El PASO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s investigators said Monday they were looking for two people captured on a home doorbell camera over the weekend showing their genitals. The pair was being sought for indecent exposure following the incident Saturday night in the 4600 block of Aries Drive in northeast El Paso. “Video surveillance
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A 28-year-old southern New Mexico man has been sentenced to over 12 years in prison for a kidnapping conviction stemming from a 2019 armed abduction involving an attempted robbery. The U.S. Attorney’s office said Joshua Neil Bowen of Alto was among five people who pleaded guilty to kidnapping in the case. Prosecutors said the
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EL PASO, Texas — Texas Department of Public Safety special agents arrested a half-dozen men in a prostitution sting in the El Paso area earlier this week, officials said Saturday. The two-day operation resulted in the arrest of six suspects who allegedly solicited sex acts from children or adults, a DPS statement said. The operation ran
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EL PASO, Texas — A person was hospitalized after being stabbed Friday night in El Paso’s Upper Valley, according to police. It happened on Johannsen Road just after 9 p.m. The fire department said the victim suffered serious injuries. Police haven’t said if an arrest was made. They also didn’t reveal if they know what led
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UPDATE, Feb. 26: Police on Friday released an image of the car being sought in a deadly “road rage” attack earlier this month in east El Paso. Authorities asked anyone who can identify the vehicle to call the Crime Stoppers of El Paso hotline at 566-8477(TIPS) or go online to crimestoppersofelpaso.org. “You will remain anonymous
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EL PASO, Texas — A troubled Cincinnati Entertainment District bar that was recently the scene of a murder is temporarily closed after having its liquor license revoked for 60-days by state officials. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission confirmed the two-month license suspension for the Chino Chido bar to ABC-7 on Friday. The suspension stems from
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MESILLA, New Mexico — The Mesilla Marshal’s Office announced the breakup of a major theft ring that stretched from southern New Mexico to El Paso. Four Las Cruces are residents are charged in connection with the thefts of over $20,000 worth of property, including checks sent in the mail, some of which has been recovered.
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso Electric Company contractor was electrocuted while working on a utility pole in the city’s Lower Valley on Thursday. It happened in the 1000 block of Southside Drive, according to both police and the utility company. “Our condolences go out to the family of the El Paso Electric subcontractor
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UPDATE: LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sport doctor Larry Nassar died by suicide Thursday after being charged with two dozen crimes, including forms of human trafficking, the state attorney general said. The announcement from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel came about three hours after a news conference where Nessel
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EL PASO, Texas — A puppy found with a bear trap on its paw in the Red Sands desert area is the victim of animal cruelty, according to El Paso police who are seeking the public’s help to find those responsible. A couple discovered the black and white Australian Cattle Dog/mix breed puppy with the
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LIVE BLOG: Latest on testimony about the Capitol insurrection WASHINGTON, DC — Testifying publicly for the first time about the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former security officials say that bad intelligence was to blame for the disastrous failure to anticipate the violent intentions of the mob. That left them unprepared for the
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WASHINGTON, DC — The first time Harry Dunn stepped inside the U.S. Capitol also happened to be his first day as a Capitol Police officer. “The rotunda … you just look up and it just goes up forever — it’s just an amazing architectural building,” Officer Dunn told ABC News. “It’s hard to not be in awe
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WASHINGTON, DC — Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of notorious Mexican drug gang lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested Monday in the U.S. on conspiracy charges. The U.S. Justice Department announced the arrest, saying the wife of “El Chapo” was taken into custody at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. The 31-year-old Aispuro, who holds
Continue Reading RICHMOND, Virginia — State lawmakers have given final approval to a bill ending capital punishment in Virginia, making it the first Southern state to do so. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to sign the legislation that lawmakers gave final approval Monday. It’s a dramatic turnaround for a state that has executed more people in
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EL PASO, Texas – A man was transported to a hospital with serious injuries Saturday following what fire dispatchers described as a medical incident in the Lower Valley. Police were at the scene investigating the situation that unfolded just before 11 a.m. at a business in the 1000 block of Humble Place and Industrial Avenue.
