Month: August 2018

A Grand Jury in Otero County has indicted a man with murder in connection to the killing of his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. 36-year-old Ignacio Galindo is facing a slew of charges, including First Degree Murder (Willful and Deliberate), Aggravated Burglary with a Deadly Weapon, two counts of Child Abuse, three counts of Tampering with Evidence,

Las Cruces Police have arrested a man suspected of shoplifting hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise, which included Dallas Cowboys jerseys, from a Sears department store. Dwayne Grandison, 35, was arrested after police allegedly found over $900 worth of items inside his home and vehicle stolen from a Sears located at 700 S. Telshor Blvd

A 29-year-old Las Vegas mother of four will remain jailed without bail pending her next court appearance in the death of a child girl whose body was found in a duffel bag in a closet in the woman’s apartment, a judge said Tuesday. Aisha Yvonne Thomas’ court-appointed public defender, Sarah Hawkins, declined to comment about

A Montana man is seeking to dismiss charges that he killed his disabled elderly father, saying a sheriff’s deputy who had the crime scene professionally cleaned was also a beneficiary in the victim’s will and stood to profit by destroying evidence in the case. Dawson County Chief Deputy Brett Hoagland was a friend and neighbor

The three siblings of the one-year-old girl allegedly beaten by her father all had to be admitted to the hospital for “various injuries and varying degrees of malnutrition,” criminal complaint affidavits filed against the mother state. The woman, facing charges along with her husband, failed to report the abuse to Child Protective Services, the court

The death of a marijuana suspect who became trapped underneath a bulldozer that Pennsylvania authorities were using to search for him has been ruled an accident. Berks County District Attorney John Adams said Tuesday that 51-year-old Gregory Longenecker was fleeing state police on July 9 when the bulldozer ran over him in thick brush. The

A Texas woman has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting an Arkansas State Police trooper. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that 49-year-old Elsbeth Kittinger pleaded guilty Monday in Hot Spring County to charges of first-degree battery and commission of a felony with a firearm in the April 1 shooting of Kyle Sheldon. Court records

An East Texas man and woman have been arrested after a 70-year-old woman said they kept her in a dog kennel, beat and kicked her, withheld food and water, and forced her to walk on broken glass. Tyler television station KLTV reports 47-year-old Leonnia Darlene Anderson Castillo of Log Cabin is charged with first-degree felony

Police are searching for a mystery woman who rang the doorbell of several homes in the middle of the night. The woman, captured on surveillance footage, was partially dressed and wearing what appeared to be broken restraints on both wrists. Investigators say she rang the doorbell in the Sunrise Ranch area of Montgomery, Texas. The

A white former Texas police officer has been found guilty of murder on Tuesday for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager as he left a house party in a car full of teenagers. Roy Oliver was fired from the Balch Springs Police Department days after the April 2017 shooting. Oliver killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards after

A Texas National Guard soldier, part of the state’s border protection buildup, has been accused of stealing, from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, methamphetamine that federal agents had seized. Pvt. Edwin Baez had been deployed to Laredo to help CBP agents with their work at the World Trade Bridge from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. A federal

The owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3D-printed guns said Tuesday that he has begun selling the blueprints through his website to anyone who wants to make one, despite a federal court order barring him from posting the plans online. Cody Wilson said at a news conference that he started selling the plans

A video released by the American Civil Liberties Union, depicting a migrant toddler who crawls away from his mother following their reunion at a Houston airport, is going viral on social media. The ACLU said 3-year-old Sammy was separated from his father, Ever Reyes-Mejia, at a Texas detention center. The boy was taken across the

The proposed Senate debate Friday in Dallas between Democrat challenger Beto O’Rourke and Republican incumbent Ted Cruz is not going to happen after all. That’s according to O’Rourke, speaking with the Texas Tribune on Monday. O’Rourke’s confirmation was merely a formality, considering the congressman’s office announced that he is going to be in Horizon City

The first of five debates between Sen. Ted Cruz (R, Texas) and Rep. Beto O’Rourke, proposed by the Cruz campaign for Aug. 31 in Dallas, is less likely to happen now considering the congressman is scheduled to be in El Paso that day. O’Rourke, whose campaign never officially agreed to the scheduled dates and cities,

