Month: July 2018

Following the heavy rainfall in Las Cruces on Wednesday night, the police department would like to remind drivers to exercise caution in deep water. “When there’s a washed-out road, or water on the road, they think wrongly I can drive that,” said Dan Trujillo, a spokesman for the department. “Many times, they can’t.” The department

The El Paso Police officer on desk duty after a video surfaced showing him pointing a gun at a group of kids and teens has no disciplinary history and has been commended numerous times by his supervisors, documents obtained by ABC-7 state. In letters of commendation submitted by El Paso Police supervisors, the officer is

A newly opened shopping mall on Mexico City’s south side partly collapsed Thursday after structural problems apparently led the mall’s operators to evacuate the area, and no injuries were reported. Videos posted on social media show a cantilevered, multi-story section of the mall collapsing in a cloud of dust and twisted metal on Thursday. Some

The woman seen taken into police custody in a viral video on social media has been charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, police said Thursday. Police arrested 35-year-old Virginia Gonzalez Wednesday afternoon outside the 7-Eleven at 9052 Alameda. Police said a Mission Valley officer was working an unrelated traffic stop on the 100 block

Three immigrant fathers were reunited with their children at the Annunciation House shelter in South El Paso. All three were reunited just hours before a federal judge’s order to reunite all children under five with their parents. Two of those fathers decided to speak with the media because they wanted to tell the story of

In the midst of Mexico’s historic presidential election, a New Mexico State professor worked with a team that observed improper electoral practices. “It was a very exciting day,” said Dr. Neil Harvey, head of NMSU’s government department. “It was a lot of celebration.” The International Network of Scholars and Citizens for Democracy invited Dr. Harvey

Game of Thrones” roared back onto the Emmy battlefield, topping Thursday’s nominations with 22 bids but with a formidable opponent in last year’s winner “The Handmaid’s Tale,” while a streaming platform made history by earning the most bids for the first time. Netflix’s 112 nominations took away the front-runner title that HBO held since 2001,

The district attorney’s office has downgraded the charge against one of the men originally charged for the August 2016 murder of Devon Leatherbury. On June 21, 2018, investigators arrested 55-year old Richard Zelonis and 27-year-old Aaron Anthony Zelonis. Both men were charged with Murder. The father was booked into the county jail on a $750,000

Charges were dropped Thursday against porn actress Stormy Daniels, just hours after she was arrested while performing at an Ohio strip club and charged with letting patrons touch her in violation of a state law. Her attorney said she was set up in a Columbus police sting operation, something police deny. Charging documents say Daniels,

Charges were dropped Thursday against porn actress Stormy Daniels, just hours after she was arrested while performing at an Ohio strip club and charged with letting patrons touch her in violation of a state law. Her attorney said she was set up in a Columbus police sting operation, something police deny. Charging documents say Daniels,

A ten-year study at Johns Hopkins University found that the deficiency of vitamin D could lead to interstitial lung disease (ILS). According to the study, it is a “relatively rare group of disorders” characterized by lung scarring and inflammation that could lead to irreversible lung damage. An estimated 200,000 cases are diagnosed in the United

U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama presided over the naturalization ceremony of nearly a thousand immigrants from 47 different countries. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services welcomed the 975 immigrants as the newest citizens of the United States at the El Paso County Coliseum. The 25 immigrants that were absent from the ceremony will be rescheduled in

A home caught fire Thursday morning in East El Paso. Three people inside evacuated when they heard their fire alarm just before 4:30 a.m. The homeowner told ABC-7 the fire killed five kittens. A dog and two cats were able to escape. The fire happened on the 1600 block of Dick Ritter St., not far

Two former college athletes are expected to be sentenced for their roles in a bank fraud scheme. Former UTEP basketball player Jenzel Nash pleaded guilty in April to aiding and abetting and making a false statement on a loan or credit application. She was one of seven people arrested in January 2017. They were accused

Bruce Dern, the father of actress Laura Dern, and star of movies “Nebraska” and “Coming Home” will be making a celebrity appearance during the El Paso Community Foundation Plaza Classic Film Festival in August. Dern, a two-time Academy Award nominee, will be having on-stage interviews leading up to the showing of “Nebraska” and “Coming Home”

