SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — All 20 officers of the Sunland Park Police Department have been quarantined at home after one of them tested positive for the coronavirus, the mayor told ABC-7 on Friday. Mayor Javier Perea said the city has asked the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office and the New Mexico State Police for
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — An Otero County Prison inmate was among eight additional coronavirus deaths reported Friday in New Mexico. The deceased state inmate, a man in his 60s who had been hospitalized, was the fourth inmate at the prison to die of the virus – which accounts for the majority of Otero County’s now
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — A police officer involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor will be fired, the Louisville mayor announced Friday. Louisville Metro Police Officer Brett Hankison was one of three officers involved in the shooting that took place on March 13 when they conducted a no-knock warrant. Mayor Greg Fischer said LMPD Chief Rob Schroeder
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EL PASO, Texas — A police standoff came to an end Thursday afternoon in a far east El Paso neighborhood with a SWAT team storming a house and making a gang-related arrest. El Paso police had summoned their SWAT team around 1:30 p.m. to assist gang unit officers who were serving a warrant in the
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ATLANTA, Georgia — Former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe has turned himself in to authorities, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Department. Rolfe, 27, the former officer who shot Rayshard Brooks, is facing a total of 11 counts. He faces a felony murder charge for Brooks’ death and if convicted of that charge, he could face
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man is back behind bars, allegedly responsible for a rape that he committed just 3 days after having been released from jail for a previous offense involving the same victim. 35-year-old Mathew Paul Gallego has been charged with second-degree felony counts of criminal sexual penetration and aggravated
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EL PASO, Texas — A 42-year-old El Paso man has been arrested by the FBI and faces federal charges after he allegedly uploaded a racist video to YouTube threatening to kill Black Lives Matter protesters, authorities said Wednesday. A criminal complaint filed against Manuel Flores by the U.S. Attorney’s Office contends he recorded and uploaded
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ATLANTA, Georgia — Prosecutors brought murder charges Wednesday against the white Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks in the back, saying that Brooks was not a deadly threat and that the officer kicked the wounded black man and offered no medical treatment for over two minutes as he lay dying on the ground. Brooks,
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DALLAS, Texas — One person was shot Tuesday at a busy Dallas shopping mall, and police were seeking a single suspect, authorities said. The incident happened shortly before 7 p.m. at the Galleria in north Dallas. Police Senior Cpl. Melinda Gutierrez said the wounded person was taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital. Their condition was not
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces City Council met Monday night for a passionate, three-hour discussion on global and local calls for police reform following cases of police brutality. “I can tell you as a black woman in America, when I get stopped by an officer, I am terrified,” admitted Dr. Bobbie Greene,
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged with aggravated battery in a shooting that happened as protesters in New Mexico’s largest city tried to tear down a bronze statue of a Spanish conquistador outside the Albuquerque Museum, police said Tuesday. Vigilantes might have started the violence that led to the
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EL PASO, Texas — For the second time in several days, the El Paso police bomb squad on Tuesday examined a suspicious package found at a west El Paso business before determining that it wasn’t an explosive device. Tuesday’s suspicious item was discovered at the First Light Credit Union at 5050 N. Desert. Police reported
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El PASO, Texas — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar of El Paso held a virtual town hall Tuesday on the Democratic-sponsored Police Accountability and the Justice in Policing Act of 2020. Escobar was joined by Congresswoman Karen Bass of California, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and Pastor Michael Grady to answer questions and discuss the reform
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VAN HORN, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Van Horn station found multiple bundles of marijuana in the desert with an estimated value of several hundred thousand dollars. On two separate occasions within a week, agents found bundles of marijuana contained in makeshift backpacks out in the desert. The contents weighed over
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso police officer was shot and wounded early Monday morning in what authorities described as a “hail of gunfire” after he responded to a call in the northeast section of the city. Police said the gunfire happened about 1 a.m. at 8951 Comet Street, which is in the Canyon