The Texas Department of Transportation is proposing a project that will expand Loop 375 between Montana Avenue and Spur 601. Chief engineer Bob Bielek said that stretch of Loop 375 is “overloaded” with traffic and the project would “add capacity to the roadway.” Bielek said the the congestion is attributed to the fast-growing eastside and

The actor and director Ethan Hawke is coming to El Paso to participate in several special screenings of his new film about a Texas outlaw and country singer. Hawke will be at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Tuesday for two showings of his film, “Blaze.” The movie is described as the true-life story of the underappreciated Texas

The fan-favorite Pumpkin Spice Latte is returning to Starbucks coffee shops Tuesday. The announcement was made on the company’s website. Considering that it is August, summer stretches on for another three weeks and large swaths of the country are under heat warnings, some on social media are criticizing the move by the company. This is

Coach Dimel held his inaugural press conference as the UTEP Head Football Coach. Everyone wanted to know if he had chosen a quarterback yet, but there was no clarity. Coach Dimel was the originator of the Wild Cat offense that features multiple quarterbacks that can run and throw. Depending on the situation they are in.

The Texas Supreme Court Monday ruled in favor of the City of El Paso in a case related to a petition involving the area where the City plans to build Multipurpose Performing Arts and Entertainment Center in Downtown El Paso. Interim City Attorney Karla Nieman said the ruling is “a big victory for the City

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration and Mexico have reached a preliminary accord to end the North American Free Trade Agreement and replace it with a deal that the administration wants to be more favorable to the United States. President Donald Trump, in announcing the tentative agreement Monday at the White House, said a new deal

On September 14th and 15th, City of El Paso employees will be knocking on doors conducting surveys to find out how prepared families are in case of an emergency. The initiative is called Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response, or C.A.S.P.E.R. The Department of Public Health volunteers will be wearing a green shirt, orange

A Michigan judge has denied disgraced former sports doctor Larry Nassar’s request for a new sentence in his sexual assault convictions. In denying Nassar’s request, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said Monday she didn’t feel there was an error in the sentence she issued. Before Monday’s hearing, Nassar’s attorneys asked the Court of Appeals to stop the

The teenager accused of posting a school threat on social media will be released on a $750 bond after appearing in federal court Monday, his attorney told ABC-7. Dallas Carrera, 18, appeared before a U.S. magistrate dressed in blue jumpsuit and with his legs and hands handcuffed. ABC-7 learned Carrera will be released to his

El Paso County Commissioners Monday unanimously approved a new $426-million County of El Paso budget for fiscal year 2019. County commissioners actually lowered the tax rate by one cent, from 45 cents to 44 cents per $100 of property valuation. However, property owners will still see an increase because property values increased this year. Commissioner

Las Cruces police arrested four individuals suspected in the deadly shooting of 29-year-old Raymond Hernandez. Alexis Hernandez, 25; Destiny Lara, 24; Gabriel Ortiz, 32; and 18-year-old Noel Salazar have each been charged with a first-degree felony count of Murder, Conspiracy to Commit Murder, a second-degree felony count of Tampering with Evidence, and a third-degree felony

Police have arrested a man they say jumped a fence and ran onto a runway at Los Angeles International Airport. Airport police Officer Rob Pedregon says the man was spotted running across the runway at about 1:40 p.m. Monday near a Delta Airlines jet that was preparing to take off. A passenger, Chad Ridgely, tweeted

The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office is drawing protests for a training class it’s sponsoring to be taught by a white former police officer acquitted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. Betty Shelby resigned from the Tulsa Police Department after her acquittal last year in the 2016 shooting of Terence Crutcher. Now a

Dramatic video from a police officer’s body camera captures the rescue of a North Texas family from their burning home. The video from Seagoville Police Officer Sam Click’s camera records him spotting and arriving at the burning home early Saturday. Click is heard asking for backup but sees the fire is spreading into the home

California officials are trying to solve a stinky mystery: A die-off has left hundreds of fish floating in a recently restored lagoon on the tony Malibu coast. California State Parks Angeles District Superintendent Craig Sap said Monday that scientists believe the Malibu Lagoon die-off, which began last Wednesday, is likely caused by the unusually warm