Wednesday marks 30 years since an El Paso pilot said he had a gun held to his head while he was flying a helicopter. It sounds like the beginning of an action-packed blockbuster but it’s not. Although, it did get attention from Hollywood, Charles “Cheater” Bella said that’s exactly what happened July 11, 1988. A

The Coronado football team is getting a big boost for the 2018 season with the return of 6’8″ offensive lineman Jack Niland. Of course, Niland was considerably smaller when he last attended Coronado as a freshman. But in the past two years he’s added a few inches of height and some muscle while attending IMG

El Paso might have a future track star in seven-year-old Prince Reeves. Reeves, who runs with the Texas Shooting Stars Track Club, recently won three gold medals at a Junior Olympics regional meet in Denver. He beat athletes ages eight and under from five states to take the top prize in the 100m, 200m, and

Two-year-old Mia Ojeda had been battling stage four Neuroblastoma for half her young life. Tragically, her battle came to an end last week. Suracy Gonzales, Mia’s mother, is still trying to come to grips with the devastating loss. “Mia, I miss you my love – so much. My heart left with you the day you

A former cast member of the television reality series “Bad Girls Club” was arrested Wednesday on charges alleging she stole debit card information from a man who died shortly after a “prostitution date” with her. Shannade Clermont, 24, was freed on $100,000 bail after she was charged with wire fraud, access device fraud and aggravated

Pope Francis had a message for Las Cruces at 4 a.m. on Wednesday: Bishop Oscar Cantú is leaving for California. “It’s a blow,” said Deacon Jim Winder, the vice-chancellor of the Diocese of Las Cruces. “I understand the greater wisdom of the church and God, but it is a difficult thing for us.” The Diocese

A police officer who made a daring leap to stop a crane truck that smashed into four vehicles on the Long Island Expressway says the giant machine was “like a tank going down the road.” Police say 47-year-old Brian Sinclair went about 9 miles (14 kilometers) after barreling through traffic around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday in

A man wrongly identified by Dallas police as a suspect in the 2016 fatal shooting of five police officers has sued the city and its police department. The federal lawsuit filed Monday alleges Dallas police detained Mark Hughes and his brother, Cory, without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Both are listed as plaintiffs in the

Donelda Pulex stepped off the airplane into the sun, clutching her 5-year-old daughter’s hand and burst into heaving sobs. Fourteen-year-old Hermelindo Juarez hid his face as his father comforted him. Efildo Daniel Vasquez walked cautiously behind his 8-year-old son. Quiet, confused and exhausted, 11 families who had been detained and separated after they were caught

A third person has been arrested on charges that he conspired to fatally shoot an Austin-area jeweler in the jeweler’s home earlier this year. Twenty-one-year-old Johnny Roman Leon was arrested Wednesday in College Station on a charge of criminal solicitation of capital murder. Court records show investigators believe Leon conspired with 19-year-old Nicolas Patrick Shaughnessy

A federal grand jury in El Paso indicted 31-year-old Jacob Salgado, owner of Canutillo Gun Shop, for an alleged scheme to sell firearms and ammunition to people prohibited from being in possession of weapons. Federal officials said the eight-count indictment charges Salgado with two counts of sale of firearms or ammunition to a prohibited person,

The Navy says it will now allow servicewomen to sport ponytails and other hairstyles, reversing a policy that long forbade females from letting their hair down. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said it makes the Navy more inclusive. Many black women had asked for changes to the female grooming standards. A female sailor,

President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday he will cancel the pending purchase by Mexico’s navy of eight armed Lockheed Martin MH-60R helicopters from the U.S. government. Lopez Obrador mentioned nixing the planned $1.2 billion deal as an example of extensive cost-cutting measures his government will undertake. “That purchase is going to be canceled because

Police in Las Cruces charged an Odessa, Texas woman with child abuse after the woman allegedly drove drunk while her two children were in the vehicle. Rosalia Rodriguez, 35, is charged with two third-degree felony counts of child abuse and a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated. Police said she was also driving without insurance