a foster mother says has a violent past. abc-7’s jerry

Boys 6A Semifinals: Carlsbad 27, Onate 25 (OT) Boys 5A Semifinals: Centennial 39, Espanola Valley 44 Girls 6A Semifinals: Las Cruces 48, Volcano Vista 54

A woman who was burning weeds near her home off Shalem Colony Trail Thursday afternoon caused a fire that completely destroyed her mobile home, according to the Doa Ana County Sheriff’s Office. This happened just before 1 p.m. on the 3100 block of Old Picacho Road just west of Las Cruces. DASO said the fire

brand new information just into our newsroom from east el paso. abc- seven confirming an el paso police motorcycle officer and three others were hurt in a crash at about 3:30 this afternoon. everyone is in the hospital right now. three have minor injuries but a police spokesman says the officer’s injuries are the worst.

Freeway flooding may soon be only a memory in El Paso. A new pump station is expected to fix the recurring problem. El Paso Water Utilities told ABC-7 the $11 million Magnolia Pump Station, located off I-10 near Piedras, should be finished by arrival of this year’s monsoon in July. The project is billed as

Top seed UTEP outlasted host (8) UAB, 62-59, in a wild overtime contest in the quarterfinals of the 2016 Conference USA Championships at Bartow Arena Thursday . The game appeared destined for double overtime when Chelsee Black, who led UAB with a game-high 19 points, banked in a halfcourt shot at the buzzer. But after

pump station is expected to fix the recurring problem. abc-7’s darren hunt has been covering this stormwater project since it broke ground a year and a half ago … he is live now with the latest … darren. bob/ashlie, el paso water utilities told me today the 11- million dollar magnolia pump station … located

a reminder tonight why you should never under estimate the power of fire. a woman says she was trying to burn some weeds… and now she’s without a home. it happened just before 1 o’clock on the 3-thousand block of old picacho road just west of las cruces. tonight, we hear from the man who

The City is exploring how to make the area surrounding the University of Texas at El Paso safer following a string of pedestrian deaths. “There’s a lack of walkability and pedestrian features in an area that should really be a showcasing of pride for Kern Place, for UTEP and really for all of El Paso,”