BRUNSWICK, Georgia — A Georgia jury on Wednesday convicted three white men of murder for chasing down Ahmaud Arbery in their pickup trucks and fatally shooting the 25-year-old Black man. The jury reached the verdicts after deliberating about 11 hours over two days. Travis McMichael, who shot fatally shot Arbery in February 2020, was convicted
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By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press An 8-year-old boy is the sixth person to die as a result of a man driving his SUV into a suburban Milwaukee Christmas parade. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday alleges that the driver steered side-to-side with the intent of striking marchers and spectators in Waukesha. Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, was
Continue Reading By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Officials say Brian Laundrie, who was found dead last month in a Florida swamp, shot himself in the head. The medical examiner in Sarasota County, where Laundrie’s body was found, said in a news release Tuesday that the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Jurors in the case of three white men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery deliberated for about six hours without reaching a verdict. The panel received the case around midday Tuesday. After initially indicating they wanted to work into the evening, the jurors were soon dismissed by
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EL PASO — An El Paso firefighter was arrested by police after he allegedly falsely claimed to be a fire marshal while patronizing a local bar, authorities said Monday. Raymond Gino Estrada, 35, is charged with impersonating a public servant. Police allege that Estrada tried to interfere with officers last week who were checking out
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KENOSHA, Wisconsin — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted Friday of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice. Rittenhouse, wearing a dark jacket with a burgundy tie and shirt, stood behind the defense table as each not guilty verdict
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police chased an accused store thief down at an elementary school where he allegedly assaulted a security guard while trying to hide from officers, authorities said Friday. A judge ordered 34-year-old Stephen Gallegos held in the downtown jail on $12,000 bond on charges including Assault on a Security Officer,
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UPDATE, Nov. 19: El Paso police said Friday that a drunk driver was to blame for a crash with a police vehicle that led to the closure of Interstate 10 westbound at Executive Center on Wednesday night. Pedro Garcia Dominguez was charged with driving while intoxicated and booked into the downtown jail, but was later
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By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge has declared a mistrial in the first murder case against a man charged with killing 18 older women in the Dallas area over a two-year span. Judge Raquel Jones issued the ruling Friday when a jury deadlocked after deliberating since Thursday afternoon in the
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KTRK) — A statewide Texas Amber Alert was issued early Friday morning for a missing 13-year-old San Antonio girl. Law enforcement officials believe Bella Martinez is in grave or immediate danger, according to ABC affiliate KTRK. Police are looking for 17-year-old Aryel Moreno in connection with her abduction. Bella is described as
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UPDATE #6: El Paso police said Thursday night they had determined a suicidal caller to 911 who made threats that prompted the closure of the UTEP campus for the day as well as lockouts at other local schools was a fake. “At 6:23 A.M., an unknown male called 911 making threats of harming himself, initiating
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UPDATE, Nov. 18: For the second time in a week, online threats targeting the Gadsden Independent School District led to Doña Ana County Sheriff’s deputies conducting school security sweeps on Thursday. Both Gadsden High and Gadsden Middle schools, located on Washington Street in Anthony, were initially placed on lockdown and later downgraded to a shelter-in-place
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A statewide Amber Alert was issued in New Mexico on Thursday afternoon for a 10-year-old boy taken by his biological mother, who does not have custody, because she did not want him to be vaccinated against Covid-19, ABC affiliate KOAT reported. New Mexico State Police said 10-year-old Nicolai Kuznetsov was abducted
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EL PASO, Texas — A little girl got separated from her family during a holiday shopping trip to a busy retail store and seemed to vanish into thin air. Dread settled in for her family and the entire community once surveillance camera video emerged, showing the 5-year-old girl walking out of the store with an
Continue Reading Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has granted Julius Jones clemency just hours before he was scheduled to be executed. He is commuting Jones’ sentence to life without parole, according to an executive order filed on the state’s Secretary of State website.
