WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. officials have arrested and charged two men with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick with bear spray during the Jan. 6 riot, but they do not know yet whether it caused the officer’s death. George Tanios, 39, of Morgantown, W.Va., and Julian Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, were arrested Sunday. They
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WASHINGTON, DC — The man who blew himself up in a Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville was grappling with feelings of paranoia and eccentric conspiracy theories before the explosion but did not appear to be motivated by political ideology. That’s according to an FBI report issued Monday. The FBI statement sets out to resolve
Continue Reading HOUSTON, Texas — Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo, who gained a national profile by criticizing President Donald Trump and marching with George Floyd protesters, has resigned to lead the Miami Police Department. Acevedo confirmed to CNN in an email Monday morning that he will be leaving his present position after more than four years to
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas state prisons will resume visitation come March 15. It will be the first time Texas inmates have received visitation rights in a year, since the outbreak of Covid-19. Health experts say the absence of visitation has proven detrimental to prisoners’ mental health. “The more of those barriers you have, the
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EL PASO, Texas — A man was stabbed repeatedly and seriously injured Friday afternoon at an apartment in central El Paso and police arrested another man suspected in the attack. It happened inside 1710 Montana about 12:45 p.m., which is when police said a woman called 911 to report a stabbing at the apartment. The
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — A $27 million settlement to the family of George Floyd has been unanimously approved by Minneapolis’ City Council. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died after being arrested on May 25, 2020. Video showed white police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the back of Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes while Floyd
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JACKSONVILLE, Texas — A quick-thinking customer at a Chick-fil-A drive-thru used the door of his truck to help police catch a fleeing suspect, authorities said. Police in Jacksonville, Texas, said that officers were attempting to stop a man in a stolen vehicle on Wednesday when he took off on foot, according to a post on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — What police described as “officer-involved incident” in downtown Las Cruces near a post office on Thursday morning left both a man and an officer injured following gunfire that was captured on video. (You can view it in the video player above.) A Las Cruces police spokesman told ABC-7 that the
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EL PASO, Texas — A 29–year-old El Paso man has been arrested and charged in a west side car burglary spree, police said Thursday. Chibuike Joseph Uke is accused in spate of ten car break-ins that took place between last summer and earlier this month in west El Paso. “All of the burglaries occurred in
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AUSTIN, Texas — A grand jury has indicted an Austin police officer on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of 42-year-old Michael Brent Ramos in last April, Travis County District Attorney José Garza said in a statement released Thursday. The case against Austin Police Department Officer Christopher Taylor is the first known indictment
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UPDATE, March 11: A man arrested after barricading himself inside an east El Paso home with his two children earlier this week was released from jail only to be arrested again, police said Friday. Fabian Gallardo posted $35,000 bond on family violence and other charges. Within an hour of his release, police said he returned
Continue Reading MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin now faces an additional murder charge in the death of George Floyd after a Hennepin County judge reinstated a charge of third-degree murder on Thursday. Chauvin already faced charges of second-degree unintentional murder and second-degree manslaughter, and jury selection in his trial began Tuesday. He has
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A man considered a person of interest in the deaths of his ex-wife and three other people in New Mexico was charged Wednesday with a separate killing in New Jersey. Sean Lannon was arrested in St. Louis on Wednesday morning after a manhunt stretching from New Jersey to Missouri. Wednesday afternoon,
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EL PASO, Texas – Police on Friday put out a public call for help in their search for a hit-and-run driver who struck and critically wounded a man earlier in the week in east El Paso. Investigators said the victim was crossing the street in the 1400 block of Zaragoza late Tuesday night when a
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CARLSBAD, New Mexico — A New Mexico Amber Alert was issued Friday as the Carlsbad Police Department sought help locating two sisters and their mother who officers said were abducted and in danger. The girls, 2-year-old Anaya Holyan, 3-year-old Isabelle Salas, and their mother Gyillcinda Crayana Holyan were allegedly taken by Caesar Salas, ABC affiliate
