Alamogordo man arrested for 2nd DWI in week after crashing car into ambulance
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 22-year-old Alamogordo man, who was out on bond for a drunk driving arrest just two days prior, is accused of being…
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EPPD officer now faces sexual assault charges for attacks on 2 women; mugshot released
UPDATE, May 21: Theresa Caballero, the attorney for Abderrazak Boukhatmi, the El Paso police officer accused of sexually assaulting two women, issued…
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El Paso veteran saluted by family as ‘hero’ after he died trying to shield wife from being run over
EL PASO, Texas — The family of a military veteran who was crushed to death by a car outside a south-central El Paso bar while reportedly trying to…
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Texas executes death row inmate for 1st time in nearly a year
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — Quintin Jones was executed by lethal injection at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville on Wednesday night, according to…
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Canutillo High School teacher arrested, campus drug use alleged
CANUTILLO, Texas — An employee at Canutillo High School has been arrested by school district police on charges involving on-campus drug use,…
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Judge grants bond to El Paso mom charged with murder of infant son
UPDATE, May 19: A central El Paso mother charged with capital murder in the death of her 7-month-old baby son was granted bond on Wednesday…
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Texas teacher accused of torturing kittens, says it ‘felt powerful’
SUGAR LAND, Texas — A Texas man accused of torturing and killing four kittens had worked as a geometry teacher at a Houston-area high school before…
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Delayed student release at Loma Verde Elementary as police look for strange person
EL PASO, Texas — A strange person spotted lurking around Loma Verde Elementary School on Tuesday afternoon prompted a delayed release of students…
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Prosecutor says North Carolina deputies who shot Andrew Brown were ‘justified’
ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina — North Carolina sheriff’s deputies were “justified” in their fatal shooting of a Black man in April, a district…
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Couple shot, killed in Socorro is identified; police say ‘no danger’
UPDATE, May 17: Socorro police on Monday released the identifies of a couple who were shot and killed over the weekend in their home, but they…
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El Pasoan jailed on $500k bond in Santa Teresa man’s hit & run death
UPDATE, May 17: A motorist was being held Monday on $500,000 bond after a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run the prior night in west El Paso. Police said…
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Mayor honors Las Cruces police officer who took down highway cop killer
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The mayor of Las Cruces has honored the police officer responsible for taking down the man who killed a New Mexico State…
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4-year-old boy found on Dallas street, police say he was ‘murdered in a violent act’
DALLAS, Texas — Dallas police are investigating the grisly killing of a 4-year-old boy who was found on a street this weekend. “A child…
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Victim stabbed multiple times at Lower Valley mobile home court
EL PASO, Texas — A person was seriously injured in a stabbing attack late Saturday afternoon in El Paso’s Lower Valley. It happened at a mobile home…
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Man acquitted in Sunland Park mobile home arson that killed girl
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A man was acquitted Thursday on arson charges stemming from a 2018 fire that left an 8-year-old girl dead in Sunland…
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FBI raid of Lordsburg Police Dept. targeted ex-chief, detective for alleged fraud, theft
UPDATE, May 12: LORDSBURG, New Mexico — Two brothers, Lordsburg’s recently retired police chief and a current police detective, are suspected of…
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Las Cruces man arrested on 62 felony charges for child sex assault released on bond
UPDATE, May 13: A judge on Thursday granted release on $35,000 secured bond to a Las Cruces man facing 62 felony charges involving child crimes.…
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Man arrested after SWAT standoff at Las Cruces hotel
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 22-year-old man barricaded himself inside a Las Cruces hotel room Wednesday triggering a standoff with police who were…
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New Mexico suspect quizzed on slain animals dumped in El Paso in possible satanic ritual
UPDATE, May 12: Investigators have determined that over a dozen goats and sheep found slain in a northeast El Paso desert area earlier this week were…
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El Paso hotel worker accused of secretly filming nurses in restroom during conference
EL PASO, Texas — Thirteen women filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday alleging that an El Paso hotel worker with a known criminal history secretly filmed…
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Doña Ana County dog survives 29 stab wounds; alleged abuser not yet prosecuted
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The owner of a 6-year-old pit bull terrier allegedly stabbed the dog 29 times last December and the Doña Ana County…
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Las Cruces man arrested in coffee house destruction case
UPDATE, May 12: A 25-year-old Las Cruces man sought by police for allegedly causing thousands of dollars in vandalism damage last month to businesses…
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Fort Bliss soldier receives court-martial sentence of over 40 years for murder conviction
FORT BLISS, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier has been convicted in a court-martial for a laundry list of offenses, including murder and assault, the…
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Las Cruces man ‘hallucinating’ on drugs allegedly stabbed niece repeatedly in face, neck
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man believed to have been high on hallucinogenic drugs is jailed on charges he attacked his 21-year-old niece,…
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Prosecutor seeks death penalty for Atlanta spa shooting suspect
ATLANTA, Georgia — Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in the shootings that left eight people dead at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, has been…
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2 central Texas sheriff’s deputies slain during gunfight over dog complaint; accused killer arrested
EDEN, Texas — Two sheriff’s deputies have been killed in the central Texas town of Eden and a suspect has been arrested, according to authorities…
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Mesquite man charged with girlfriend in baby’s death; hear chilling 911 call for help
MESQUITE, New Mexico — A Mesquite man has been arrested in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s 5-month-old daughter last month,…
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Houston police search for murder suspect out on bond who ran away with tiger
HOUSTON, Texas — A man has been charged with felony evading arrest after he escaped from police while housing a Bengal tiger in his yard.…
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Las Cruces murder fugitive found hiding in warehouse in Juarez is ordered held without bond
UPDATE, May 10: A district court judge Monday ordered that a Las Cruces murder fugitive captured hiding in a Juarez warehouse last month be held…
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Man dead after gunman opens fire at U.S. immigration office in Florida
ORLANDO, Florida — A man was fatally shot outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services building in central Florida, and a suspect has been taken…
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