Continue Reading After more than half a century, two men are set to be exonerated for the assassination of Malcolm X; CBS2’s Alice Gainer reports.
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — Two El Pasoans were shot and wounded as they left the Chihuahua state Attorney General’s Office on Wednesday. Authorities later arrested the suspected hitman and seized his getaway cay. Officials also said they had recovered the gun he used. Neither the identities of the victims nor the suspect were released by
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BRUNSWICK, Georgia — The defendant who fired the shotgun that killed Ahmaud Arbery took the stand Wednesday as defense attorneys began presenting their case in the murder trial of three men, saying, “I want to give my side of the story.” Travis McMichael told Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley he understands that he is not
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN Jacob Chansley, the so-called “QAnon Shaman,” was sentenced to 41 months in prison for his role in the US Capitol riot. The Justice Department had asked for Chansley to receive a harsh sentence as a way to set an example among the January 6 rioters, and prosecutors have
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UPDATE, Nov. 16: A 37-year-old man was charged with capital murder Tuesday in the death of a native El Paso woman whose body was set on fire in Midland County earlier this month in retaliation for a drug dispute, sheriff’s officials announced. Sergio Antonio “Tony” Cerna of Pecos was served with a murder warrant in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A convicted felon was arrested Tuesday for allegedly shooting another man multiple times during an early morning drug dispute at a Las Cruces hotel. George Hernandez was jailed without bond on charges including aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, tampering with evidence, illegal gun possession and resisting arrest. Police said
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UPDATE, Nov. 15: A month after a deadly shooting at a south-central El Paso bar, police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a southern New Mexico man on a murder charge. Daniel Torres, 39, of La Union, was arrested by federal marshals and extradited from Dona Ana County to El Paso. Authorities contend Torres shot
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EL PASO, Texas — A stabbing in Sunset Heights Tuesday afternoon left a victim wounded and police searching around the nearby UTEP campus for the suspected attacker, who police later said fled in a stolen vehicle. The stabbing happened about 12:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of West Yandell and Fewell, which is near Mundy
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AURORA, Colorado — Six high-schoolers were hospitalized after they were shot at a park near their Aurora school on Monday afternoon, police said. All injuries are non-life-threatening, Aurora police chief Vanessa Wilson said at a news conference. School resource officers put a tourniquet on one victim who was in surgery, she said. The students, who
Continue Reading UPDATE# 3: Closing arguments have concluded in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. The jury is set to start deliberating on Tuesday. Attorneys in Rittenhouse’s trial sparred for the last time Monday in closing arguments. Rittenhouse faces multiple charges after he shot three men, killing two, during a protest against police brutality in Kenosha, Wisconsin,
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By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An Associated Press investigation has found that more than 100 federal Bureau of Prisons employees have been arrested, convicted or sentenced in criminal cases since the start of 2019. They’ve been accused of crimes from smuggling drugs and weapons to stealing prison property,
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UPDATE: EL PASO, Texas — A 54-year-old man was arrested at his home early Saturday, a short time after police allege he stabbed two other men at the Central Bar located at 3317 Dyer. The stabbings occurred during a fight that broke out around 1:15 a.m., according to police. Detectives contend the suspect, whose name
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EL PASO, Texas — Students were not allowed to leave the Del Valle High School campus for lunch on Friday and other security measures were put in place as a result of a threat that was later determined to be “not credible,” officials said. In a statement, the Ysleta Independent School District said the threat
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso woman who was jailed in 2018 for allegedly stabbing her newborn baby has accepted a plea deal and is now free, according to court records. Erica Gomez, who was 17-years old in 2018, was originally charged with capital murder. According to ABC-7 news archives, the baby had nine wounds consistent
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EL PASO, Texas — Laser pointers usually used in business meetings or for presentations are now causing distractions for pilots as people in increasing numbers are pointing them up to the sky. This spells trouble for the pilots taking off and landing planes at El Paso International Airport. According to the FBI, this has been
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