Month: August 2018

The UTEP football team completed its first practice at training camp in Ruidoso Friday afternoon. The three-hour practice kicked off the team’s yearly voyage to the mountains, but it was far from the only team activity on the day. The Miners met at the UTEP campus at 8:30 Friday morning before departing on team buses.

From homeless to home ownership. An El Paso woman is celebrating tonight. Cholla Fox, a veteran, can now call herself a home-owner, something she hasn’t been able to do since 2008. Cholla joined the u.s. army in 1982 and served this country for 25 years, before she lost everything, not once, but twice. Cholla told

A new Marriott Courtyard hotel is set to open downtown, the first new privately-owned tall building to go up in the area in 35 years. The hotel will add 151 rooms to the downtown area, on top of the 430 rooms ready for occupation that ABC-7 reported in 2017. “This hotel is a great example

A $110,000 grant from Andeavor Corporation, THE Cardwell Foundation and the El Paso Community Foundation would allow the City of El Paso to buy body cameras for the El Paso Police Department. The grant will fund body cameras for the EPPD Crisis Intervention Team Unit and the DWI unit, according to a news release by

Prosecutors in Mexico’s northern Chihuahua state are investigating the killing of 11 people inside a home in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas. The state’s attorney’s office said in a statement Friday that the victims were eight men and three women. The bodies were found inside a home on Oasis de Egipto

New Mexico Congressman Steve Pearce’s statement this week on New Mexico’s teacher evaluation system frustrated several Las Cruces educators. “We may use almost exactly the same evaluation system,” Pearce said, speaking at the New Mexico Coalition of Educational Leaders conference in late July. “I see productivity and I see some teachers saying, ‘You know, I

Las Cruces police say a woman is accused of encouraging a 13-year-old girl to shoplift from a local CVS store. Michelle Jasso, 40, of the 4100 block of Gila Trail, is charged with one count of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, a fourth-degree felony. ABC-7 asked a Las Cruces Police spokesman to confirm

Police arrested two men and two women suspected in the alleged kidnapping of a one of the suspect’s wife. Police charged Antonio Felipe Dominguez, 44; Lorena R. Chavez, 37; Jovan J. Shoop, 33; and 28-year-old Kendra “Fiona” Winn with Kidnapping and Conspiracy. Investigators learned the victim was home at about 4 a.m. on August 2,

A Las Cruces elementary teacher allegedly made contradictory statements to investigators looking into a child sex abuse case involving the woman’s husband, a criminal complaint affidavit obtained by ABC-7 states. Investigators said the alleged abuse went on for years and began when the accuser was 12. ABC-7 does not identify victims of sexual abuse or

It’s been a rollercoaster ride for UTEP basketball over the past few hours. The high point came Thursday night when four-star guard Jordan Lathon signed with the Miners. That was welcome news for UTEP fans after guard Isiah Osborne announced earlier in the day he would not return to the program after posting 9.4 points

Police arrested a young man accused of recruiting teenagers to help him burglarize vehicles in a Far East El Paso neighborhood. 20-year-old Frankie Sanchez Jr., of Fabens, Texas, was arrested on July 27, 2018 and charged with two counts of Burglary of a Vehicle. Police said two other individuals, believed to be juveniles, have not

The U.S. government’s improvised system to reunite immigrant families it separated at the border has left hundreds of parents in limbo after they were deemed “ineligible” to get their children back. They include a man who had his 2-year-old daughter taken because agents didn’t believe he was the father, forcing him to submit DNA evidence

The 16-year-old American daughter of a former Marine held back tears as long as she could Friday before her family was split in two. Her mother, Alejandra Juarez, was finally leaving for Mexico, rather than be sent off in handcuffs, after exhausting all options to stop her deportation. “My mom is a good person. She’s

A motorcyclist from Juarez was killed when he collided into the rear of a 2016 Freightliner on Loop 375 in Far East El Paso. Police said the preliminary investigation revealed 54-year-old Jose Leon Licea was riding a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle, westbound on Loop 375. Licea was on the Socorro overpass when he “failed to control

An elite Texas gymnastics coach was arrested in Indiana after being accused of sexually assaulting three girls at a Fort Worth gym, police said Thursday. Skipper Glenn Crawley, described as an elite-level team gymnastics coach, is accused of sexually assaulting the victims at Sokol gymnastics in Fort Worth, police said. Authorities arrested him on Wednesday

