16-year-old boy arrested for gunning down Las Cruces man
UPDATE, Sept. 10: Las Cruces police announced charges Friday against a 16-year-old boy in last weekend’s death of a 31-year-old man. The teen,…
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Man arrested in shootings of El Paso lawyer couple says he executed ‘Satanists’
UPDATE: A police affidavit obtained by ABC-7 outlines an apparent motive for the shootings of a prominent attorney couple in their central El Paso…
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Las Cruces woman sentenced 9 years for beating little girl
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) —  A Las Cruces woman has been sentenced to a nine-year prison term after pleading guilty to what prosecutors described as a…
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Body pulled from canal in south central El Paso; death probed
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police detectives were investigating the discovery of a body late Wednesday afternoon in a south central El Paso waterway.…
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El Paso man arrested with over $80k of fentanyl in car
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso motorist has been jailed on felony drug charges after sheriff’s deputies said they found over $80,000 worth of fentanyl…
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Supreme Court puts execution of Texas man on hold in dispute over pastor’s access
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court granted a request Wednesday from a Texas death row inmate who sought to block his…
Continue Reading Texas governor defends abortion law with no rape exceptions
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is defending a new state law banning most abortions that…
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Lower Valley man accused of murdering mother-in-law during argument over wife
UPDATE, Sept. 7: New details were revealed Tuesday in court documents about what led an El Paso man to allegedly shoot and kill a woman during an…
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Man shot, wounded by deputies in Santa Teresa after allegedly abducting wife
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico — A man suffered what authorities described as “superficial wounds” during an exchange of gunfire early Monday with Dona…
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Man who died in standoff with deputies near Las Cruces is ID’d
UPDATE, Sept. 6: Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday identified the man who died during a standoff east of Las Cruces last week as…
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Carjacker leads El Paso police on chase before abandoning vehicle
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police were searching Sunday evening for a man wanted in a carjacking that happened in the Bartlett Drive area of west El…
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2 seriously hurt in Lower Valley stabbing, assault cases that are connected
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police said two people were seriously injured early Sunday following a stabbing and an assault, both taking place in the…
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Las Cruces man arrested in rape of teen girl near Organ Mountain High School
UPDATE, Sept. 3: Las Cruces police on Friday arrested the man accused of the violent kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. 45-year-old…
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‘QAnon Shaman’ who wore horns pleads guilty in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON, DC — The so-called “QAnon Shaman” who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a horned bearskin outfit pleaded guilty Friday to a felony…
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Dona Ana Sheriff’s deputies prepare to communicate with Afghan refugees
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — As Afghan refugees have now arrived in New Mexico, the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office is preparing for…
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4 teens arrested after 16-year-old is gunned down near a Las Cruces park
UPDATE, Sept. 2: Las Cruces police arrested four teens Thursday in the murder of another teen, who was gunned down Wednesday evening in the…
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‘Lock out’ lifted at northeast El Paso school after search for man with gun ends
UPDATE: As of 11:15 a.m., officials told ABC-7 that the “lock out” had been lifted for Nolan Richardson Middle School. after the search for an armed…
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Judge won’t lower $1.1M bond for suspect in deadly Socorro bar shooting
UPDATE, Sept. 1: The man accused of killing another person inside a Socorro bar will remain in jail and will not have his bond lowered, a judge ruled…
Continue Reading 1 dead in North Carolina’s 2nd school shooting this week
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina — A high schooler has died after being shot Wednesday at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,…
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Tornillo man arrested as driver in deadly hit & run case
UPDATE, Sept. 1: TORNILLO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said Wednesday they had arrested and jailed a man on $10,000 bond in a deadly…
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Explosives threat at El Paso’s federal building turns out to be hoax
EL PASO, Texas — The area around downtown El Paso’s federal building was briefly cordoned off Wednesday morning as a police bomb squad responded…
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Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Three suburban Denver officers and two paramedics have been indicted on manslaughter and other…
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Borderland Crimes, Podcast 10: Blood and heartbreak as murder by the Rio Grande is unsolved after 27 years
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The murder of Robert Rocha, 43, has remained unsolved for nearly three decades. The retired U.S. Navy veteran and father of…
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Las Cruces dog trainer arrested for felony animal cruelty
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The owner of a Las Cruces area dog training and daycare business has been arrested on extreme animal cruelty charges, Dona…
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Amber Alert for 2 Texas children believed abducted by man
RUSK, Texas — A statewide Amber Alert was issued early Tuesday morning for two Texas siblings believed to have been abducted by a man. According to…
Continue Reading Cristhian Bahena Rivera receives life sentence for murder of Mollie Tibbetts in 2018
By Eric Levenson, Madeline Holcombe and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A farm worker has been sentenced to life in prison with no eligibility for parole for…
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East El Paso man didn’t die from being assaulted; death not a homicide
UPDATE #2, Aug. 30: The El Paso County Medical Examiner has determined that a man’s death following a weekend assault in east El Paso isn’t a…
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Police say pair of Las Cruces shootings that hurt 2 are connected
UPDATE, Aug. 30: A pair of weekend shootings, initially reported as separate incidents, are connected with both victims having actually been shot at…
Continue Reading Northeast El Paso shooting victim’s condition improves, uncooperative with police
UPDATE, Aug. 30: Police on Monday said a northeast El Paso weekend shooting victim’s condition improved, with doctors determining his injuries were…
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Indictment accuses 2 officers of murdering Austin scientist
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two Texas police officers have been indicted muon murder charges in a line-of-duty fatal shooting of an Austin scientist. One…
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