Month: September 2018

It’s been 17 years since Patrick Gallagher, then a captain for the New York Police Department, saw the Twin Towers fall in Manhattan. “By the time I did deploy, both towers had fallen,” Gallagher told ABC-7. “I actually saw one of them fall on the balcony of the place where I worked.” The Brooklyn native,

A suspect in the stabbing death of a 16-year-old Connecticut boy broke down Tuesday during his initial court appearance and a brawl broke out after the courtroom was cleared. Eighteen-year-old Shyhiem Adams, of Hartford, is charged with manslaughter in the death of Justin Brady. Brady, an Enfield High School student, was found stabbed in the

The man accused of robbing a Circle K convenience store in East El Paso was jailed for outstanding warrants and charged with Aggravated Robbery. Police arrested Kingston Izaiah Taylor, 21, on Friday, September 7, 2018. Officers in East El Paso responded to the aggravated robbery that same evening on the 10100 block of Montana shortly

There’s a “where are they now” at the end of “White Boy Rick,” an astonishing true story about a teenager in a rough part of Detroit in the 1980s who became an undercover FBI informant, that might have served the movie better had the audience been aware from the beginning. This kid, Richard Wershe Jr.,

A Massachusetts man is accused of burying his dog alive because it wasn’t getting along with his cat and he could not find it a new home. Richard Piquard was arraigned Tuesday on an animal cruelty charge in Uxbridge District Court and freed after posting a $1,000 bond. The 24-year-old Northbridge man ignored reporters who

A 23-year-old Southeast Texas man has pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend, whom authorities say was stabbed more than 50 times. Jesse Christian Dobbs pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of murder in a Galveston courtroom. A sentencing hearing before a jury is set for Sept. 24. Authorities say the body of Dobbs’ girlfriend, 16-year-old

The publisher of The New York Times said Tuesday that the newspaper’s decision to run an anonymous opinion piece criticizing President Donald Trump’s leadership “added to the public understanding of this administration and the actions and beliefs of the people within it.” Publisher A.G. Sulzberger defended running the op-ed to a gathering of U.S. news

It was as she forcefully stuffed actress Tatiana Maslany into the trunk of a car that the sheer out-of-body experience of her role in the brutal L.A. noir thriller “Destroyer” came into focus for Nicole Kidman. “I was putting her in the trunk of that car going: ‘What the hell is this?’” Kidman recalled at

Mexico City police have arrested eight people in connection with the beating death of a man accused of trying to abduct children. It’s the fifth such vigilante killing in the past month in the country. The Mexico City public safety agency says the 24-year-old man was beaten inside a church in the western borough of

Democratic New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Michelle Lujan Grisham is collecting campaign cash from cannabis companies in the countdown to the November general election. Campaign finance filings released Monday night show several contributions from the state’s burgeoning medical cannabis sector to the congresswoman and candidate for governor since July 1, totaling more than $20,000. Contributors include

President Donald Trump vented over White House leaks Monday as a new tell-all book commands attention, an anonymous writer detailing “resistance” in the administration remains at large and a former staffer reveals more private recordings of the commander in chief. But while Trump continues to insist privately that he wants leakers punished – in particular,

The trial for a New Mexico state lawmaker charged with aggravated drunken driving has been postponed. Court records show the trial for Rep. Monica Youngblood, an Albuquerque Republican, has been reset for later this month. It previously had been scheduled for Wednesday, but a judge Monday granted her attorney’s request for a delay because another

Attorneys for the family of a black man who was shot and killed by an off-duty Dallas police officer who says she mistook his apartment for hers are criticizing an affidavit that gives a narrative of what happened. The lawyers said the arrest affidavit released Monday contradicts neighbors’ accounts. Amid their concerns, though, the district

Police captured three fleeing robbery suspects inside a North Texas high school where administrators say the trio dashed in through the main entrance but were quickly caught. A spokesman for the Fort Worth Independent School District says nobody was hurt in Tuesday’s incident that prompted the lockdown of Polytechnic High School. Clint Bond says police

