EL PASO, Texas – Police have arrested a 31-year-old man after they say he crashed into a rock wall, fled the scene and left a passenger to die last month. El Paso Police say they have arrested 31-year-old Johnny Samaniego and charged him with accident involving death. On Oct. 11, police say Samaniego was driving
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces man has been arrested and is accused of beating his girlfriend, threatening to kill her and trying to keep her from leaving his vehicle. Arturo Barraza, 33, is charged with aggravated assault against a household member, tampering with evidence, battery and attempted false imprisonment. At 8:45 p.m.
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EL PASO, Texas – A 17-year-old was arrested after he allegedly hid more than 2 pounds of methamphetamine in his shoes and groin area and tried to smuggle it across the border. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested the teenager, identified only as a U.S. citizen, shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday at the Ysleta Port
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Police Department has put up security barricades around its regional command centers on Election Day as part of what appears to be precautions against election-related unrest. “We have contingency plans in place for any major incidents and are prepared to respond accordingly,” said Sgt. Enrique Carrillo, an EPPD
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(Editor’s note: You can scroll through the mugshots of those arrested in the photo gallery above.) EL PASO, Texas – Eight women have been arrested on charges stemming from a recent series of raids on numerous El Paso massage parlors. The Texas Department of Public Safety announced the arrests Monday and confirmed they were connected
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DALLAS, Texas – An El Paso man was shot and killed in Dallas over the weekend, according to police. Dallas homicide detectives are investigating the death of 19-year-old Robert “Jaden” Urrea, according to Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA. Police responded to his shooting around 3 a.m. Saturday. Investigators said they believe Urrea was out celebrating Halloween
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A Mexican television journalist has been shot to death in Juárez, reportedly suffering 11 gunshot wounds. Prosecutors in Chihuahua state said journalist Arturo Alba Medina was found gunned down in his car along a downtown Juárez street. State prosecutors pledged to investigate the killing, which they said occurred late Thursday night. Officials
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EL PASO, Texas — A police chase of an erratic motorist at speeds exceeding 100 miles an hour ended with a state trooper fatally shooting the driver and his car crashing along Interstate 10 in west El Paso, according to accounts from officials and witnesses. Texas Rangers were investigating the deadly incident that culminated at
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man was arrested Friday on allegations that he allowed his dog to “endure a slow and painful death” after the pet was infested with thousands of ticks. Police said 32–year-old Alberto Cruz Bocanegra was being held on $5,000 bond in the downtown jail on a charge of cruelty
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EL PASO, Texas — A police spokesman said Friday that the El Paso Police Department would not be enforcing an order issued by County Judge Ricardo Samaniego restricting business operations to essential services only. Samaniego said he issued Thursday evening’s order in the hopes of containing the spread of Covid-19 throughout El Paso, which has
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Dona Ana County sheriff voiced frustration Thursday over the inability to be able to effectively enforce New Mexico’s health orders by Gov. Michele Lujan Grisham aimed at reducing the spread of Covid-19. “Nine months into this there is no clear direction. I support the governor, I just think that
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces man has been arrested in the stabbing of a homeless man earlier this month. Valentin Nunez, 38, was arrested Sunday and charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. About 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 15, Las Cruces police responded to a report of a
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso native Ron Stallworth, who inspired famed director Spike Lee’s movie BlacKkKlansman, and his wife are battling Covid-19, longtime local journalist Bob Moore tweeted Friday night. “Please keep these wonderful El Pasoans in your thoughts and prayers,” Moore wrote. He provided no further details. Stallworth is a retired police officer
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso man who was recently arrested for allegedly driving drunk and speeding at over 100 mph reportedly told police that he was racing to “go pick up his daughter.” Police arrested 19-year-old Stephan Isaac Gonzalez after he was stopped along Interstate 10 at 5:10 a.m. on Oct. 17. He
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who shut off electricity to an east El Paso medical clinic and caused thousands of dollars of damage. Police said on the afternoon of Oct. 3, a man tampered with an electrical box outside of the MD Medical
