SOCORRO, Texas — A Socorro man has been arrested for allegedly shooting at homes and cars in the community, police said. Ricardo Velasquez, 20, was arrested Friday on a charge of deadly conduct discharge of a firearm. He was jailed on a $50,000 bond. Socorro police said the arrest stems from numerous “shots fired” calls
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EL PASO, Texas — Three Pints Pub in the 10700 block of North Gateway Boulevard has been cleared of any wrongdoing in the case of an El Paso woman who was alleged to have drank there before being arrested for a fifth time for drunk driving after a deadly crash. “The investigation is concluded,” Chris
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in El Paso made five separate drug seizures in a single-day, setting a new record, officials said Friday. CBP officers seized nearly 223 pounds of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana at two El Paso ports of entry on Thursday night. In addition to the drug caches,
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EL PASO, Texas — In an effort to curb mass violence, state agencies in Texas have developed an application for your phone with the hopes of saving lives. You can now use the Texas Department of Public Safety’s iWatch Texas app. The app is not intended for emergency situations, but rather to report suspicious or
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EL PASO, Texas — The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in El Paso is being formally charged with federal hate crimes, according to a copy of a federal court indictment obtained by ABC-7. Suspected gunman Patrick Crusius is accused of killing and harming
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police said Thursday that they were following both old and new leads in a three-decade old mass shooting that ultimately claimed five lives and left two wounded survivors at a local bowling alley. In addition, to mark the upcoming 30-year anniversary of the slayings, Las Cruces Crime Stoppers
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Dallas man was executed Thursday evening for a shooting in which he killed his wife, two children and two other relatives during a drug-fueled rage nearly 18 years ago. Prosecutors say Abel Ochoa was high on crack cocaine and looking for money to buy more drugs when he started shooting inside
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El PASO, Texas — Some tense moments Wednesday afternoon outside El Paso’s Cielo Vista Mall as police chased on foot a group of armed robbery suspects before catching them a short time later. There were conflicting reports initially about whether the mall was briefly on lockdown as events unfolded outside. It began about 1:30 p.m.
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ANTHONY, New Mexico — A 22-year-old Anthony man with an apparent history of mental issues is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his mother, Doña Ana County Sheriff’s detectives said Tuesday. Arturo Deandre Parra was being held without bond Tuesday in the Doña Ana County Detention Center. In addition to murder, he
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been 40 years since El Paso’s first mass shooting in recent memory, but Shirlene Masterson remembers the day like it was yesterday. Masterson, now 87, was first woken by the sound of sirens screaming past her house. Hours later, she woke up to a knock on her door from
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police Department’s Gang Unit arrested a man for firing a weapon in Central El Paso. This happened at 2:30 a.m. Monday morning at 100 Glory Road. Officers were patrolling the area when they heard a single gunshot. They arrested Alfred Lawernce Gay Jr., 21, for firing a handgun inside
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Two people were killed Monday and a third person was wounded after a shooting in a residence hall on the campus of Texas A&M University-Commerce, the school said. The shooting occurred in Pride Rock residence hall, the school said in a post on Twitter. The wounded victim has been taken to a hospital, the school
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EL PASO, Texas — It was a frightening situation for students and parents at El Paso High School after reports of gunmen on campus, but it was also a frightening situation for teachers. For Russell Lang, a teacher at El Paso High School, the lockdown training held twice a year reassured him that local law
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — In 1995, Jesus Robledo had his entire life ahead of him. The five-year-old boy was never able to go to college, start his career or meet his soulmate. On June 3rd, 1995, Robledo’s life was cut short after he was struck by a drunk driver on a sidewalk in central
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EL PASO, Texas — Over 300 children are currently in the El Paso child welfare system. These children have been removed from their homes due to evidence of abuse and neglect, and placed in foster care, sometimes far away from their friends and loved ones. They need a CASA – a Court Appointed Special Advocate
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said they seized thousands of pounds of marijuana valued at over $2 million in a pair of huge drug busts this week at the El Paso port of entry. The first drug load seizure came at Bridge of the Americas where hundreds of “bundles (of
