UPDATE, Sept. 7: New details were revealed Tuesday in court documents about what led an El Paso man to allegedly shoot and kill a woman during an argument this past weekend. 30-year-old Juan Rodriguez is accused of murdering 53-year-old Maria Soroa. It happened Saturday morning at a home in the 9100 block of Texas Red
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — A man suffered what authorities described as “superficial wounds” during an exchange of gunfire early Monday with Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies at a home in Santa Teresa after he allegedly abducted and injured his wife, authorities said. A Sheriff’s Crime Scene Unit remained on scene Monday afternoon at Silverado
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UPDATE, Sept. 6: Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday identified the man who died during a standoff east of Las Cruces last week as 37-year-old Adam Alvarez. Alvarez was found dead of a gunshot wound inside a home at 8904 Corona, just north of Highway 70 off Weisner Road, following an exchange of gunfire
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police were searching Sunday evening for a man wanted in a carjacking that happened in the Bartlett Drive area of west El Paso. Officers spotted the stolen red sedan and chased it as the car made its way to Transmountain and then towards northeast El Paso. Police broke off
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police said two people were seriously injured early Sunday following a stabbing and an assault, both taking place in the Lower Valley – with the two cases believed to be connected. The stabbing happened about 1:30 a.m. along the 200 block of Elder Road, near Riverside High School. The
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UPDATE, Sept. 3: Las Cruces police on Friday arrested the man accused of the violent kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. 45-year-old Jorge Luis Claro Quezada was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Facility. ORIGINAL REPORT, Sept. 2: LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police asked for the public’s help Thursday
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WASHINGTON, DC — The so-called “QAnon Shaman” who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned bearskin outfit pleaded guilty Friday to a felony for obstructing the Electoral College proceedings on January 6. The defendant, Jacob Chansley of Arizona, is a well-known figure in the QAnon movement. He went viral after the January 6 attack because of the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — As Afghan refugees have now arrived in New Mexico, the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office is preparing for communication. According to Dona Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart, to date there have been no encounters between her deputies and Afghan refugees. But Stewart is preparing her deputies for what those encounters
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UPDATE, Sept. 2: Las Cruces police arrested four teens Thursday in the murder of another teen, who was gunned down Wednesday evening in the Legends West neighborhood. Police identified the victim as 16-year-old Dante Garcia, who was found about 7 p.m. near a park in the 2800 block of Meriwether Street suffering from at least one
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UPDATE: As of 11:15 a.m., officials told ABC-7 that the “lock out” had been lifted for Nolan Richardson Middle School. after the search for an armed man ended. Authorities didn’t immediately provide further details, but the man was reportedly located and doesn’t pose a threat. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas — A report of a
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UPDATE, Sept. 1: The man accused of killing another person inside a Socorro bar will remain in jail and will not have his bond lowered, a judge ruled Wednesday. 43-year-old Neftali Martinez is charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed 51-year-old Daniel Almanzar inside Coconuts Wing Cantina last week. A lawyer for Martinez
Continue Reading WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina — A high schooler has died after being shot Wednesday at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, authorities said. The victim was identified by authorities as William Chavis Raynard Miller Jr. The suspect has not been apprehended, authorities said at a news conference over four hours after the shooting was
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UPDATE, Sept. 1: TORNILLO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday they had arrested and jailed a man on $10,000 bond in a deadly Tornillo hit and run case. Javier Ochoa of Tornillo was booked into the El Paso County Jail on a charge of accident involving death along with several other outstanding
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EL PASO, Texas — The area around downtown El Paso’s federal building was briefly cordoned off Wednesday morning as a police bomb squad responded following an explosives threat that turned out to be a hoax, authorities indicated. El Paso police said they cleared a portion of the 700 block of San Antonio Avenue as the
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By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Three suburban Denver officers and two paramedics have been indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. The grand jury indictments announced Wednesday come two years after the 23-year-old Black man was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The murder of Robert Rocha, 43, has remained unsolved for nearly three decades. The retired U.S. Navy veteran and father of three daughters was found shot to death at Mesilla Dam outside Las Cruces on June 28, 1994. Dona Ana County Sheriff’s detectives still haven’t arrested and charged anyone with
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The owner of a Las Cruces area dog training and daycare business has been arrested on extreme animal cruelty charges, Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies announced Tuesday. The arrest of April Tina Nastasi, 50, comes after authorities alleged that a dog placed in her care “experienced three gaping holes in
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RUSK, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued early Tuesday morning for two Texas siblings believed to have been abducted by a man. According to the alert, 10-year-old Ashlynn Wells and 11-year-old Desmond Wells were last seen Monday afternoon in Rusk, which is about an hour south of Tyler and 166 miles north of Houston.
