Man acquitted in Sunland Park mobile home arson that killed girl
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A man was acquitted Thursday on arson charges stemming from a 2018 fire that left an 8-year-old girl dead in Sunland…
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FBI raid of Lordsburg Police Dept. targeted ex-chief, detective for alleged fraud, theft
UPDATE, May 12: LORDSBURG, New Mexico — Two brothers, Lordsburg’s recently retired police chief and a current police detective, are suspected of…
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Las Cruces man arrested on 62 felony charges for child sex assault released on bond
UPDATE, May 13: A judge on Thursday granted release on $35,000 secured bond to a Las Cruces man facing 62 felony charges involving child crimes.…
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Man arrested after SWAT standoff at Las Cruces hotel
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 22-year-old man barricaded himself inside a Las Cruces hotel room Wednesday triggering a standoff with police who were…
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New Mexico suspect quizzed on slain animals dumped in El Paso in possible satanic ritual
UPDATE, May 12: Investigators have determined that over a dozen goats and sheep found slain in a northeast El Paso desert area earlier this week were…
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El Paso hotel worker accused of secretly filming nurses in restroom during conference
EL PASO, Texas — Thirteen women filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday alleging that an El Paso hotel worker with a known criminal history secretly filmed…
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Doña Ana County dog survives 29 stab wounds; alleged abuser not yet prosecuted
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The owner of a 6-year-old pit bull terrier allegedly stabbed the dog 29 times last December and the Doña Ana County…
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Las Cruces man arrested in coffee house destruction case
UPDATE, May 12: A 25-year-old Las Cruces man sought by police for allegedly causing thousands of dollars in vandalism damage last month to businesses…
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Fort Bliss soldier receives court-martial sentence of over 40 years for murder conviction
FORT BLISS, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier has been convicted in a court-martial for a laundry list of offenses, including murder and assault, the…
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Las Cruces man ‘hallucinating’ on drugs allegedly stabbed niece repeatedly in face, neck
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man believed to have been high on hallucinogenic drugs is jailed on charges he attacked his 21-year-old niece,…
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Prosecutor seeks death penalty for Atlanta spa shooting suspect
ATLANTA, Georgia — Robert Aaron Long, the suspect in the shootings that left eight people dead at three Atlanta-area Asian spas, has been…
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2 central Texas sheriff’s deputies slain during gunfight over dog complaint; accused killer arrested
EDEN, Texas — Two sheriff’s deputies have been killed in the central Texas town of Eden and a suspect has been arrested, according to authorities…
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Mesquite man charged with girlfriend in baby’s death; hear chilling 911 call for help
MESQUITE, New Mexico — A Mesquite man has been arrested in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s 5-month-old daughter last month,…
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Houston police search for murder suspect out on bond who ran away with tiger
HOUSTON, Texas — A man has been charged with felony evading arrest after he escaped from police while housing a Bengal tiger in his yard.…
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Las Cruces murder fugitive found hiding in warehouse in Juarez is ordered held without bond
UPDATE, May 10: A district court judge Monday ordered that a Las Cruces murder fugitive captured hiding in a Juarez warehouse last month be held…
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Man dead after gunman opens fire at U.S. immigration office in Florida
ORLANDO, Florida — A man was fatally shot outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Services building in central Florida, and a suspect has been taken…
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6 killed at Colorado birthday party; suspected shooter also dead
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Six people were killed in a shooting early Sunday morning during a birthday party at a Colorado Springs, Colorado,…
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Victim critically wounded in northeast El Paso stabbing attack
EL PASO, Texas — A stabbing late Saturday night in northeast El Paso left a victim critically wounded, police said. It happened in the 11210 block…
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Upper Valley shooting wounds man
EL PASO, Texas — A man was shot and wounded early Saturday in El Paso’s Upper Valley. Detectives were summoned around 4 a.m. to the shooting scene…
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Northeast El Paso home raided by SWAT officers, man arrested
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso police SWAT team raided a home in northeast El Paso on Friday evening and arrested a man as a Texas Department of…
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Federal grand jury indicts Chauvin, 3 other ex-Minneapolis police officers in Floyd death
WASHINGTON, DC — A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers in connection with the death of George…
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Body found in east El Paso neighborhood; foul play unlikely
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police discovered the body of a man early Friday morning in an east side neighborhood. A police spokesman said the…
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Scams rise as El Pasoans spend more time online during pandemic
EL PASO, Texas — Nearly 800,000 complaints of suspected internet crime were reported in 2020, according to the FBI. That represents an increase of…
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DEA warns fake prescription pills laced with deadly doses of fentanyl are showing up in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Drug Enforcement Administration is reporting an increase in seizures of methamphetamine, cocaine and fentanyl in the El…
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Woman arrested as SWAT team, police gang unit serve ‘high-risk’ warrant in central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — The police department’s SWAT team was called out Thursday afternoon to help gang unit officers serve what was described as a…
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Driver of car that struck man before crashing into power pole arrested by El Paso police
UPDATE, May 6: The driver of a car that struck a a man sitting on a bench before slamming into an electric pole and rolling over in the Lower Valley…
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Man accused of breaking into Las Cruces Catholic School with gun, stealing $5K in school property
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A man has been arrested on accusations that he broke into Las Cruces Catholic School last month while armed with a…
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Armed man caught by police near Las Cruces Walmart store, averting ‘potentially violent incident’
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — An armed man was taken into custody near a Las Cruces Walmart Supercenter on Wednesday, averting what police described as…
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El Paso man arrested for animal cruelty after allegedly tossing dog out of car at intersection
EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man was jailed on $2,000 bond for alleged animal cruelty after witnesses say he dumped his dog in the middle of a busy…
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Man arrested after ’50-person fight’ was newly-retired Fort Bliss soldier, says he was celebrating
EL PASO, Texas — The owner of a west El Paso bar and restaurant contends police are wrong in their report of a 50-person brawl with shots fired that…
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