LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Crime Stoppers of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man suspected of burglarizing The Power Center three times last year. The business is located on North Telshor Boulevard. Officials say the most recent burglary happened on
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Update (January 29, 2026): Las Cruces police say that two people were seriously injured and another five suffered minor injuries in the crash on Lohman last night. Courtesy: LCPD The driver of one of the cars involved suffered a medical episode that caused her to temporarily lose consciousness. The car sideswiped two others. “The Palisade continued
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man was arrested after allegedly opening fire and then getting rid of the gun. 18-year-old Cesar Galindo is charged with deadly conduct and evidence tampering. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded to a shooting in Horizon City on Sunday. Officials say following interviews and reviewing surveillance
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A third person is now charged in connection with the September 2025 shooting in a Las Cruces school zone. Court records state that on September 6, 2025, police officers were called out to Young Park on reports of gunfire. The officers recovered multiple spent shell casings. They then found
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Three separate buildings caught fire in Las Cruces over a 12-hour period between Tuesday and early Wednesday. The fire department is now urging all residents to be vigilant. They recommend Las Crucens keep their smoke detectors in good working condition and keep a fire extinguisher at hand at all
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Update (6:10 PM): ABC-7 filed an open records request with the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. Today we obtained the records, which show that 27-year-old George Vargas died on January 25, 2026. The custodial death report adds that the preliminary results indicate Vargas died from blood clots in both lungs. Records show that Vargas was
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Update (January 27, 2026): Texas DPS Troopers with Operation Lone Star and with the Criminal Investigation Division helped the El Paso Police Department Anti-Theft Task Force stop a stolen car spotted near the Fountains at Farah on Monday. The car was stolen near I-10 and Edgemere in East El Paso, according to Texas DPS officials.
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Update (January 27, 2026): A Chaparral man is dead after the crash on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at Stan Roberts last night. El Paso Police say that William Beschle, 78, tried to make a right turn onto Stan Roberts from the left-turn-only lane of Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. The attempt caused another driver
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Deputies arrested a man suspected of selling two cars that did not belong to him. Javier Navarro, 35, was arrested and booked into jail on a combined $10,000 bond. Officials say that Navarro entered a gated property, falsely claimed to own two cars, and sold them without authorization. The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Las Cruces firefighters put out a small fire in the second-floor bedroom of a house on Ascencion Circle on Friday. Just fore 4 p.m. Friday, crews were sent out to the house on reports that smoke was coming from inside. Courtesy: LCFD The firefighters were able to quickly get the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deputies arrested Gabriel Ontiveros, 30, and charged him with the murder of Eduardo Contreras, 35. The afternoon of January 25, 2026, Socorro Police officers found Contreras dead inside a home on the 10500 block of Monte Alto. The Major Crimes Unit, along with Texas Rangers and the El Paso Police
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two 17-year-olds are charged with the November 2025 murder of Jose Sanchez Garcia, 39. Deputies found Sanchez suffering from a gunshot wound to his torso in the early morning hours of November 14. Sanchez died at an area hospital two days later. The shooting happened at a hour in Far
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — Horizon City Police officials say they received reports of a possible armed person in the desert area near Horizon High School today. After investigating, however, police did not find any individual posing a threat to the school. “At no time was Horizon High School in danger,” the police department posted
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso juvenile detention officer is accused of brining cocaine into the jail. The Juvenile Probation Department detention officer is facing charges of bringing a prohibited item into a correctional facility. Jacob Montes, 49, is accused of bringing a suspected white powdery substance into a secure area within the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Las Cruces building caught fire twice in less than 24 hours. Firefighters uses ladder to access room of abandoned home Sunday morning. (Courtesy: LCFD) The building, located on the 3300 block of Bataan Memorial in Las Cruces, first caught fire around 10:45 a.m. on Sunday. The fire crews put
