EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Courthouse experienced a large security increase after law enforcement were alerted to a threat this morning. The Sheriff’s Office released a statement saying it was aware of a threat directed at the courthouse. Read through the full statement below: “The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico State Police (NMSP) Investigations Bureau is looking into an officer-involved shooting involving an NMSP officer in Truth or Consequences. Las Cruces resident Dennis Ritchie Jones, 75, is dead after the shooting. State police stopped Jones around noon on Tuesday as he was driving a truck.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A building is on fire right now on the 200 block of NW H Ave in Fabens. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Department says the fire broke out at 12:21 PM today. It is described as a “structure fire.” Neighboring residences have also been impacted, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – A 19-year-old man died, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, after he was hit by an SUV that was off-roading. Sheriff’s investigators say Eduardo Salas died at the scene after he was hit by a driver in a white SUV that was off-roading at Red Sands in Far
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — I-10 West is experiencing an emergency closure at the Mesa exit until further notice. Courtesy: TxDOT The Texas Department of Transportation says that construction equipment is blocking a lane after it tilted onto its side. TxDOT says that a heavy crane is currently en route to the area to help
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Saúl Luna Villa was sentenced to 27 years and four months in prison for aggravated femicide. The Specialized Prosecutor’s Office for Attention to Women Victims of Gender-Based Crimes announced the conviction this week. Prosecutors say Ft. Bliss soldier Luna killed teen mom Aylen Marina B.V. on April 7, 2023, in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Today the Doña Ana County District Attorney’s Office announced the conviction of Michael Ybarra. He was found guilty of multiple charges related to the sexual abuse of a child, a spokesperson for the office said. A jury convicted Ybarra on three counts of second-degree criminal sexual penetration and three
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Horizon City man was just sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 2023 murder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was discovered in an alley in Far East El Paso. A spokesperson for the El Paso District Attorney’s Office says that Cesar Alejandro Roa, 25,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Victor Hugo Escobedo, 53, was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping a woman and her daughter at gunpoint in the Cielo Vista Mall parking lot and forcing the mother to withdraw thousands of dollars from a bank. A spokesperson for the District Attorney’s Office says
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man has been sentenced to 45 years in state prison after pleading guilty to the 2023 murder of a Lower Valley resident in a machete attack. Jan Carlo Castillo, 25, entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder during a hearing on Thursday, April 17, in the 384th
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire crews responded to a gas leak at a medical center on North Loop in the Lower Valley. The call reporting the smell of gas in the area came in at 1:27 PM this afternoon. There is construction going on in the area, and fire officials say that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Eastwood High School was evacuated as a precaution earlier this morning. According to a Ysleta ISD spokesperson, around 7:40 AM, a smoke sensor was triggered at the school while Ysleta ISD maintenance personnel were cleaning dust from HVAC units on the rooftop. The campus was evacuated, then cleared for re-entry. Student
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RUIDOSO, New Mexico (KVIA) — Today, Ruidoso Police announced the arrest of Mescalero resident Margaret Cojo, 32. Police officials say that Cojo called in a bomb threat to Ruidoso High School on March 4, 2025. “The threat resulted in an immediate lockdown of the school and a subsequent evacuation to the Ruidoso Convention Center,” Ruidoso
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Dona Ana County and Las Cruces Fire Department crews put out a “wind-driven” fire that destroyed a mobile home on the 2800 block of Glass Road yesterday afternoon. “Because of the strong winds at the time and the numerous exposures presented by the fire, Las Cruces firefighters were called
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UPDATE: TxDOT posted just before 2 a.m. that all lanes were open to traffic. UPDATE: A second person has been taken to an area hospital with seriously injuries. Investigation continues. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police say all lanes at Gateway South and Sean Haggerty west are closed after a collision. The crash
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Special Traffic Investigators are responding to a two-vehicle crash with serious injuries at Gateway West and Don Haskins Drive on the Eastside. El Paso Fire Department officials say the call came in around 1:42 a.m. Saturday. Two people were transported to the hospital — one by ambulance and one by
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By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — Virginia Giuffre, a prominent survivor of financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex crimes, who alleged Britain’s Prince Andrew abused her when she was a teenager, has died by suicide, her family said. She was 41. “It is with utterly broken hearts that we announce that Virginia passed away last night
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested three people in connection with shootings in two parts of El Paso. James Yarde, 17, Antonio Abel Morales, 32, and a 16-year-old male who has not been identified because he is a minor are facing charges. Yarde is charged with Deadly Conduct Discharge Firearm, Discharge Firearm
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State Police and the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office are looking for missing person Mary Langdale. Mary was last seen walking away from the Casa De Oro Center in Las Cruces on April 24, 2025 between 12:30 PM and 1:15 PM. Langdale was last seen wearing pink
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Sunland Park fire crews are responding to a house fire that started early Thursday morning. Sunland Park Fire says the fire started at 1:18 a.m. at the 200 block of Calle Diaz. The Sunland Park Fire Department, El Paso Fire Department, and Doña Ana Fire Rescue are all responding. This is
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Update (April 22, 2025): El Paso Police just announced an arrest in the hit-and-run. Officers arrested Carlos Manuel Rivera, 18, on April 21, 2025, after receiving an anonymous tip. Police are still looking for his car and anyone with information is asked to call the non-emergency number of 915-832-4400, or to remain anonymous, contact Crime
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Update (April 22, 2025): El Paso Police just announced the arrest of Evany Rangel, 20, and charged her with collision involving death. They arrested her yesterday and booked her into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $100,000 bond. Courtesy: EPPD Special Traffic Investigators found Rangel’s car on April 4, 2025, which she had
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NMSU Police are looking for the second of two burglary suspects accused of burglarizing an Agricultural Storage Building and an government-owned truck in the Alumni and Visitors Center parking lot on Friday, April 18, 2025. “A suspicious white Chevy Tahoe was spotted in the parking lot near the Alumni
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Update (April 24, 2025): The police say Cruz was found. They did not release information on his state. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are looking for a 17-year-old teen that has been missing since April 19. Michael Angelo Cruz, 17, was last seen at 4 a.m. at the 12400 block of Tierra
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Update (April 21, 2025): Socorro Police officials announced the arrest of Abraham Alvarado, 20, today. They identified the victim as Leonel Monarrez, 18. Officials say they were called out to the gas station on a report of a fight. They arrived to find Monarrez run over in the parking lot. Major Crimes Unit investigators started
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A spokesperson for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a woman arrived at the Hospitals of Providence Transmountain Campus with a gunshot wound this afternoon. “The incident appears to be related to a domestic disturbance,” the spokesperson stated. When asked about a crime scene at a house on
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Update: New Mexico State Police officials say officers responded to the crash at 1:09 PM. DEMING, New Mexico (KVIA) — A crash killed one person and injured another on I-10 near Deming in Luna County. The National Weather Service sent out an alert about the crash and a dust storm in the area. The NWS
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Constable deputies arrested David King Paiz, 31, today. Officials accuse Paiz of running an illegal bingo operation on Facebook. The Texas Office of the Attorney General had previously arrested Paiz on charges relating to the illegal bingo operation in May 2024. Paiz currently faces three counts of Money
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Update (3:42 PM): El Paso Police Department officials say that officers attempted a traffic stop at the 900 block of East California Avenue. Three people tried to get away, leading to the shut down at the high school. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso High School is on a HOLD protocol “out of an
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Managers of the Sierra Del Sol Homeowners’ Association in West El Paso are seeking help identifying the person shown of surveillance video torching the former HOA president’s car. The video, released by the HOA today, shows the unidentified person using a fire-starting device to set fire to President Arthur Gilbert
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