EL PASO, Texas — The date between Erika Gaytan and Ricardo Marquez to a concert ended with Gaytan not returning home. Her family immediately believed something terrible happened to the 29-year-old woman. Her mother said there was no way she would abandon her 7-year-old son. Continuous searches throughout El Paso – including in the sprawling
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(CNN) — The FBI sought to locate classified documents related to nuclear weapons, among other items, when agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, this week, people familiar with the investigation told The Washington Post. The people did not offer additional details to the Post about what the agents were seeking or whether
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua — An afternoon riot among inmates in a Juarez jail led to the deaths of three inmates, according to authorities. The riot happened around 1 p.m. As many as 20 inmates were injured, according to Channel 44 in Juarez. Officials say control over the prison has been maintained and are answering questions
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EL PASO, Texas — Two males in custody for an unrelated offense were matched to surveillance photo images related to a string of burglaries in west El Paso, according to El Paso police. Police say 17-year-old Jacob Perez was arrested for the burglaries that spanned between July 6 and July 29. Perez is charged with
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EL PASO, Texas — A man called 911 after he says he was threatened with a gun in northeast El Paso, according to police. Police arrested 30-year-old Jesus Manuel Vigil Wednesday after an incident on the 3000 block of Keltner. Police say the victim, 47-year-old Rene Maizonet, was able to escape after Vigil pointed a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces police are searching for a man wanted for the murder of a 35-year-old following a confrontation Wednesday inside a Super 8 Hotel on 245 La Posada. According to police, 34-year-old Alfred Marquez is responsible for shooting 35-year-old Eddie Carbajal, and a 24-year-old man. Both men were taken to
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CNN By Tierney Sneed, Evan Perez, Hannah Rabinowitz and Zachary Cohen, CNN In his first public statement since federal agents searched former President Donald Trump’s home at Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday said that the Justice Department had filed in court a request that the search warrant and property receipt
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say a 22-year-old woman stole a car and handgun before crashing into a home on the eastside and getting into an argument with the homeowner Saturday. Police arrested 22-year-old Divine Tarin of east El Paso. Police say Tarin crashed the stolen vehicle at the 11000 block of Vere
Continue Reading By Josh Campbell, Brynn Gingras, Paul P. Murphy and Dakin Andone, CNN A law enforcement standoff with a man who attempted to breach the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati on Thursday has ended with the suspect dead, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Lt. Nathan Dennis said that after negotiations failed, law enforcement officers
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Federal officials are offering a $10,000 reward seeking help finding a man who stole 26 firearms from Sparks Firearms on Friday. Federal officials say surveillance video shows the man prying open a rear door and making several trips in and out of the business. The man was seen walking north
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Update 7:45 p.m.: Las Cruce police say a 35-year-old man has died after he and another victim were shot. The investigation is ongoing. The status of the other shooting victim is not yet known. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two people were injured in south Las Cruces on the 100 block of La Posada Lane.
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EL PASO, Texas — A man who threatened to shoot members of a woman’s family is facing aggravated assault charges. Police said 40-year-old Joshua Trevizo pointed a shotgun at a woman in his family and threatened to hurt her parents in response to an argument they were having about their dog. Trevizo allegedly told the
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EL PASO, Texas — A man driving a car was shot by a backseat passenger after leaving a mansion party, according to documents obtained by ABC-7. Investigators say a witness inside the car described how two men in the back seat were shooting a small handgun into the air from outside the window. At one
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police say a man threatened hotel staff with a piece of broken glass and told them they were going to die in an early Sunday morning disturbance at the Days Inn near Yarbrough and Gateway Blvd. west. Police arrested 24-year-old Stephen Aaron Alvarez, an east El Paso resident. Alvarez
Continue Reading By Sara O’Brien and Clare Duffy, CNN Business A Nebraska mother and her 18-year-old daughter are facing multiple charges in a case that involved police obtaining Facebook messages between the two that authorities allege show evidence of an illegal self-managed medication abortion, as well as a plan to hide the remains. Norfolk police began investigating
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico — The Sheriff’s Office identified the remains of “Jane Doe” as 16-year-old Dorthy Harrison. Doña Ana County Sherriffs believe her estimated time of death was between September 10, 1984, to January 10, 1985. Harrison was from Wichita, Kansas. The 37 year- old cold case was revisited in 2021. DASO worked
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A 51-year-old man is charged with killing 2 Muslim men in Albuquerque, suspected in 2 other slayings.
