Month: August 2018

Los Angeles County prosecutors are investigating allegations of a 2016 sexual assault by Kevin Spacey for possible criminal charges. Spokesman Greg Risling said Wednesday that a district attorney’s task force on sexual misconduct had received the case. Sheriff’s spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said detectives in the department’s Malibu-area station started the investigation in May. Nishida says

A former Albuquerque police officer accused of fatally striking a wheelchair-bound woman with his car while driving drunk has been sentenced to 364 days in jail. Rodney Locke was sentenced Wednesday in the September 2016 death of Kay Moss-Freese. Prosecutors told the Albuquerque Journal that the state didn’t believe it could prove that Locke’s intoxication

Las Crucens have approved the $35.6 million GO bond. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday night, 100 percent of the ballots have been tallied. ABC-7 talked with Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima about the GO bond earlier this week. He thinks the bond will help the city. “The city does well, but none the less, this

A California man denied killing a University of Pennsylvania student because the victim was gay and the suspect’s lawyer says he struggled with his own sexual identity and suffered from a “serious mental disorder.” The Orange County Register reports Samuel Woodward appeared in court Wednesday and denied an added hate-crime attachment. He’s pleaded not guilty

A California man denied killing a University of Pennsylvania student because the victim was gay and the suspect’s lawyer says he struggled with his own sexual identity and suffered from a “serious mental disorder.” The Orange County Register reports Samuel Woodward appeared in court Wednesday and denied an added hate-crime attachment. He’s pleaded not guilty

Authorities say the wife of an incarcerated former 3 Doors Down bassist tried to mail him prescription drugs. The Sun Herald of Biloxi reports that 46-year-old Robin Nicole Harrell was arrested Wednesday. Jackson County Sheriff Mike Ezell says she is charged with introducing a controlled substance into a correctional facility. Todd Harrell was hit with

A single mother fatally shot her severely disabled 7-year-old son and then attempted suicide after years spent caring for her child, authorities and family friends in Oregon said Wednesday. A relative found Tashina Aleine Jordan, 28, unconscious Monday at the Bend home she shared with her son and mother. Authorities found the boy, named Mason,

A Colorado man charged with killing his family and dumping their bodies at an oil worksite taped a video presentation six years ago about saving or abandoning relationships. A YouTube video posted in April 2012 shows Christopher Watts giving a PowerPoint presentation that he titled “Communication Speech, Relationship Deterioration and Repair.” Watts opened the presentation

An Indiana man has been charged with conspiring with his girlfriend to try to poison her infant niece by adding crushed painkillers to a bottle of breast milk. The Journal Gazette reports that 23-year-old Sir Marshall S. Snyder III, also known as Marshall Snyder, is accused of telling Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda to kill the girl in

Police in Alabama are trying to find the owner of an old briefcase that was filled with what appears to be ancient fossils, teeth, and crystals. Photos released by police Wednesday show what appear to be fossilized fish, animal teeth, geodes, a large shell and a small human mask carved from clay or something similar.

El Paso Police arrested a woman accused of stabbing an elderly woman while the victim slept. Rosa Maria Carrillo, 59, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and family violence. The stabbing happened August 22, 2018 at about 2:21 a.m. on the 6700 block of Tiger Eye. When police officers arrived at the

Investigators compared online family tree data with crime-scene DNA evidence to identify and track down a suspect in a series of North Carolina rapes from a decade ago, police said Wednesday. One of the lead detectives called the approach, similar to what was used in the “Golden State Killer” cold case in California, a “game-changer”

A Southeast Texas man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of manufacturing homemade bombs and bomb-making material. Twenty-seven-year-old Mark Avery Rudd of Beaumont admitted guilt Tuesday to one count of possession of an unregistered destructive device. Police and FBI agents raided Rudd’s home in February, finding two bombs and material for making additional ones.