A Texas woman accused of trying to hide evidence in the 2014 death of her 2-year-old son and failing to find him medical care has pleaded guilty. Meagan Work pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and injury to a child by omission under a plea agreement in Travis County District Court on Thursday. The 24-year-old’s

Authorities are seeking a 39-year-old Albuquerque man in the July 26 kidnapping of a Placitas businessman who was freed after being held for ransom. The FBI says an arrest warrant charges Jose Ramirez with kidnapping, carjacking and other crimes and that the FBI is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to

A Mexican trucker must serve 2½ years in a U.S. prison for trying to smuggle 53 immigrants in a refrigerated trailer through a South Texas border checkpoint. Luis Valero-Carrizales was sentenced Thursday in Corpus Christi. The 39-year-old Valero-Carrizales in April pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport undocumented immigrants. Prosecutors say Valero-Carrizales was in the U.S.

The UTEP football team left campus Friday morning for their annual training camp in Ruidoso. The team will practice the next eight days in the fresh mountain air before hosting a final scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 11 at 10:30 a.m.. Fans are also invited to partake in a team barbecue at 4 p.m. that day.

A woman told police she was kidnapped, beaten and doused with antifreeze after she was accused of stealing an alleged drug dealer’s meth, a criminal complaint obtained by ABC-7 states. Two of the suspects are in custody while another two are currently considered fugitives. A spokeswoman with the sheriff’s department tells ABC-7 investigators arrested 29-year-old

There is a crash on I-10 East and Executive blocking the right lane creating delays. No injuries reported in the crash. Take Mesa to avoid this area.

A mother is under arrest, accused of throwing her 4-year-old girl into a Florida river. A dive team pulled the body of Je’Hyrah Daniels from Tampa’s Hillsborough River on Thursday. Daniels was taken to the hospital, where she later died. The girl’s mother, Shakayla Denson, is charged with murder, child abuse and grand theft auto.

After hours of deliberation, a jury has found the man accused of stabbing and killing an off-duty Border Patrol agent as not guilty. This was the second trial for Hisaias Justo Lopez, accused of killing 30-year-old Isaac Morales. Police said Lopez stabbed Morales in the eye on May 20, 2017 outside the Union Draft House,

Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriffs Office followed up on their promise to search for and arrest anyone they found who had an outstanding warrant. This is a follow up to the Safe Streets Program that the E.P.C.S.O. launched in July. ABC 7 Reported on the program that offered anyone with a warrant the

Two former local college stars made their NFL preseason debuts Thursday night with the Baltimore Ravens. Former UTEP linebacker Alvin Jones and former NMSU wide receiver Jaleel Scott both debuted in the Hall of Fame game against the Chicago Bears. Alvin Jones, brother of Packers running back Aaron Jones, made his first tackle early in

The UTEP football team got some more good news on the recruiting trail Thursday. Just two days after Parkland running back Deion Hankins announced he planned to attend UTEP, the Miners snagged another commitment many believed they couldn’t get. Three-star quarterback T.J. Goodwin from Cypress Falls High School in Houston announced he plans to join

A new exhibit at the El Paso Museum of History highlights El Paso’s contribution to Hollywood through filmmaking. On Location: Making Movies in the Borderland focuses on the past 100 years movie making in El Paso. The exhibit features shooting scripts, posters and lobby cards from Courage Under Fire, Glory Road, The Brave Bulls and

The UTEP men’s basketball team is losing one of their key contributors from a season ago. Guard Isiah Osborne announced via Twitter Thursday that he is transferring from UTEP. It was later reported that Osborne is on his way to Carleton University in Ontario, Canada. Osborne is originally from Windsor, Ontario. Osborne averaged 9.4 points

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – The minority leader of the New Hampshire Senate was arrested Thursday on domestic violence charges for allegedly hitting a woman, biting her on the arm and forcing his way into her locked home. The state attorney general’s office said state Sen. Jeff Woodburn, a Democrat from Whitefield, faces charges including simple

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Charges including involuntary manslaughter were dropped Thursday against a former Las Vegas police officer accused of using an unapproved chokehold in the death of an unarmed man following a chase out of a casino last year. Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson said he sought dismissal of the case because a