Month: July 2018

An El Paso man caught jaywalking is being sent to jail for an outstanding warrant in Austin. 34-year-old Julius McRae has been arrested and charged with evading arrest and detention on Tuesday afternoon after he was caught jaywalking. According to the El Paso Police Depatment, McRae was seen crossing the street without using a crosswalk

A South Texas woman showed up to a recent City Council meeting dressed as a cockroach. It’s Patricia Polastri’s latest attempt to bring attention to the influx of roaches and rodents near a major Corpus Christi road after new vegetation was planted, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported. The Texas A&M University-Kingsville professor brought a bag

A measure that would divide California into three parts won’t appear on the ballot in November, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday. The justices ordered the secretary of state not to put the ballot initiative before voters, saying significant questions have been raised about its validity. The court will now consider the merits of a

Having started a trade war with China and enraged U.S. allies with steel tariffs, President Donald Trump is primed for his next fight. He is targeting a product at the heart of the American experience: cars. Trump’s latest plan is to consider slapping tariffs on imported autos and auto parts – a move he says

A tip has led to the Houston arrest of a man on the Texas 10 Most Wanted sex offenders list who had been on the run for two years. The Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday announced the arrest of 54-year-old Anthony Fitzgerald Turner. DPS officials say Turner was captured Sunday in northeast Houston

President Donald Trump says Air Force One is getting a patriotic makeover. Trump says the familiar baby blue color on the presidential aircraft will give way to a red, white and blue color scheme. Updated models could be in service before the end of a potential Trump second term. “Air Force One is going to

Iraq War veteran Chris Sheppard fumed as he watched President Trump’s joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. The former combat engineer with the U.S. Marine Corps sat glued to his cellphone screen in his downtown Seattle office, watching live on Monday as the American president suggested he believed Putin’s denial that

Mexico’s future interior secretary says President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has given her “a blank check” to seek ways to pacify the violence-wracked country. Olga Sanchez Cordero said Lopez Obrador was familiar with her writings about possible drug decriminalization and had told her she had “a blank check, whatever is necessary to pacify this country,

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says a new report shows the number of drownings involving toddlers in the U.S. has increased in recent years, with young boys dying at twice the rate as girls. Schumer is calling on the federal government to take steps to help prevent drowning deaths. The Senate minority leader from New York

The Kawhi Leonard saga in San Antonio is finally over. So is DeMar DeRozan’s time in Toronto. An NBA summer blockbuster got pulled off Wednesday, with the Spurs sending Leonard to the Raptors – weeks after the disgruntled 2014 NBA Finals MVP asked for a trade – as part of a deal that also has

The El Paso Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division continues to investigate the incident surrounding the viral video where an officer pulled out his gun on a group of confrontational teens. Thousands have weighed in on social media, with some blaming the officer and others putting the blame on the teens. Dan Jones, a UTEP psychologist,

A man riding a bicycle was shocked as rode over live electrical wires, El Paso Police told ABC-7. It happened shortly after 11 a.m. on Lee street in between Olive and San Antonio in Central El Paso. The live electrical wires were the result of a transformer that “blew,” police told ABC-7. The man is

After years of construction and delays, Robinson Avenue to Scenic Drive is back open. The stretch of road had been closed shortly after construction began in 2016 from Kingery Drive to Rim Road, creating a detour for drivers heading to Scenic. The project had been pushed back for months due to conflicts with various utilities

Avoid Loop 375 near Sergeant Major Boulevard. A morning crash is causing delays for drivers. Take Spur 601 to avoid this area. It happened Wednesday just before 6 a.m. The crash comes exactly one day after another crash in the same area and at around the same time. Authorities haven’t said how many vehicles were

With summer in full swing, exposed skin can become a target for mosquitoes and other insects. One bug bite can send children into a scratching frenzy. But more concerning is the exposure to diseases, such as West Nile virus or Zika. Dr. Maria Prodanovic Nutis, pediatrician at Del Sol Medical Center, told ABC-7 using repellent

