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Justice Department unveils 2 anti-gun violence proposals after another violent weekend

June 7, 2021 10:51 AM CNN Newsource

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled Monday two proposals meant to help curb gun violence, an announcement that…

3 El Paso men accused of threatening victim with gun after causing car crash

June 6, 2021 6:51 PM KVIA ABC-7

El PASO, Texas — Three men are behind bars after allegedly attempting to kidnap someone for an El Paso bail bonds company. Aldo Navar Fernandez, 28;…

1 stabbed during far east El Paso family disturbance

June 6, 2021 7:37 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A person was stabbed early Sunday during what police described as a case of “family violence” in far east El Paso. Initially,…

Lower Valley grocery store raided by police in ongoing probe

June 5, 2021 2:33 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A small corner grocery store in El Paso’s Lower Valley was raided by police Saturday as part of an investigation involving local,…

30-year-old woman arrested for allegedly posing as San Elizario school student

June 4, 2021 4:19 PM Jim Parker

SAN ELIZARIO, Texas – A 30-year-old woman is charged with trespassing on school grounds after she allegedly posed as a student in the San Elizario…

U.S. judge overturns California’s 3-decade-old ban on assault weapons

June 4, 2021 9:18 PM Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, California — A federal judge has overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons, ruling that it violates the…

Houston woman allegedly kept missing child’s body in a plastic storage tote

June 4, 2021 4:18 PM CNN Newsource

HOUSTON, Texas — A Houston woman who was charged with tampering with physical evidence in the case of a missing 6-year-old boy kept his body in…

Up to 80 people found inside trailer in San Antonio human smuggling case

June 4, 2021 3:21 PM CNN

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — San Antonio police are looking for dozens of people who escaped from an 18-wheeler, parked on a road outside of town, in what’s…

Border Patrol says 19-year-old U.S. citizen who ran Hudspeth checkpoint shot self

June 1, 2021 9:25 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, June 4: U.S. Border Patrol officials now say a man who died after refusing to stop at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint earlier this week took his…

Dona Ana County jail fight between 2 inmates leaves 1 dead

June 3, 2021 12:04 PM Wil Herren

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A fight between Dona Ana County Detention Center inmates, identified as 27-year-old Corey Lee Willis and 40-year-old Samuel…

El Paso aunt to remain held on $1M bond; accused of severely beating boy

May 22, 2021 8:50 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, June 3: EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso judge on Thursday afternoon refused to lower the million dollar bond for a woman accused of severely…

Bowie alumni restore crosses on Mount Cristo Rey to remember Walmart shooting victims

June 3, 2021 6:46 PM KVIA ABC-7

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Restoration for remembrance. A group of El Paso’s Bowie High School alumni marched up Mount Cristo Rey earlier this week…

Famed celebrity lawyer F. Lee Bailey, whose clients included O.J. Simpson, dies at 87

June 3, 2021 3:20 PM Associated Press

WALTHAM, Massachusetts — Celebrity attorney F. Lee Bailey has died. He was 87. The death was confirmed Thursday by Peter Horstmann, who worked with…

Active shooter at California fire station kills 1, wounds another before taking own life

June 1, 2021 12:37 PM CNN Newsource, ABC News, Associated Press

AGUA DULCE, California — – Authorities said an off-duty firefighter fatally shot a fellow Los Angeles County firefighter and wounded…

Woman believed abducted from La Union by ‘hallucinating’ man with gun

June 1, 2021 2:52 PM Jim Parker

LA UNION, New Mexico — Dona Ana County authorities put out a public call for help Tuesday to locate a woman who is believed to have been kidnapped…

Man’s body found at Sunland Park landfill by employee

June 1, 2021 11:41 AM Jim Parker

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Authorities were investigating the discovery of a man’s body Tuesday at a Sunland Park landfill. Officials indicated the…

Mesquite man now indicted alongside girlfriend in baby’s death

June 1, 2021 6:21 PM Jim Parker

MESQUITE, New Mexico — A Mesquite man was indicted Tuesday in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s 5-month-old daughter back in April,…

Texas man allegedly planned Walmart mass shooting; had assault guns, racist symbols

June 1, 2021 4:24 PM Associated Press

KERRVILLE, Texas — Authorities in Texas arrested a man accused of plotting to carry out a mass shooting at a Walmart, and a search of the…

Alamogordo woman indicted for teen’s murder in 2017

June 1, 2021 12:44 PM Associated Press

ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico — An Alamogordo woman has been indicted for murder in the 2017 death of a teenager whose body was found in a Mesilla ditch.…

El Paso police say I-10 drunk driver caught speeding at 130 mph

June 1, 2021 11:20 AM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas — A drunk driver was clocked over the weekend speeding at over 130 miles an hour along Interstate 10, El Paso police said Monday.…

2 dead, at least 20 wounded in Florida ‘targeted’ shooting

May 30, 2021 4:23 AM CNN Newsource, ABC News, Associated Press

HIALEAH, Florida — Miami-Dade police were looking for the assailants who opened fire outside a banquet hall in south Florida early Sunday, killing…

Mexican cartels are now hunting down police at their homes

May 30, 2021 7:59 AM Associated Press

GUANAJUATO, Mexico — The notoriously violent Jalisco cartel has responded to Mexico’s “hugs, not bullets” policy with a policy of its own:…

Shooting outside west El Paso bar leaves man seriously injured

May 29, 2021 6:34 PM Brianna Chavez

EL PASO, Texas — One man is suffering serious injuries after he was shot outside a west El Paso bar Saturday morning. El Paso Police said the…

El Paso man arrested for alleged possession of 15,000 child porn images

May 28, 2021 3:44 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police arrested 19-year-old Frank James Fuller after officers reportedly seized over 15,000 images of child pornography.…

Man accused of stabbing dog 29 times indicted by Doña Ana County grand jury

May 28, 2021 2:56 PM KVIA ABC-7

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Doña Ana County District Attorney Gerald Byers said an indictment was issued against Dagoberto Jimenez by a grand jury.…

Las Cruces man says alleged threats to kill Biden were ‘political expression’

May 27, 2021 3:00 PM Associated Press

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A defense lawyer for a Las Cruces man accused of threatening to kill President Joe Biden says texts the man sent were taken…

Woman seen jumping into monkey habitat at El Paso Zoo identified and arrested by police

May 23, 2021 7:29 PM Rachel Phillips, JC Navarrete, Jim Parker

UPDATE, May 26: EL PASO, Texas — Woman seen in viral video jumping over a barrier into the El Paso Zoo’s spider monkey enclosure is arrested and…

Director of El Paso History and Art Museums arrested for alleged prostitution

May 27, 2021 1:13 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police arrested Vladimir Alexey Von Tsurikov, 50, for allegedly paying for sex with a woman he met online. A City of El…

Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies arrest man accused of choking pregnant ex-girlfriend

May 26, 2021 4:34 PM KVIA ABC-7

ANTHONY, New Mexico — The Dona Ana County Sheriffs office said deputies arrested Jose Morales-Vasquez for allegedly choking and beating his…

Borderland Crimes, Podcast 9: ‘We don’t know who can have that kind of hate’ – Family torn apart after son murders mom

May 26, 2021 12:05 AM Stephanie Valle

EL PASO, Texas — Gloria Marmolejo, a 54-year-old mom and grandmother, was found dead in the southern New Mexico desert in the summer of 2009. Her…