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EL PASO, Texas — An 18-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter for the death of 21-year-old Cisqo Rodriguez over the weekend. Isaac Carlos was taken into custody on Monday and booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility under a $500,000 bond. Investigators say Carlos was with Rodriguez at a “mansion party” at 5081
Continue Reading Attorneys representing the family of Gabby Petito submitted a notice of claim against the Moab City Police Department. Petito’s family, who is seeking $50 million in damages, allege in the submission that Gabby’s death was caused by the wrongful acts or neglect of the police department and its officers.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Albuquerque police arrest “primary suspect” in killings of 4 Muslim men that have shaken New Mexico’s largest city. This is a developing news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts the moment news breaks.
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police are issuing an urgent warning to teenagers, twenty-somethings, parents and homeowners about the dangers of “house” or “mansion” parties that have been promoted on social media platforms. The police department says numerous shootings and stabbings have occurred at these parties, and that’s led to retaliatory violence at the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — A former Fort Bliss soldier pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a six-year-old child at a home on Fort Bliss. According to court documents, Trevor Dylan Lehew, 28, sexually abused the child between November 2014 and December 2015. Officials say Lehew was an active duty soldier at the time. When Lehew was
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EL PASO, Texas — A man who was taken into custody by officers from the Pebble Hills Regional Command for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the St. Francis Xavier Cabrini Church Sunday has been identified as 44-year-old Eastside El Paso resident Efren Castaneda. Police said the victim, 47-year-old Eastside El Paso resident Fabian
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EL PASO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized about 16 pounds of fentanyl from a vehicle driven by a 16-year-old attempting to enter the U.S. through the Ysleta Port of Entry Saturday. The vehicle carrying two individuals was referred to secondary inspection in which a canine and X-ray inspection was conducted. CBP
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone and Alta Spells, CNN Gregory and Travis McMichael, the White father and son convicted in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, were sentenced Monday to life in prison for their federal convictions on interference with rights — a hate crime — along with attempted kidnapping and weapon use charges. Their neighbor William “Roddie”
Continue Reading Travis McMichael, one of the three White men who killed Ahmaud Arbery, was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years after he was convicted earlier this year of interference with rights, a federal hate crime, and attempted kidnapping in connection with the 25-year-old Black man’s 2020 killing.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Officials with the Las Cruces Police Department said the man involved in Friday’s road rage shooting incident has been identified. The shooting resulted in a 3-year-old girl getting struck by gunfire. 24-year-old Estevan Miguel Jimenez turned himself in to police Sunday afternoon. On Friday, the occupants of a dark blue
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police officials said one person was taken into custody during mass at St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Catholic Church in Vista de Sol Drive. According to officials with the Catholic Diocese of El Paso, an altercation broke out between two people outside the church building outside of the sanctuary. Police
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Sheriff’s Office says they are investigating a gunshot incident that left one man dead Sunday morning. EPSO said 21-year-old Cisqo Rodriguez was taken to the Providence East hospital early this morning with a gunshot wound. Rodriguez died from his injury. Little more information is know at this time.
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A New Jersey man who was part of a scheme to defraud GoFundMe donors has been sentenced to five years in prison Friday. 43-year-old Mark D’Amico along with his girlfriend Katelyn McClure took more than $400,000 from a fake cause they created, according to police. The scheme involved a homeless man named Johnny Bobbitt Jr.,
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