Beto O’Rourke said he would support a vote for impeachment of President Trump. The El Paso Democrat’s comments come as he and his fellow U.S. Rep. Will Hurd, (R-Helotes), were honored Tuesday. Hurd, who represents part of far east El Paso County, and O’Rourke were at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to accept

A man is suing the Las Cruces Catholic Diocese, claiming he was sexually abused as a child by two different priests in Deming. The Deming Headlight reports that the abuse happened between 1994 and 2001 at the Holy Family Catholic Church. The victim, identified only as “John Doe 85,” accused Revs. Joseph Anderson and David

The 2018 Conference USA football media poll has been released, and members of the media have low expectations for the Miners. UTEP, which is coming off a winless season in 2017, was picked to finish in a tie for last place in the West Division along with Rice. Four different teams in the West received

Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagashima started a series of community meetings Tuesday regarding a proposed $35.6 million General Obligation Bond that could bring improvements to the City. New sports fields and courts, recreational trails, an animal shelter and a fire station were listed on the mail-in ballot, starting July 24, as potential additions to Las

The U.S. Army has reversed its decision to discharge an immigrant reservist who sued when he was booted from the military last month after enlisting with a promised path to citizenship, according to court filings and his attorney. Brazilian immigrant Lucas Calixto filed a lawsuit against the Army in late June, saying the Defense Department

A Southeast Texas county is hiring a private firm to investigate how scammers defrauded county officials out of more than $525,000 this year. Galveston County Commissioners voted unanimously Monday to hire Dawson Forensic Group to conduct the investigation and offer recommendations to prevent such theft in the future. Commissioners will pay the Lubbock-based company up

Hawaii tour boat operators plan to continue taking visitors to see lava, but will follow the Coast Guard’s revised policy and stay farther away after an explosion caused molten rock to barrel through the roof of a vessel, injuring 23 people. The Coast Guard prohibits vessels from getting closer than 984 feet (300 meters) from

When filmmaker Marina Zenovich sought to make a documentary about Robin Williams, she found that she could do it largely in the late comedian’s own voice. “Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind,” uses a wealth of archival footage to put viewers inside his thought process – mirroring a routine Williams used as an up-and-coming comic

The Trump administration has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court in its effort to stop a lawsuit filed by young activists who say the government is failing to protect them from climate change. Solicitor General Noel Francisco asked the court Tuesday to block further legal proceedings until the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on

El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles tells ABC-7 investigators with his office were able to identify the six of the seven juveniles who allegedly broke into an Ascarate Park toll booth thanks to a Facebook video that went viral and made national headlines because it showed an El Paso Police officer pointing a gun at

The victim of a burglary was able to record footage of the burglary suspect in the act, while on vacation, thanks to a cell phone alert. Police said the victim received a cell-phone alert tone and a screenshot of a man moments before the man broke into the victim’s apartment on the 6000 block of

Local organizations are not only canvassing Texas and New Mexico for residents to register to vote, but are also encouraging people to show up at the polls. Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) Policy Director Robert Heyman said the campaign is called, “We Vote Because We Care. BNHR is hoping to register at least 1,000

A scam artist was able to defraud the City of Alamogordo out of more than $250,000 “and recovery of that public money is likely to be difficult, if not impossible,” said Wayne Johnson, an auditor with the State of New Mexico. Johnson said Tuesday all public entities should be extremely cautious and aware when it

An Albuquerque woman has pleaded guilty to assaulting three U.S. Postal Service employees last December and could be facing a federal prison sentence of up to 20 years. Prosecutors say 25-year-old Jackie Herron entered her guilty plea Tuesday without a plea agreement. Herron was arrested in February on a three-count indictment charging her with assaulting

An El Paso man is accused of attempting to light a methamphetamine pipe while inside his vehicle in a traffic lane right next to a police unit. Fredrick Brown, 49, is charged “Possession of Marijuana Under Two Ounces” and “Possession of Controlled Substance Penalty Group 1.” Officers assigned to the El Paso Police Department’s Pebble