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police and Crime Stoppers want the public’s help in finding two men who robbed a Lower Valley store at knife-point earlier this month for a bottle of wine. On the night of Feb. 11, two men entered the Dollar General store at 7021 Alameda. Store employees confronted the men
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EL PASO, Texas – The local Red Cross had one of its disaster supply trailers stolen. Ames Davis, the executive director for the West Texas Red Cross, said a 15-foot trailer was stolen from the organization. The trailer, which is used to respond to fires and other disasters here in the Borderland, was filled with
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces man is being held without bond, charged with the murder of a Dona Ana County man last December in a case tied to drug dealing, officials said Friday. Angel Rosales, 24, is charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 15 shooting death of Justin Eric Clark. Rosales
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A man suspected of a weekend kidnapping in Las Cruces has been arrested in Sierra County, authorities said Friday. Patrick Fernandez, 36, is charged with kidnapping, aggravated stalking, three counts of aggravated battery against a household member and two counts of violating an order of protection. About 2 p.m. last
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TORNILLO, Texas — A Tornillo man has been arrested on accusations that he killed his neighbor’s dog earlier this week, El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Thursday. Francisco Jesus Terrazas, 31, is being held in the downtown jail on $50,000 bond on a cruelty to animals charge. Deputies said Terrazas hit the dog with a
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UPDATE, Feb. 18: Detectives said Thursday they believe video may exist of a deadly shooting earlier this month outside of a bar at closing time in El Paso’s Cincinnati Entertainment District in which a Fort Bliss man has been charged in what police call a murder. Police asked that anyone with video of the shooting
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UPDATE, Feb. 17: Police on Wednesday identified a 40-year-old man as the shooting victim at an east El Paso apartment complex. Investigators also said they found drugs, money and guns in the apartment belonging to shooting victim Ronald Saunders on Tuesday night. “Officers arrived and found the victim of a gunshot wound responsive and coherent,”
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — At least seven people have been wounded by gunfire near a transit station in north Philadelphia, police said. The victims were between the ages of 17 and 70, police said, adding that one person was in critical condition. Authorities also reported two firearms recovered and one person in custody following Wednesday’s shootings
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ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico – An Otero County man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing two young girls. Romeo Camacho, 62, was found guilty of criminal sexual penetration of a minor under 13 and two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor under 13 during a one-day trial earlier this
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso man has been arrested on allegations that he attempted to sexually assault a salon worker in the Lower Valley, police announced Tuesday. Allan Torres Garcia, 45, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a controlled substance, as well as outstanding warrants for prostitution
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EL PASO, Texas – Detectives with the El Paso Police Department have arrested a man on charges that he has been practicing veterinary medicine without a license. Rafael Padilla Marquez, 51, was arrested after an investigation by the police department’s Animal Cruelty Investigations Unit. Police were alerted after a 3-year-old German shepherd died of kidney
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UPDATE, Feb. 15: Police on Monday said an armed man shot during a confrontation with officers at a domestic violence scene in east El Paso has now died of his injuries. Police identified the deceased as 32-year-old Adam Bruce Connors, who they described as “suicidal” and said was armed with a shotgun when officers found
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Las Cruces police are investigating a kidnapping and asking for the public’s help in finding the victim. Officers were sent to the 3900 block of North Fork Road on Saturday to investigate a reported kidnapping. Police say that the victim, Paula Fernandez, was forcefully pulled out of her vehicle by
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police and Crime Stoppers are looking for the public’s help in finding some thieves who have used a crow bar and a truck to force open ATMs six times since July of last year. The most recent burglary took place on Jan. 18 at the GECU branch at 7410
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EL PASO, Texas — A man with a gun helped save the lives of possibly dozens of people inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. Stephen Willeford is in El Paso sharing his story about what happened Nov. 5, 2017. He’s also here to shed light on a new documentary. A Miracle on
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