Update (November 13, 2024): The court handed down an indictment on August 14, 2024. As of today, Rodriguez remains in the El Paso Jail Annex on a $500,000, according to online jail records. Rodriguez’s jury trial is set for September 11, 2025. SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 39-year-old Oscar Rodriguez
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is recovering after being rescued from the canal near the Border Highway, Friday morning. According to fire dispatch, the call came in just after 3:30 a.m. Crews responded to Cesar E. Chavez Border Hwy at Midway. At around 5:30 a.m. it was reported that the person had been
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — UTEP Police officials say an unknown man tried to rob one of the businesses in the Union Building on campus. The attempted robbery happened as the business was closing, and UTEP Police say there were no threats or weapons visible. The man, however, walked away without any money or property.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A man was injured riding ATVs Tuesday evening. Las Cruces firefighters, along with Mesilla Valley Search and Rescue (MVSR), had to carefully get him out of rugged terrain before he could be airlifted to UMC in El Paso. The man crashed in an undeveloped area near Thurmond Road after
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — All lanes on I-10 east near downtown have reopened after being closed for hours due to a jackknifed semi-trailer. Police say the call came in before 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. Our ABC-7 crews say that the semi’s container blocked most of I-10 east. Police also tell
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Update: An El Paso Fire Department spokesperson says the person is now off the mountain and being evaluated by medical crews. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Combined Search and Rescue crews with the El Paso Fire Department are currently trying to get a hiker down from the Franklin Mountains. The hiker, who is described as
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Update: The lanes are now clear and traffic is flowing normally. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — All lanes of US-54 South at Transmountain are closed due to a crash. Seven people were rushed to the hospital. One was transported with “Level One” trauma, while the others suffered minor injuries, first responders tell ABC-7. They add
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police officers just arrested 19-year-old Andrew Gabriel Hernandez. They charged him with theft of property (valued $2,500 to $30,000) and evading or resisting arrest and booked him into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a combined $35,000. Courtesy: EPPD An ABC-7 crew captured images of what is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — All lanes on I10 west at El Paso St. have reopened after being closed for hours involving a semi-trailer. El Paso Police say the call of the crash came in around 11 p.m. Monday. No injuries or transports are being reported. For hours crews worked to clear debris from the
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Update (October 10, 2024): Perez is set to go on trial on May 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM. Update: The jail released Perez on bond on July 31, 2024. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say that officers arrested and charged 23-year-old Jorge Miguel Perez with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after
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UPDATE 9:39 P.M. – The El Paso Fire Department posted on X that the fire has been knocked down. Crews are currently checking for hotspots. They say no injuries have been reported. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A condition 2 fire is burning in Sunset Heights, according to the El Paso Fire Department. It’s happening
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Update: Two electric cars loaded on a vehicle carrier trailer caught fire Thursday, causing a multi-hour shutdown on I-10 eastbound lanes through the afternoon, according to the El Paso Fire Department. In a post on the its Facebook page, the department says El Paso firefighters were able to quickly contain the fire. Pictures from the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is recovering in the hospital after being seriously injured in a motorcycle crash late Wednesday night. Eastbound lanes on Transmountain Rd. were closed for hours Thursday morning but have since reopened. According to a post on x.com (formerly Twitter) from El Paso Police Traffic, the crash happened Transmountain/Loop
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department has made a second arrest in a shooting that left one man dead early Saturday morning. El Paso County jail records show 19 year-old Noah Lomeli was booked on a $1 million bond for the charge of murder on Tuesday. As ABC-7 reported, 19 year-old