A middle school teacher who moonlights as a pole-dance instructor has been suspended by a North Carolina school district. A spokeswoman for Hoke County’s public schools didn’t specify why Kandice Mason was suspended with pay pending the outcome of an investigation. Mason tells WTVD-TV that school officials saw a video of her pole dancing that

A second federal lawsuit accusing a pair of Oklahoma business owners of luring immigrants to the U.S. on work visas then paying substandard wages highlights what some attorneys say is a prevalent human trafficking issue in the United States that seldom calls violators to task. While there have been previous civil lawsuits over the treatment

I-25 southbound was shut down between Lohman and University (exits 3 and 1) according to police. A rollover crash involving an SUV and a commercial vehicle happened around noon and injuries have been reported. Shortly after 12:40 PM Wednesday, all lanes were opened. No fatalities have been reported. This is a breaking news story and

Detectives with the police department’s Crimes Against Children Unit have re-booked the man accused of beating his 1-year-old daughter into jail on additional charges and arrested the child’s mother. 24-year-old Jessica Garcia was charged with three counts of “Injury to a Child” and a single count of “Abandoning or Endangering a Child.” She was jailed

A tip received from Crime Stoppers of El Paso led to the arrest of a wanted subject. Bashawn Hall, 22, was arrested Tuesday, Aug.21 after Sheriff’s Office deputies conducted an investigation following information received on the location of Hall. Deputies took Hall into custody at an apartment complex located on the 9600 block of Acer

An El Paso women was arrested by Border Patrol agents after they discovered 114 bundles of marijuana concealed inside her vehicle. On Monday, agents assigned to the Border Patrol immigration checkpoint on highway 62/180 watched as a passenger vehicle approached the primary inspection area. The agent on primary noticed two females in a Chevy SUV

Police say a man is wanted for stealing multiple all terrain vehicles (ATVs) and a motorcycle from Viva Power Sports. The business is located at 1045 Magruder in Central El Paso. After allegedly stealing five vehicles, police say the suspect noticed security cameras on a neighboring business and set the building on fire in attempt

El Paso Police officials confirmed that the driver who crashed into a streetcar early Tuesday morning was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Police arrested 24-year-old Hector Emiliano Parra Robles and charged him with DWI. The crash happened around 2:30 a.m. at East Rio Grande Avenue and North Stanton Street. El Paso Police Department officials said

An Arkansas man accused of firing his gun into another driver’s car and killing a 3-year-old boy in the back seat has been convicted of murder. Jurors on Wednesday found Gary Eugene Holmes guilty of first-degree murder and terroristic threatening in the December 2016 death of Acen King. Sentencing is underway. The boy’s grandmother says

Gov. Greg Abbott has announced additional funding for the Houston-area community where a teenage gunman in May fatally shot eight students and two substitute teachers. Abbott said in a statement Wednesday that $1.5 million will be given to Santa Fe for a “resiliency center” that will serve as a “focal point for the city’s mental

Sunland Park Stampede Meat, Inc. will be opening their plant in late October at the former Tyson Food processing facility in Sunland Park, New Mexico, and the opening of their premiere showroom will help bring 385 jobs to the community. They plan to expand their operations and employ nearly 1,300 workers within the next five

New Mexico’s largest electric utility is asking state regulators for approval to join a trading market that allows participants in several western states to buy and sell energy to better balance supply and demand. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is among those expected to join the energy imbalance market by 2020 while

Grammy-winning country music star Gretchen Wilson has been arrested at a Connecticut airport after police say she became “belligerent” toward troopers. The 45-year-old “Redneck Woman” singer from Lebanon, Tennessee, was charged with breach of peace Tuesday evening at Bradley International Airport, near Hartford. State police say troopers initially responded to a “minor disturbance” on an

Parents lament their teenagers’ noses constantly in their phones, but they might want to take stock of their own screen time habits. A study out Wednesday from the Pew Research Center found that two-thirds of parents are concerned about the amount of time their teenage children spend in front of screens, while more than a

Parents lament their teenagers’ noses constantly in their phones, but they might want to take stock of their own screen time habits. A study out Wednesday from the Pew Research Center found that two-thirds of parents are concerned about the amount of time their teenage children spend in front of screens, while more than a

The half a million bats that call Carlsbad Caverns National Park home could face the threat of the deadly white nose syndrome. Federal agencies have mobilized in recent weeks to combat a microscopic organism that could potentially kill off thousands of the Mexican free-tailed bats that make the national park famous, the Carlsbad Current Argus

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Olive Garden customers who can’t get enough pasta have a chance to enjoy unlimited servings for a year. The restaurant chain is offering its first annual pasta pass as part of its never ending pasta bowl promotion. The pass is available to 1,000 customers who pay $300. The 52-week pass goes