Month: July 2018

Authorities say an Albuquerque woman and her boyfriend are accused of child abuse after her baby son was hospitalized in critical condition. According to a criminal complaint filed in Metropolitan Court, 35-year-old Florencio Mendoza called police Monday afternoon to say his girlfriend allegedly planned to hurt her 1-year-old son. The Albuquerque Journal reports 24-year-old Dahn

Court documents show a twice arrested Dallas police officer is accused of violating a protection order when he contacted a woman he previously dated and subjected her to a barrage of early morning phone calls. Dallas police say Officer Jerry Tames was arrested Monday and faces a charge of repeated violation of a protective order.

A man accused in a fatal crash that killed a Dallas police officer had consumed nine alcoholic beverages in the hours before operating his vehicle, according to police records. Adrian Breedlove, 25, faces charges of unlawful carrying of a weapon and intoxication manslaughter in the death of Dallas Police Senior Cpl. Earl “Jamie” Givens, 55.

A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a female former Naval Academy midshipman serving a life sentence in Texas for the 1995 slaying of the high school girlfriend of her former Air Force Academy boyfriend. Diane Zamora appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a lower court refused her civil

While the Trump administration fortifies the southern border, there’s growing concern over the number of foreigners entering the country illegally across the porous northern border with Canada. People crossing the border between Vermont and Quebec have paid smugglers up to $4,000, usually payable when the immigrants reach their U.S. destination, according to officials and court

Singer Demi Lovato was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital after suffering what appears to be a heroin overdose, TMZ reports. A source told TMZ Lovato was transported from a home in the Hollywood Hills just before noon Tuesday, and is currently being treated. Her condition is unknown. TMZ reports Lovato has fought substance abuse

An El Paso man killed a friend temporarily staying with him after the friend “came on to him in a homosexual manner,” criminal complaint documents obtained by ABC-7 state. On Thursday, June 21, 2018, investigators arrested 55-year old Richard Zelonis and 27-year-old Aaron Anthony Zelonis for the 2016 murder of Devon Leatherbury. Both men were

Extreme temperatures on Monday forced Las Cruces Public Schools to cancel the afternoon bus service, which officials estimate impacted more than 650 students. “I think that the kids are vulnerable to these extreme temperatures,” said Jessica Pochynok, who has a 5-year-old and an 8-year-old. She joined hundreds of parents who lined up to pick up

The man killed during an illegal street race, and the woman charged for his death, challenged each other during a social gathering to learn who’s car was faster, a criminal complaint obtained by ABC-7 states. The deadly wreck happened at about 12:20 a.m. on April 15, 2018 on the 14100 block of Socorro Road, east

A stalled 18-wheeler closed the eastbound on-ramp to Interstate 10 from Executive Center Blvd., the exit also remains closed. The semi, owned by Haul-Line, Inc., hit a part of a concrete barrier at about 4:00 a.m. Tuesday. Haul-Line president Ricardo Gomez confirmed the truck was making a right hand turn to get onto the freeway

Police said a man suspected of driving while intoxicated with two boys inside his car attempted to walk away from the car after he was pulled over by an officer. Charles Joseph Apodaca, 26, of the 3900 block of Doña Ana Road, is charged with one count of Child Abuse and three misdemeanors, including Driving

A small Lower Valley community took on a developer and the Catholic Diocese of El Paso, and won a huge victory with very little fanfare. Empowered and emboldened, the community group now wants to help a neighboring group with it’s battle. Homeowners in the Lower Valley neighborhood formed a group called La Playa Neighborhood Association.

The El Paso Police Department needs help finding a man who hasn’t been seen for days. Gabriel Infante, 30, was released from the hospital last Thursday and has not contacted family or friends. They believe he may be in danger, authorities said. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call El Paso police at 832-4400.

