EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Adrian James Gonzales, 28, pleaded guilty to an El Paso double murder that happened nearly one year ago. He received a 45-year prison sentence. Gonzales accepted a plea agreement on February 3, 2025, a spokesperson for the El Paso District Attorney’s Office stated today. Gonzales was charged with murdering Enrike
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Update (6:22 PM): The City of El Paso says bus routes will be modified starting tomorrow. Read the full statement below: “All Sun Metro Fixed and Brio routes will be operating on a Sunday/Holiday schedule starting Wednesday, February 12, 2025. The temporary change to the operating schedule will remain until Wednesday, February 19, and is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police officials say officers arrested two men and charged them with Criminal Mischief Vehicle Damage Catalytic Converter. Officers were traveling west on Alameda Street when they saw a truck parked in the middle of Roseway with a man underneath. Officials say the man behind the wheel honked the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Kimberly Dominguez, 24, and charged her with DWI after officials say she allegedly crashed her car into the back of an El Paso Constable’s Office Patrol Unit. The crash happened early Saturday morning on Railroad Drive. Officials say the deputy was driving north on
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Las Cruces judge sentenced Dillon Alexander Waller, 31, to life in prison for murdering his mother, Cynthia Berendzen. A jury convicted Waller of murder in December 2024. In addition to the life sentence for murder, the judge also gave Waller a three-year sentence for tampering with evidence. The
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police are looking into a shooting that happened last night on the 600 block of West Picacho Avenue. The shooting happened at 10:40 PM, officials say. Officers arrived to find a man in his mid-20s suffering from a gunshot wound. Emergency crews rushed the man to UMC
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Fire Department is currently responding to a severe house fire in the Upper Valley at the 300 block of Roxanna Ave. The department first posted about it at around 2:55 a.m. on their X account. Our ABC-7 Mountain Camera has seen a heavy first responder presence in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A crash on I-10 West near the Viscount exit seriously injured one person. Officials say that emergency crews rushed one person to the hospital. The crash happened this afternoon in East El Paso.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso ISD officials confirm that district Officer Christopher Duran is currently on administrative leave. Jail records show that Duran was arrested and booked into the El Paso Downtown Jail on a Interference with Public Duties charge. The jail records show that officers booked Duran on February 3, 2025, and
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police are looking into reports that a drink delivered from a fast-food restaurant was laced with fentanyl. The drink reportedly sickened and hospitalized a 20-year-old man. Police describe the man’s injuries as “not life-threatening.” The report first came in Tuesday at 1 PM. Police first informed the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 14-year-old charged with Criminal Mischief after officials say surveillance footage showed him allegedly throwing rocks at house windows in east El Paso County. After videos of the alleged offenses came to light on January 30, Sheriff deputies collaborated with Socorro ISD Police to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and was sentenced to two years in prison. Prosecutors say Carlos Alberto Ruiz, 42, tried to leave the JC Penny at Cielo Vista Mall with a suitcase. A store employee tried to stop Ruiz, who then allegedly swung the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoan Jonathan Lopez, 23, pleaded guilty last week to four counts of felony injury to a child. A spokesperson for the El Paso District Attorney’s Office says that Lopez received a 10-year prison sentence. Prosecutors explain that Lopez brought an infant with a broken elbow to Del Sol Medical
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Jewellee Refghio Perez, 23, the person involved in a stabbing at a West El Paso shopping center last May, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and received a 16-year prison sentence. The attack happened in a dollar retail store near the intersection of Mesa and Balboa on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Police blocked the southbound lanes of Dyer St. from Pierce Avenue to Truman Avenue after a vehicle crashed into a pole. The El Paso Fire Department say the call came in at 11:46 a.m. One person was taken to an area hospital with seriously injuries. Clearing time
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Update (February 5, 2025): Las Cruces Police arrested James Michael Melendrez, 31, and charged him with an open count of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing. Courtesy: Dona Ana County Detention Center Officials are currently holding Melendrez without bond at the Dona Ana County Detention Center. Police officials say officers found Melendrez at 6
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Special Traffic Investigators are looking into a crash at Gateway South and Trowbridge. El Paso Police officials say the crash involved two cars and one person was rushed to the hospital. The crash happened at 3:56 PM.
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Update (February 3, 2025): Police just identified the deceased as Juan Antonio Ortega, 60. Special Traffic Investigators say Ortega was driving east on I-10 when he lost control and veered to the right side of the road, hitting a curb. His car landed on Gateway East in front of another car, causing a collision. The
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Update (February 3, 2025): El Paso Police officials say Maria De La Luz Roman, 90, died in the crash. Investigators say the driver of the Lincoln was trying to turn left onto Lomaland, while the Hyundai was traveling east on Vista Del Sol. Police say the driver of the Lincoln failed to yield the right
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Update (February 3, 2025): Las Cruces Police just identified the driver as Michael James Massa, 54, from Bellflower, California. Investigators are still looking into the crash. They say Massa was traveling north on Valley Drive “at a high rate of speed,” and rear-ended another car, pushing it into the southbound lanes where it sideswiped a
Continue Reading Update (6:15 PM): New Mexico State Police confirm that one person died in the crash. Law enforcement is still at the crash and the cause is still under investigation. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A serious crash is backing up traffic along I-10 East at the Avenida de Mesilla exit. New Mexico road officials
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Update (January 31, 2024): Court documents state that multiple friends of the Mora and Gonzalez witnessed the shooting and told police afterward that they were not arguing during the time of the shooting and that they were very close friends. The shooting happened at one of the friends’ houses while his parents were out of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An incident between two Bowie High School students today prompted district police to respond to the campus. El Paso ISD officials say the incident was isolated and that there is no threat to other students and staff, but did not provide information on the nature of the incident. Read the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces police were involved in a SWAT situation this morning. A spokesperson for the City of Las Cruces confirmed the information to ABC-7. The situation began when officials got a call about a gunshot victim early this morning. They then identified a suspect and the SWAT situation was
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Update (January 30, 2025): Police just identified the burglary suspect as Giovanni Versace Vega, 23. They charged him with theft of firearm, burglary of habitation, evading arrest, and burglary of vehicles. Officers booked him on a combined $20,000 bond. Courtesy: EPPD Police say that Vega had a handgun with him when he ran away from
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested three Houston-area men who allegedly stole money from a 78-year-old El Pasoan outside of his home in central. The alleged crime happened the afternoon of January 24, 2025 after the unnamed victim had withdrawn money from a bank. Police say one of the suspects, Marquez Carroll,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police are responding to a reported crash at the intersection of Delta and Val Verde in South-Central El Paso, which is near Silva Magnet High School. Police say a vehicle may have struck a child riding on a scooter around 7:40 AM. The severity of the potential injuries
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EDITOR’S NOTE: A previous version of this story said that Avalos was sentenced to eight years in prison, but court records show he was sentenced to eight years of community supervision. The article has been corrected. Update (January 29, 2025): Court records show that Avalos pleaded guilty this month to the charges against him. He
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Update (January 29, 2025): Police arrested and charged Jalen Jeremiah Johnson with murder. He and Bacchus are now listed as co-defendants on jail records. Update (August 1, 2024): The bond hearing happened July 30, 2024. The bond remains at $1 million. As of today, Bacchus is still in jail. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested auto body shop owner Emmanuel Cervantes, 41, and charged him with four counts of Deceptive Business Practice with Previous Conviction. Investigators with the El Paso Police Auto Theft Task Force found Cervantes and arrested him on two outstanding warrants on January 16, 2025. Police officials only
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