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Update (3:12 PM): The lockdown at El Paso High School is now over. El Paso Police tell ABC-7 that shots were fired in the area just before 1:55 p.m. today. El Paso ISD provided an updated statement on the incident. “El Paso High School briefly implemented a lockdown today due to an incident in the
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Update (4:30 PM): Court documents obtained by ABC-7 state that Abel Garcia, the man charged with intoxication manslaughter after the fatal New Year’s Day crash on Sean Haggerty, told police officers that he had six beers before the crash. The officers also reported seeing Garcia display signs of intoxication. Court documents state that videos showed
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The principal of Eastlake High School sent out an alert to parents today stating that the campus was put on hold this afternoon after reports of a weapon on campus. “District personnel and police investigated the situation and retrieved a weapon from a student,” the principal stated. “The student is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A rollover crash on I-10 East near Copia left one person seriously injured. The call reporting the crash came into 911 at 3:31 p.m. Courtesy: TXDOT TXDOT is reporting that exit 22B by the Spaghetti Bowl is closed due to the crash. Traffic is backed up in the area. Use
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP and El Paso Police worked together to arrest Jesus Castorena, 38, for cockfighting. CBP officers found illegal cockfighting equipment and veterinary medications when inspecting Castorena’s car as he crossed the border. Courtesy: EPPD Upon further inspection, officers also found steroids and decorative cockfighting gaffs. Investigators say that Castorena was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Las Cruces Fire Department officials say that a Las Cruces Police officer spotted smoke coming from a house and called it in. The officer was also able to wake up the house’s sleeping resident. The fire happened early this morning on Evans Drive. The police officer spotted smoke coming from
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Right now I-10 East at Redd Rd. is closed due to a crash. El Paso Police’s STI team is I-10 East and Mesa. EPPD says the crash involves serious injuries. ABC-7 has a crew going to the scene. Standby for updates.
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Update (5:36 PM): First responders say that five people suffered minor injuries in this crash. Update (5:14 PM): El Paso Fire Department officials say that several people were injured in the crash. Ambulances are now responding and are beginning to take people to the hospital. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A crash is blocking traffic
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Update (January 22, 2026): Officials are updating the number of cats that died in Wednesday’s mobile home fire near Salem. They now put the number at seven. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ten cats died in a mobile home fire near Salem this morning. Firefighters were sent out to the 900 block of Ford Street
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Update (January 21, 2026): NMSU Police have found the four teenagers suspected of breaking into campus building during winter break. The department recovered some of the property taken from the university facilities. They are now working with the New Mexico Juvenile Probation Office to file criminal charges against the group. As they are minors, NMSU
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Update (1:14 PM): El Paso Police Department officials are responding to the findings in Paul Dominguez’s autopsy reports. Read the full message from the department below: “The El Paso Police Department (EPPD) is aware of the autopsy findings released by the El Paso County Medical Examiner’s Office regarding the December 28, 2025, death of Paul
Continue Reading Update (6:30 PM): Socorro Police officials say that the fire happened at EP Crushers of El Paso. Officers arrived to find that employees of the junkyard had been crushing a car when it caught fire. “While workers attempted to isolate and control the initial fire at the front of the property, a secondary fire ignited
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two men are facing charges after the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says they tried to run away from deputies after a traffic stop. The Sheriff’s Office released video of the incident. Early Sunday morning, deputies tried to stop a car as it drove on the 11600 block of Gateway
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Update (January 20, 2026): El Paso Police say that Arnoldo Vargas, 31, is dead after the crash on McCombs in the Northeast Friday night. Investigators say that Vargas was traveling south on McCombs, but failed to stay in his lane. Investigators say that Vargas crossed the raised median and entered the northbound lanes. Officials say
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Javier Hernandez, 34, is accused of assaulting a person and stealing their truck keys. The incident happened the evening of January 17, 2026, in Fabens. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says that deputies arrested Hernandez the next evening on Tornillo Avenue. Hernandez is charged with Robbery and Criminal Mischief.
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