The start of a new school year for the El Paso School District is a few weeks away, but thousands of students are gearing up with new laptops. The district is issuing laptops to all middle and high school students. On Monday at the Young Women’s Academy, students got their hands on new Apple MacBook

Grab your favorite shot glass, it’s National Tequila Day. The name comes from Mexico’s town of Tequila, Guadalajara. Popular drinks with tequila include the margarita and the tequila Sunrise. According to nationaldaycalendar.com, the law states tequila is only tequila if it is produced in the state of Jalisco. The law limits production in some parts

The Mega Millions jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing has hit $512 million, which is the fifth-largest prize in the game’s history, according to the lottery’s website. The drawing is 9 p.m. Mountain Time. A New Jersey man won $533 million in March, the fourth-largest pot in the game’s history and the second-largest win on a single

The public health alert issued by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for foods that contain whey powder is having a ripple effect on the food production industry. According to a 2017 study, whey powder is used to modify texture, thicken foods, gel foods and to enhance solubility and transportability

The El Paso Fire Department is looking into the cause of a fire to a business Tuesday morning. It happened at around 3 a.m. at the AmoriCan Health Services office on the 6000 block of Gateway Boulevard East, near Bassett Place. The ABC-7 crew on the scene saw heavy smoke at the back of the

Even after the Trump administration said it would reunify families separated under the now-paused “zero tolerance” policy, new data shows the number of children held in privately run shelters in Texas has continued to grow. The number of children held at Texas facilities for child migrants has grown to 5,024 as of July 13, up

At least three local players so far have announced their selection to the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl to be played in January at AT&T Stadium. So far, Parkland wide receiver Khatib Lyles, Pebble Hills running back Caleb Gerber, and El Dorado running back Seth Davis have all confirmed that they have been selected to the game.

Pop into any grocery or convenience store and you’re bound to find a bag of crunchy chips with spicy seasoning. A Tennessee mom told WREG_TV those popular snacks made her daughter sick. “When my daughter had this surgery I knew I had to tell everybody about it,” said Rene Craighead. She said a doctor told

One month after a fire devastated the Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission thrift store, a local nonprofit raised thousands of dollars to help. “There was a substantial loss,” said Marci Dickerson, who founded the nonprofit, Revolution 120. “The community just responded.” With money from donations, Revolution 120 purchased $12,100 worth of new clothes for children

Sexual assault and false imprisonment charges against a New Mexico filmmaker have been dropped. The Daily Times of Farmington, New Mexico, reports Colorado prosecutors decided not to pursue a sexual assault charge against Kody Dayish because authorities didn’t think they’d get a conviction. And a misdemeanor count of false imprisonment also was dismissed during a

A man who stripped naked before working out at a New Hampshire gym told police officers that he thought he was in a “Judgement Free Zone,” before being arrested. NECN reports 34-year-old Eric Stagno, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was charged with indecent exposure, lewdness and disorderly conduct on Sunday for taking off his clothes and exercising

The husband of adult film performer Stormy Daniels has filed for divorce in Texas. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, has said that she had sex with Donald Trump before he became president, something Trump has denied. Glendon Crain filed the petition for divorce on July 18 in state district court in Kaufman County,

The wounded sister of an 18-year-old woman fatally stabbed in the neck while transferring trains said she never noticed the felon who authorities say attacked the sisters at random. Lahtifa Wilson, 26, said that she, her baby sister Nia and a third sister had been returning from a family outing when they were “blindsided by

Homicides in Mexico rose by 16 percent in the first half of 2018, as the country again broke its own records for violence. The Interior Department said over the weekend there were 15,973 homicides in the first six months of the year, compared to 13,751 killings in the same period of 2017. The number is

Three teenage suspects are now in custody in connection with a police chase that led to a suburban Seattle officer being struck and killed by a pursuing officer in a patrol car. Kent Police Chief Rafael Padilla said at a news conference Monday that a passenger in the suspect vehicle was arrested with the help

Criminal complaints obtained by ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom reveals authorities learned about a murder-for-hire plot more than a month before a couple was shot and killed inside a mobile home in Garfield, New Mexico. The documents were initially sealed by a district judge. They were recently unsealed and redacted. Cristal Cardenas, 29, and Luis

El Paso City Council voted to budget an additional $20 million dollars for the El Paso Children’s Museum. Council approved the budget amendment by a vote of 6-to-1, with city rep. Michiel Noe voting against it. City rep. Cassandra Hernandez Brown was not in attendance. Voters approved $19.25 million for the project from the 2012