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A farm worker has been sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for first-degree murder in the abduction and fatal stabbing of college student Mollie Tibbetts in July 2018. The sentencing comes just over three years after the body of the 20-year-old woman
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UPDATE #2, Aug. 30: The El Paso County Medical Examiner has determined that a man’s death following a weekend assault in east El Paso isn’t a homicide after all, authorities said Monday afternoon. They indicated that the 24-year-old victim didn’t die as a result of injuries he suffered in the assault, however officials didn’t say
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UPDATE, Aug. 30: A pair of weekend shootings, initially reported as separate incidents, are connected with both victims having actually been shot at the same location, Las Cruces police said Monday. Investigators said they determined the victims, whom they identified as a 42-year-old man and 15-year-old boy, were both wounded by gunfire that occurred early
Continue Reading UPDATE, Aug. 30: Police on Monday said a northeast El Paso weekend shooting victim’s condition improved, with doctors determining his injuries were no longer life-threatening. Investigators also indicated the victim was being uncooperative with detectives, hindering efforts to catch the shooter. ORIGINAL REPORT: Aug. 28: EL PASO, Texas — A northeast El Paso shooting Saturday
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two Texas police officers have been indicted muon murder charges in a line-of-duty fatal shooting of an Austin scientist. One officer, Christopher Taylor, was already under a murder indictment for another on-duty shooting death in Austin. A Travis County grand jury indicted Taylor and Officer Karl Krycia on murder and deadly
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez and Cheri Mossburg, CNN Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of assassinating Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was recommended for parole on Friday. After 53 years in prison, the 77-year-old inmate’s fate is now in the hands of California’s governor. Two of Kennedy’s surviving sons, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Douglas Kennedy,
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UPDATE, Aug. 27: El Paso police on Friday said an accused burglar who was slashed in the face by a homeowner has been released from the hospital and booked into the downtown jail. The mugshot of 22–year-old Carlos Esteban Villaescusa was also released by authorities and shows the facial injuries he received. He was being
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police officers responded to a bar fight early Friday morning on the east side, when shots rang out near the scene from an unknown suspect. Police said one of the officers then fired their weapon once at the suspect, but did not hit them. Police said the suspect
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By Marshall Cohen The veteran US Capitol Police officer who killed pro-Trump rioter Ashli Babbitt went public Thursday, revealing his identity and defending his actions on January 6. “I know that day I saved countless lives,” Lt. Michael Byrd said in an interview with NBC News. “I know members of Congress, as well as my
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UPDATE, Aug. 25: Las Cruces police said Wednesday they were seeking to talk with a transport van driver who likely witnessed a deadly drive-by shooting earlier this month on Lohman Avenue. Detectives indicated the witness drove a white Ford Transport minivan that was traveling east on Lohman at the time of the Aug. 16 shooting
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man has pleaded not guilty to fatally shooting his son’s neighbor in his driveway. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports Santiago Rascon entered the plea earlier this week during his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder and evidence tampering. His attorney says he wants Rascon to undergo a
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s an alarming new trend according to El Paso’s division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). The DEA has seen a 60 percent increase of substance abuse among teens and as kids are now back in the classroom and are socializing more, the agency says there are certain signs you
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