Continue Reading The death of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of a white Atlanta police officer has already resulted in a litany of consequences for the city. Brooks’ death not only sparked protests this weekend, but also prompted the sudden resignation of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields. The officer who shot Brooks, identified by police as Garrett
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EL PASO, Texas — Parishioners at Destiny Family Christian Center in northeast El Paso found vandals had broken glass by throwing rocks through the main entrance. In a statement on Sunday, the church called it an “apparent act of hate during the broader conversation in our culture about the importance of Black Lives.” El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police bomb squad examined a suspicious package found at a west El Paso shopping plaza on Sunday afternoon before determining that it wasn’t an explosive device. The item was discovered in the 2400 block of N. Mesa at an Auto Zone store. Police reported calling out the bomb
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Police were searching for a shooter who opened fire after he was denied entry into a bar in San Antonio, wounding eight people, authorities said Saturday. The five women and three men injured are ages 23 to 41, and are in stable condition, said San Antonio Police Chief William McManus. There
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Boxing champ Austin Trout and comedian Tommy Black led a discussion in downtown Las Cruces Saturday night around police brutality. “We’re looking for solutions,” Austin Trout told ABC-7. Trout said the mayor of Las Cruces, members of the city council and state Sen. Jeff Steinborn were on hand to listen
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DALLAS, Texas — Texas prosecutors are examining potential irregularities in a scandal-ridden former Houston police officer’s arrest of George Floyd on a minor drug charge — a probe that could expand the body of convictions possibly tainted by the officer’s conduct. Floyd, whose death last month under the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The sister of the man killed by Las Cruces police in February joined a few dozen protesters on Saturday to demand justice. “It doesn’t matter who you are,” said Valerie Chavez, the sister of Antonio Valenzuela. “You don’t deserve to get killed the way my brother got killed.” In February,
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ATLANTA, Georgia — Atlanta’s police chief resigned Saturday hours after a black man was fatally shot by officers in a struggle following a field sobriety test. Authorities said the slain man had grabbed an officer’s Taser, but was running away when he was shot. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the resignation of Police Chief
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man has been sentenced to over eight months in prison for impersonating a deputy U.S. marshal. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Mexico says 39-year-old Aaron Tyler Stroud’s sentence imposed this week includes credit for time already served and also requires a two-year period of supervised release
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EL PASO, Texas – Police put out a public call for help Saturday to identify and capture a man they described as a “violent robber” who has held-up three northeast El Paso businesses at gunpoint since the start of June. The gunman was described by police as Hispanic and in his 30’s. A Spanish speaker,
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EL PASO, Texas — Protests over police brutality and calling for the equal treatment for people of color continued for a third straight night in El Paso. A pair of state lawmakers attended Friday evening’s peaceful protest at Memorial Park calling for police reform. Samuel Licon Kligman, the founder of El Paso March for Criminal
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EL PASO, Texas — Protests over George Floyd’s death while in Minneapolis police custody are growing throughout the country, including in El Paso. While recent demonstrations remained largely peaceful, protestors have clashed with police in past protests. Police say they were provoked, while protesters say police provoked them. So far, claims have remained one side
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EL PASO, Texas — A teacher’s aide in the Socorro Independent School District has been arrested on child sex charges, sheriff’s office and school officials said Friday. 61-year-old David Quintanar is charged with child indecency, child sexual contact and having an improper educator/student relationship. He was being held Friday on $75,000 bond at the downtown
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man is jailed on animal cruelty charges after allegedly shooting one dog and brutally beating another that was just a puppy, authorities said Friday. 38–year-old Justin Free Millender was being held in the El Paso County Detention Facility on bonds totaling $7,500. Millender allegedly “brutalized the animals after
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested an alleged rapist and rescued a woman from a canal during simultaneous operations early Wednesday morning. Shortly after midnight Wednesday, Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Paso station observed four people making what they described as an illegal entry into the U.S. near Modesto Gomez
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