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EL PASO, Texas — Police put out a public call for help Friday to find who’s responsible for tossing a badly injured kitten into the garbage dumpster of a local yogurt shop earlier in the month. The badly injured black kitten was found tied up in a trash bag in the garbage dumpster near Menchie’s
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EL PASO, Texas — New details and video emerged Friday about what led up to the arrest of controversial El Paso businessman William “Billy” Abraham on drunk driving charges on Wednesday afternoon. According to a police complaint affidavit obtained by ABC-7, police responded to reports of a “drunk disturbance” at the El Paso Times building
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UPDATE: William Alexander received a 10-year suspended sentence Friday. He was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine, given a decade’s probation and is required to register as a sex offender. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas — A former El Paso police officer was convicted Thursday afternoon of raping a woman nearly two years ago that
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GREENBELT, Maryland — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused by prosecutors of being a domestic terrorist intent on committing politically motivated killings inspired by a far-right mass murderer was sentenced Friday to more than 13 years in prison for firearms and drug offenses. Christopher Hasson, 50, had faced a maximum prison sentence of 31 years at
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PALM BEACH, Florida — A 30-year-old woman is in custody after her erratic driving prompted police to pursue her and fire shots near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, officials said. The incident started shortly before noon Friday, several miles away from the Palm Beach resort, when police were called to a report of a woman
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles on Friday presented a memorial to those 114 law enforcement officers from around the nation who lost their lives in 2019 while serving their communities. The memorial consists of 114 white crosses placed in front of the Memorial Wall outside of the Sheriff’s Headquarters, located
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EL PASO, Texas — Police detained three teenagers with a BB gun after searching room by room in a locked down El Paso High School on Thursday morning following reports of gunmen at the school. “Initial reports said there were three armed subjects in black walking into the school,” according to a police spokesman. Police
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Newly-released body camera footage shows a tense moment last year when a Las Cruces police officer disarmed a man accused of assaulting two health care workers. (Watch it in the video player at the top of this article.) Police responded to a behavioral issue at a medical clinic and within
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EL PASO, Texas — A stabbing near Austin High School seriously injured a teenager on Thursday afternoon. Fire dispatchers said the victim was taken to University Medical Center in serious condition about 1 p.m. An El Paso Independent School District spokesman said the stabbing victim walked into the school office from off campus seeking help
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EL PASO, Texas — Socorro High School is believed to be the first school in the El Paso area to install metal detectors. The Socorro Independent School District has installed nine metal detectors at a total of seven of the school’s busiest entry points. In addition, school security personnel are also geared with hand-held metal detectors. Maribel Macias, a spokeswoman for the
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EL PASO, Texas — A motorcyclist was jailed Thursday after leading Texas state troopers on an early morning chase along Interstate-10 from Sunland Park to Piedras and back again. That chase, which lasted about 15 minutes, came to an end when authorities said the motorcyclist ran out of gas. Much of the pursuit was captured
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EL PASO, Texas — A well-known and controversial El Paso businessman is in trouble with the law once again. William “Billy” Abraham was arrested Wednesday on a drunk driving charge. It was his second DWI arrest in the past decade, the first case stemming from a deadly incident that resulted in his conviction. Abraham was
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man suspected of kidnapping a woman at knifepoint and raping her late Tuesday has been arrested and faces multiple felony charges, according to police. Jay Daniel Andras, 23, was being held without bond on Wednesday at the Dona Ana County Detention Center on charges including kidnapping, criminal sexual
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EL PASO, Texas — A massive weekend crackdown after recent violence in El Paso’s Cincinnati bar area resulted in over 20 arrests by local, state and federal authorities, officials said Tuesday. El Paso police indicated the effort involved its gang and SWAT units as well as Texas Dept. of Public Safety troopers, FBI agents and
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