Month: May 2018

An El Paso boy’s quick thinking during a twisted birthday tradition is caught on camera, and the video is going viral. Arianna Montoya sent ABC-7 her video of the celebration. As the people surrounding the birthday boy chant, “mordida,” meaning “bite” in English, they begin pushing the back of the boy’s head into the cake.

The Tacoma Rainiers scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning to break open what had been a tie game against the Chihuahuas Tuesday night, securing a 10-6 win. The teams entered the final inning tied at six, but the Rainiers quickly added the go-ahead run on a Daniel Vogelbach grounder that allowed

El Paso will soon have another professional soccer team to root for. The city will have a team represented in the United Women’s Soccer League. The league currently has 27 teams across the country, and El Paso will soon join them. The team is owned and operated by Advanced Soccer Academy with Melissa Lopez serving

The El Paso Fire Department said that a fire broke out on Alameda Avenue and Davis Drive around 10 p.m. Tuesday. A fire spokesperson said the fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries are reported. There has been no word yet on the cause of the fire, ABC-7 will update this article with more information

In a recent string of vehicle burglary cases, El Paso investigators discovered some of the victims had at least one thing in common. They had been to a bank before being victimized. It’s a crime called jugging and it is no longer only happening in big cities. Police say criminals target their victims at ATMs

Dona ana county commissioners decided to continue accepting funds from what some call a controversial federal grant. The Dona Ana county sheriffs department uses thre grant money — they say for border security but others disagree saying deputies are targeting illegal immigrants. The grant is called Operation Stone Garden. It was created in 2009 to

An El Paso woman wants answers from the El Paso Independent School District after she says her granddaughter and other children walked home after the bus they were riding in got in an accident. She says the children should have never been allowed to leave unsupervised, and believes what happened was a major safety issue.

Cyntia Lares is trying to hold on to the Northeast home she’s lived in since she was five years old. But much has changed since then. The 52-year-old’s home is being foreclosed on, and she suffered serious injuries in a 1990 crash over El Paso’s Spaghetti Bowl where her car plunged to street level after

If you plan on heading towards Transmountain Rd. be prepared for some backup. ABC-7 has confirmed with fire dispatch that a semi-truck was on fire on Transmountain Rd. The fire has since been put out and no injuries were reported.

A spokeswoman for William Beaumont Army Medical Center confirmed the hospital’s commander, Col. Erik G. Rude, was temporarily suspended Tuesday. Officials said Rude will be placed on other duties outside the medical center while an investigation is conducted. WBAMC deputy commanding officer, Col. Christopher G. Linder, has assumed temporary command. “I want patients and staff

Special Traffic Investigators have released a photo of the suspect they believe hit a 4-year-old with an SUV and fled the scene Sunday. El Paso Police believe it’s a 2003 to 2006 black or dark blue in color Nissan Armada. They said the Armada should have some damage to the front right corner. The driver

President Donald Trump will allow year-round sales of renewable fuel with blends of 15 percent ethanol as part of an emerging deal to make changes to the federal ethanol mandate. Republican senators and the White House announced the deal Tuesday after a closed-door meeting, the latest in a series of White House sessions on ethanol.

A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Tuesday that she will approve a private equity firm’s purchase of the Weinstein Co., the studio forced into bankruptcy by the sexual misconduct scandal that brought down Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Judge Mary Walrath gave her approval after Dallas-based Lantern Capital emerged last week as the sole qualifying bidder for

NASA and Uber have signed an agreement to explore putting flying taxis in the skies over US cities. NASA said Tuesday that it will begin simulations for so-called “urban air mobility” vehicles that also include delivery drones. The announcement comes as the Uber Elevate summit in Los Angeles brings together tech and transportation leaders to

Three men have been arrested after reports of several “jugging” cases across the borderland. Colby Carrington, 21, has been charged with six counts of Burglary of Vehicle with total bonds set at $57,500. Isaiah Jackson, 20, has been charged with two counts of burglary of vehicle and one count of theft with his bonds set