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State Police shot and wounded a Las Cruces man wanted for stealing dozens of guns after a chase along Interstate 25 near Truth or Consequences Wednesday morning. According to the U.S. Border Patrol, authorities began the pursuit when a car carrying the wanted felon sped away from the highway
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Newly released video from the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office shows the moment a deputy shot and killed a man accused of carjacking an ambulance. According to the sheriff’s office, 27-year-old Diego Eguino-Alcala reportedly tried to steal at least five vehicles, including am ambulance. The incident began at Main Street
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UPDATE, Oct. 20: Police on Tuesday announced the filing of a murder charge against a 22-year-old El Paso man who allegedly stabbed several victims, one fatally, over the weekend in the northeast area of the city. Abraham Gutierrez was being held in the El Paso County Detention Facility downtown on $1,000,000 bond. Investigators said a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces man has been arrested after he allegedly befriended another man for a few days and then kidnapped him and stole the victim’s car. Las Cruces police arrested Matthew Troy Croker, 37, who has been charged with kidnapping and unlawful taking of a motor vehicle. Police detectives say
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A naked man dubbed the “birthday suit sign bandit” was caught on camera stealing a Biden/Harris campaign sign from an Albuquerque resident’s front yard over the weekend, KOB-TV reports. Video footage from the homeowner’s security camera shows the naked man walk up from the darkness, snatch the sign out of the
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EL PASO, Texas – New court documents obtained by ABC-7 show jealousy as a possible motive in the murder of a Fort Bliss Army captain who was rammed by another car and died in a fiery crash on Oct. 11. Army Capt. Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster and Richard Mustapha Sennessie were arrested last week in the
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EL PASO, Texas— Shawn Nixon says he’s been framed. Nixon, a 21-year-old candidate running for El Paso City Council District 4, spoke to ABC-7 on Monday about his recent arrest on charges of theft of services. Weststar Cleaning Services owner Salvador Espinoza said he was hired byNixon to clean his campaign office and do some
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EL PASO, Texas — A fellow Army officer who is the former girlfriend of a murdered Fort Bliss captain became the second person arrested on charges stemming from his death in fiery car crash earlier this week, El Paso police announced Friday. 27–year old Clevy Muchette Nelson-Royster was booked into the downtown jail Thursday night
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A former Sunland Park militia leader convicted of impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to almost two years in prison. Federal prosecutors said 45-year-old James Christopher Benvie received a sentence Thursday of 21 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release. He had faced as much
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso County man is in jail and another man is on the lam after sheriff’s deputies say they forced their way into a woman’s home and fired off a gun while trying to rob her. The incident happened on Tuesday along the 11800 block of Gateway East outside of
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police want the public’s help in finding an armed man who robbed a convenience store of cash, candy and cigarettes earlier this month. It happened around 4:45 a.m. on Oct. 5 when a man walked into the 7-Eleven at 2000 N. Piedras in central El Paso, grabbed two bags
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Police are seeking the public’s help in locating the thieves who stole three utility terrain vehicles from a Las Cruces dealership earlier this week. Las Cruces police said the UTVs were stolen from the Kubota dealership at 1675 S. Valley Drive earlier this week. It is believed that the thief
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso man has been arrested after threatening a federal officer with a large rock on the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo. Hilario Cadena, 40, was arrested by the FBI and Tigua tribal police earlier this week. In stemmed from an incident in August when tribal police responded to a disturbance
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Dona Ana County District Attorney’s Office is warning residents about potential scam calls or texts about their Social Security number or account. The DA’s office says the Social Security Administration may email or text you about programs or services but will never ask for a return call to an
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — “I am going to die!” Those were the exact words told to a 911 dispatch operator moments before a Fort Bliss Army captain had his car rear-ended and died in a fiery crash in east El Paso, according to court documents obtained by ABC-7. Those documents detail the final moments of
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