Detectives with the Crimes Against Children Unit charged a registered sex offender accused of exposing himself to a 12-year-old girl. Noel Aguayo, 27, is charged with Indecency with a Child. The Texas Department of Public Safety’s online sex offender registry lists Aguayo’s residence at 8051 Meraz Avenue, Space 1. The website also states Aguayo is

Emergency crews are responding to a crash that is affecting traffic in West El Paso. Officials with the fire department told ABC-7 that one vehicle was involved and that no one has been taken to the hospital as of 7 a.m. The crash is affecting drivers headed on I-10 West near Resler. Officials with the

Active shooters with semi-automatic rifles wound and kill twice as many people as those using non-automatic weapons, although chances of dying if hit in either type of assault are the same, a new analysis shows. Researchers examined FBI data on nearly 250 active shooter incidents in the United States since 2000. Almost 900 people were

There are jobs out there that may improve your dating life. Marketwatch.com is reporting that Tinder analyzed which U.S. users got the most ‘right swipes.’ For women, these are the top 15 professions that increase that increase people’s chances at dating: 1. Registered nurse 2. Dentist 3. Photographer 4. College / Graduate student 5. Pharmacist

The National Solar Observatory in Sunspot New Mexico has been closed since last Thursday. The post office near Sunspot also remains closed. Its employees have been temporarily transferred to the post office in Cloudcroft, a USPS official told ABC-7. ABC-7 has confirmed the post office in Sunspot will not be re-opened until further notice, and

A water main break left a neighborhood flooded Tuesday morning. It happened on Mount Olympus Drive at around 6:30 a.m. The water flowed into several other streets in the area. El Paso Water said about 30 customers were without water. A spokesperson said it was going to be restored shortly, but didn’t specify a time.

El Paso health officials are preparing for another flu season after more than 180 children died last year as a result of the flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC said that is the highest number ever recorded in a regular flu season, 80% of those children were not vaccinated. Dusty Warden,

Wallethub.com, a financial website, conducted research to come up with a list of the happiest states in America. Texas and New Mexico didn’t rank very high. Texas is in the middle as No. 22. New Mexico is towards the bottom as No. 41. Researchers said they looked into life expectancy — because they said happy

The City of El Paso is exploring the possibility of building the new Mexican American Cultural Center in the downtown library. The cultural center was approved by voters as part of the 2012 Quality of Life Bond. “That was the most recent presentation that we’ve received is that they are looking to accommodate the Mexican

There are several ceremonies and traditions happening around the Borderland Tuesday to commemorate 17 years since the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York City. Loretto Academy Don’t try speaking to the students at Loretto Academy, as they have taken a vow of silence for the entire school day. Every year, the students join together

After a rough loss in UNLV the UTEP Miners are home and preparing for next weeks opponent the Tennessee Volunteers. The Miners are on a 14 game skid at the moment and next week doesn’t look very promising. Coach though saw good things in his team and is doing what he can to get the

The UTEP Soccer team was on the road this weekend. They took on Weber State up in Ogden Utah. The game went into double over time with no score ending in a tie. The big news from the match is Alyssa Palacios is now tied with Sara Dillinger’s for the all time school shutout record.

A situation involving law enforcement in northeast El Paso caused three schools to implement strict security measures on Monday, according to area residents. Parkland High School student Kenny Jones said he was running with the track team when he was told to seek shelter. “They were saying that there’s somebody with a gun,” said Jones.

The Sun Bowl Association and FirstLight Federal Credit Union are teaming up to help the hungry before Thanksgiving in the El Paso and Las Cruces community. The two organizations are hosting a food drive that will benefit El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank in El Paso and Road Runner Food Bank in Las Cruces. Executive

Las Cruces Police have arrested a man in connection with the death of 2-year-old child. According to police, Anthony Castrillo IV, the boyfriend of the mother who’s daugther was killed, was arrested Friday. Investigators found injuries to the child’s brain and body that was consistent with blunt forced trauma, after a subsequent autopsy was performed.

The death of 13-year-old Giselle Martinez in a hit-and-run Friday afternoon sparked concerns regarding the lack of walk-able space in an Upper Valley neighborhood. Searching the perimeter between Country Club and Redd roads and Montoya and Doniphan drives, ABC-7 found two streets with a limited stretch of sidewalk: Mulberry Avenue and Redd Road. “They haul