A Central Texas man must serve 50 years in prison for the 2015 abduction and slaying of a convenience store clerk who was attacked during a robbery. Nathaniel Tillery was sentenced Monday in Bryan after pleading guilty to murder in a plea deal. The case involves the March 2015 death of 55-year-old Kevin Garcia, who

Four New Mexico child welfare workers have been placed on leave in connection with the handling of a case involving a 7-year-old girl who authorities say was forced into prostitution and pickpocketing. The Albuquerque Journal reports state Children, Youth and Families Department officials confirmed Monday that four case workers in the child protective division were

El Police Police arrested a man who they say touched an 11-year-old girl in the laundry room of an Eastside apartment complex. Officers responded to a disturbance call Saturday at an apartment complex, where 36-year-old Josh Olivas was arrested for allegedly touching and kissing the victim’s hand. Olivas allegedly approached the victim in the laundry

President Donald Trump is following through on his campaign threat and withdrawing the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran which he called “disastrous.” Trump made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. “Powerful sanctions will go into effect,” the president announced. It wasn’t immediately clear which sanctions lifted under the deal that Trump plans to immediately

President Donald Trump is following through on his campaign threat and withdrawing the U.S. from the landmark nuclear accord with Iran. Trump made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. “The United States no longer makes empty threats”, said the President. “Powerful sanctions will go into effect”. Trump stated at the heart of the deal is a “giant

Southwest Airlines says a flight from Nashville, Tennessee, had to make an unscheduled landing in Dallas. News outlets in Tennessee cite a statement from the airline that says the Monday night flight was redirected to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport because a cockpit instrument indicated one of the flaps might not have fully extended. Flight 1118

New Mexico man accused of killing a Carlsbad woman claims he blacked out from drinking on the night of her death. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports 39-year-old Jesus Juarez has been charged with first-degree murder and a count of tampering with evidence in the death of 35-year-old Sara Corralez last month. Juarez was arrested last week

An judge issued arrest warrants for the owners of the popular ‘Later, Later’ in Downtown El Paso, according to El Paso Inc. Johnny Escalante and Enrique Cervantes are accused of not appearing in court for a hearing on four noise complaints against them. The person who filed some of the complaints said the neighborhood has

The Centers for Disease Control has tracked 121 people who have become ill after consuming Romaine lettuce contaminated with E. coli. Earlier this month, the first death was reported in California. The tainted lettuce comes from Yuma, Arizona, one of two places that provides most lettuce for the entire country. Rene Campos, operations manager for

Plastic surgeons at William Beaumont Army Medical Center successfully transplanted a new ear on a Soldier who lost her left ear due to a single-vehicle accident. The total ear reconstruction, the first of its kind in the Army, involved harvesting cartilage from the Soldier’s ribs to carve a new ear out of the cartilage, which

Researchers at New Mexico State University are working to piece together a fossil dating back millions of years. Summer 2017, Jude Sparks was playing with his brother, Hunter, in the Las Cruces desert when he tumbled on a tusk. It turned out to be part of a Stegomastadon fossil, an elephant-like animal that NMSU Professor

The Ad Hoc Charter Advisory Committee is considering whether the mayor of El Paso and City Council representatives should be given a pay raise. At the Grandview Senior Citizens Center in northeast El Paso Monday night, members of the committee, gathered to discuss the issue in front of a public audience. Right now city representatives

On Monday a personal injury law firm in El Paso filed a lawsuit against the ride sharing company, Uber. The lawsuit filed by Glasheen, Valles & Inderman, claims that Uber uses technology that is distracting for its drivers. Since the service is run through smartphones, Uber drivers have to have their phones with them in

The role of El Paso’s top prosecutor is to advise the County’s public officials on legal matters. County Attorney Jo Anne Bernal also fights for the rights of victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. But 18 months ago, she had to wage a different battle outside the courtroom: a fight to stay alive. “If