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Fire Department performed a rescue operation Wednesday morning for an injured hiker in the Franklin Mountains State Park. In a post on x.com (formerly Twitter) at 9:34 AM, the department posted that its combined search and rescue crews were responding to the Tom Mays unit of the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Las Cruces Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding information in a possible hit-and-run crash that left a bicyclist critically injured early Tuesday morning. According to police, a passerby found a 59 year-old man lying in the roadway with a bicycle nearby shortly before 5
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police have arrested a 19 year-old El Paso man for murder in connection to a shooting Saturday morning at the Gonzalez Apartments at 4101 Rich Beem Blvd. that left one man dead. El Paso County jail records show that Damian Alexander De La Riva was booked Monday on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has reported one person was injured as a result of a vehicle collision involving a pedestrian Tuesday morning at the intersection of Las Pompas Rd. and Zacatal Dr., south of San Elizario in the Lower Valley. The crash happened around 8:15 AM, with one
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Update (July 22, 2024): El Paso Police say Melendez’ cause of death was ruled an accidental choking. They did not provide any additional information on what led up to Melendez’s death. The cause of death was determined by the Medical Examiner’s Office. ABC-7 is working to learn more information. Update: Special Traffic Investigators are still
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police Department continues investigating an East El Paso shooting that happened early Sunday morning which has now become a murder investigation. According to a report by El Paso Police, Patrol Officers responded to a call of a shooting at the Legendz Bar at Vista Del Sol and Zaragoza
Continue Reading Update (July 22, 2024): El Paso Police officials say one of the two people hospitalized, who police identify as a 24-year-old Hispanic man from Ft. Bliss, died at the hospital. The other injured person, who police identify as a 26-year-old black man from Ft. Bliss, remains hospitalized. The investigation is still ongoing, police say. Detectives
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police found the body of a woman in her 30s on the 200 block of Lafayette in the Lower Valley today. ABC-7 was at the scene and saw the body covered by a white sheet in a back yard. Police were first called out at 9:56 AM on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas.gov and Texas Department of Motor vehicles have all reported outages or disruptions in services linked to the CrowdStrike technical issues. Texas DPS posted on x.com (formerly Twitter) that the department has closed all driver license offices due to technical issues until further notice.
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Update (August 7, 2024): This week, the court rescheduled Flores’ jury trial for his unlawful carry charge to October 24, 2024 at 8:30 AM. Update (July 19, 2024): Court records show that officers had arrested Flores on January 13, 2024 for unlawful carrying of a weapon. He was released three days later on a PR
Continue Reading SIERRA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — New Mexico State Police just identified El Pasoan Adrian Alejandro Cruz as one of the truck drivers who died in a fiery head-on crash on I-25. The crash happened late Thursday night near mile marker 59 in Sierra County, where Truth or Consequences is located. Officials say two semi
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Update (October 2, 2024): Colgrove’s first settlement conference is scheduled for November 6, 2024 at 1:00 PM. Update (August 1, 2024): As of today, Colgrove remains in jail on a $500,000 bond. Update: Colgrove’s bond was reduced from $1 million to $500,000, according to jail records. Update: Court documents reveal that Colgrove tried to convince
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested 21-year-old Krystopher Nathan Torres and charged him with cruelty to non-livestock animal (kill) for allegedly stabbing a cat. Detectives with the EPPD’s Animal Cruelty Investigation Unit says officers responded to a residential area in Central El Paso on reports of a man stabbing a cat. When
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is in the hospital after a two-vehicle crash in West El Paso, early Friday Morning. The crash happened on the eastbound lanes of I-10 between Mesa St. and Resler Dr. El Paso Fire dispatch did confirm that one person sustained serious injuries. They also tell ABC-7 that the
Continue Reading Originally Published: 19 JUL 24 06:18 ET Updated: 19 JUL 24 07:41 ET By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — The global computer outage affecting airports, banks and other businesses on Friday appears to stem at least partly from a software update issued by major US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, experts told CNN. CrowdStrike told customers early Friday
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Update: A detective with LCPD’s Criminal Investigation Division stated in an arrest affidavit that when officers arrived, they found 10 people involved in an altercation outside. Court documents state that Jaime was holding a rifle and two officers had to wrestle it away from him. Jaime then allegedly resisted arrest, spitting in an officer’s face
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