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UPDATE, March 5: CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A 40-year-old man suspected of running over a Las Cruces police officer last month has been killed in a shootout with Mexican law enforcement in Juárez, officials said Friday. Mark James Esquibel died in an exchange of gunfire with authorities on Thursday; that gun battle also killed a
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UPDATE, March 5: Federal authorities on Friday confirmed the arrest of an east El Paso man whose home was searched by government agents and examined by a police bomb squad earlier in the week. U.S. Homeland Security investigators said Jason Wesley Matthews, 45, was taken into custody on child pornography charges. A detention hearing in federal
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso state lawmaker is intent on changing gun regulations in the first legislative session since the deadly mass shooting at the El Paso Cielo Vista Walmart 19 months ago. Rep. Joe Moody, (D – District 78), told ABC-7 that while lawmakers are intent on addressing the fallout from the
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MESILLA PARK, New Mexico — Police arrived at ACE Granite early Thursday morning after a vibrant mural of the Organ Mountains painted on the building was vandalized, with the word “rapist” written across it. Owner Philip Arellano expressed outraged over the defamation of his building. “All we were trying to do was— and our company
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two thieves are being sought by Las Cruces police who say the pair followed delivery vehicles and stole packages from the doorsteps of homes in what is commonly referred to as “porch piracy.” Police on Thursday released surveillance images from one of a series of package thefts the two men
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Authorities are asking for help locating a toddler who was reportedly abducted from College Station, ABC affiliate KTRK reported Thursday. A statewide Amber Alert was issued for 3-year-old Adeline Paige Welch, who was believed to have been taken. Police believe the person who abducted Adeline was 30-year-old Maranda Nicole Nichols.Authorities said
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UPDATE, March 4: Police on Thursday identified the Kern Place resident accused of shooting at city workers trying to clean up his “unkempt yard” at 918 McKelligon Drive the day prior. 63–year-old Robert Hugh Moses is being held in the downtown jail on $250,000 bond on an aggravated assault charge. Detectives said he fired on
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WASHINGTON, DC — Capitol Police say they have uncovered intelligence of a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, nearly two months after a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the iconic building to try to stop Congress from certifying now-President Joe Biden’s victory. The threat appears
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CARROLLTON, Texas — A 10-year-old girl has gone missing after her mother was found killed overnight Wednesday, police said. State officials issued an Amber Alert for the girl later Wednesday morning. Rosemary Lee Singer may be with her father, Ronald Lee Singer, police said. He is her mother’s ex-husband. Rosemary weighs about 75 pounds and
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ITASCA, Texas — The Texas Department of of Public Safety has issued a statewide Amber Alert for a missing 15-year-old girl who is believed to be with a wanted woman. According to DPS, 15-year-old Lori Johnson was last seen in Itasca on Feb. 26. Johnson is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall and 120
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EL PASO, Texas — A Colorado man has been charged in connection with last week’s shooting death of his 6-year-old nephew at a central El Paso home, police said Tuesday. Xavier Deon Ford, 46, of Denver, is charged with making a firearm accessible to a child. However, police said he had not yet been taken
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UPDATE, March 2: Detectives announced Tuesday the arrest of 20–year-old Ivan Gabaldon for the murder of 63–year-old Juan Garcia Flores last month in a central El Paso business district. Investigators said they determined that “both men walked into the building (at 1710 Texas) together and after an encounter there, Gabaldon stabbed Flores.” Police said Gabaldon
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Testifying in front of Congress for the first time since the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers Tuesday he was “appalled” about the violent attack while defending the bureau’s handling of the rising domestic terror threat in recent years. “I was appalled that you, our country’s elected
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to striking a teenage boy with his speeding car and killing him in Berino in 2019. Oscar Anchondo, now 23, struck 16-year-old Beto Romero on April 3rd, 2019 near Berino. Sheriff’s deputies said he left the scene, leaving the teenager to die. Tuesday’s court
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UPDATE, March 2: El Paso police tweeted Tuesday morning that the man accused of vandalizing nearly half a dozen west El Paso businesses last week has been arrested. Police said the man was arrested on an unrelated charge in east Texas. They did not exactly specify where the man was found. Police said that charges
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