EL PASO, Texas – A west El Paso man faces three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after police say he was told to slow down while driving through a neighborhood. Police say 37-year-old Manuel Villareal was speeding on the 6900 block of Pearl Ridge in west El Paso Saturday just before 7
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By Holmes Lybrand A former New York City police officer was convicted Monday of assaulting a Washington, DC, police officer during the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. Thomas Webster, who claimed he was defending himself when he swung a metal flagpole at police and tackled one to the ground, choking him by his
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Brian Kolfage arrived in Texas three years ago pledging to help fulfill President Donald Trump’s promise of a “big, beautiful” wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. After pleading guilty to federal fraud charges last month, Kolfage leaves behind two small stretches of fencing that are mired in legal, environmental and permitting fights. Kolfage, a 40-year-old Air
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By Theresa Waldrop, Jamiel Lynch and Rebekah Riess, CNN Authorities in Alabama are searching for a corrections officer and an inmate who is charged with murder after they went missing last Friday. Vicky White, who was assistant director of corrections for Lauderdale County, took Casey White, the inmate, from the county jail Friday morning, saying
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Police Department is now asking for the public’s help in finding witnesses after a double shooting in east El Paso. The shooting happened Saturday around 1 a.m. According to police, 24-year-old Jose Portillo and 24-year-old Carlos Moreno were both shot in the parking lot of 1441 N. Zaragoza.
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, CNN Authorities canceled the final day of the Mississippi Mudbug Festival after gunfire erupted at the festival in Jackson Saturday night. One person died and five others were hurt in the shooting. The person who died may have been shot by an officer after “there was an exchange of gunfire between at
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EL PASO, Texas — One person was rushed to University Medical Center following a stabbing Friday night. According to the EL Paso Police Department, the stabbing happened just before midnight. Officials said the victim was in serious, but stable condition. The incident happened on the 700 block of Sunland Park Dr., in west El Paso.No arrests have
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EL PASO, Texas – Two people were taken to the hospital early Saturday morning with gunshot wounds after a shooting in east El Paso. According to the El Paso Police Department, the shooting happened around 1 a.m. Saturday. The shooting happened on the 1400 block of N. Zaragoza. The victims were taken to Del Sol
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police and the FBI announced the arrest of an Albuquerque man for the April 18 Downtown Wells Fargo bank robbery. The man was identified as Tensley Neal. Officials say Neal was taken into custody by the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department, U.S. Marshals Service-Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Albuquerque.
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police say a ‘verbal altercation’ at Lloyd’s Pub preceded a shooting in west El Paso early Thursday morning. The shooting happened on the 6200 block of Dew Drive just about a mile away from Coronado High School. Police say 21-year-old Matthew Romero shot 30-year-old Bryan Otherson. Romero was charged
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EL PASO, Texas – US Customs and Border Protection officers say they seized cocaine and methamphetamine at El Paso Ports of entry over the last week with an estimated street value of $210,000. In addition, 17 fugitives from justice were arrested. “The work performed by our CBP officers continues to enhance the safety of our
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two Las Cruces neighbors have been charged with federal firearms charges after an April 17 dispute on Nevada St. According to investigators, 50-year-old Pablo Vargas hosted a party when 40-year-old Ruben Martha returned home with his girlfriend and adult daughter. As Martha tried to make his way down the busy
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Mayor of Las Cruces witnessed firsthand damage to businesses along the El Paseo Business Corridor. Some of the damage was from this morning. Mayor Ken Miyagishima walked along the area with business owners and the New Mexico Mobile Newsroom. Debbi Caldwell, the owner of Little Friends Daycare, noted vandals
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EL PASO, Texas – Court documents obtained by ABC-7 show how three men accused of capital murder intended to rob a 15-year-old Riverside High School student. According to the documents, 17-year-old Christopher Carrillo had been messaging 15-year-old Kevin Gonzalez minutes before his death. Investigators say Carrillo somehow convinced Gonzalez to meet him, Jorge Juarez, and
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EL PASO, Texas – A 24-year-old woman is accused of flinging her urine at an El Paso police officer at the El Paso County jail. Joshanae Iman Mcwhorter of Northeast El Paso was charged with obstruction or retaliation, harassment of a public servant, resisting arrest and public intoxication. Police say it all started on Monday
Continue Reading By Annie Grayer and Daniella Diaz, CNN Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chairs the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection, told reporters Thursday that the committee will hold eight hearings spread out through the month of June. Thompson said the hearings will be a “mixture of some prime time and some
Continue Reading By Peter Nickeas A recent study showed nighttime lighting in New York City public housing complex courtyards could reduce crime, and the reduction in crime held over the three-year period of the study. Though the lighting appeared to reduce crime at the experiment sites in New York, the researchers and other experts cautioned against drawing
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police responded to a shooting in West El Paso early Thursday morning. It happened just before 2:30 a.m. on the 6200 block of Dew Drive, which is about a mile away from Coronado High School. Police said one person suffered life-threatening injuries. Police have not yet apprehended a
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso fire officials say a second fire at Crosby Elementary this year was intentional. The fire broke out Monday morning at the vacant school. The Fire Marshal’s Office is still investigating. No arrests have been made. This is a developing news story. Download the KVIA news app to get alerts
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EL PASO, Texas – Police arrested a 30-year-old man from Horizon Saturday for firing his weapon outside of a bar. It happened at the 10700 block of Pebble Hills in east El Paso. Officers with the Pebble Hills Regional Command could hear the shots from inside their station. Officers approached Christian Alexander Rodriguez, who was
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EL PASO, Texas – Two 17-year-olds and a 15-year-old were each charged with capital murder in the stabbing death of 15-year-old Kevin Gonzalez. According to police, Gonzalez was lured to meet at a store at Midway and Alameda. Investigators say the three suspects planned to rob the victim after seeing pictures of large sums of
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CANUTILLO, Texas — A man was arrested for stalking a victim on multiple occasions. El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to the 500 block of Talbot on April 11. Deputies say 68-year-old Jesus Unzueta intentionally caused damage to a car. The damage was estimated to be below $100. But deputies say through further
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EL PASO, Texas – Three men were arrested for the April 7 stabbing attack against a 25-year-old man. The attack happened at Grand View Park in central El Paso. Rene Marquez, 21, and Isaiah Isaac Chavez, 29, were booked into the El Paso County Jail. Jose Antonio Flores, 25, was arrested in Oklahoma and is
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EL PASO, Texas- El Pasoan and martial arts enthusiast Manuel Valenzuela went to move his truck Friday evening into his drive way when he noticed it was missing. After filing a police report, Valenzuela decided to post on the social media site Real FitFam El Paso Instagram page. People began to recognize the vehicle due
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the El Paso County archives building on April 25 after a man threw rocks at the building, breaking a window, according to officers at the scene. El Paso Police officers assigned to the archives buildings detained Tyler Thornton, 28. The facilities manager said the
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies located a white Ford Taurus at the 700 block of N. Fabens Rd. It was reported stolen from Las Cruces, New Mexico. After a brief investigation Ricardo Ozaeta, 36, was arrested and charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was booked into the El
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police say a man suspected in a string of car thefts rammed a stolen truck into an unmarked police car with an officer inside. The officer was not injured. Police say the incident happened when officers with the Auto Theft Task Force approached Salvador Osvaldo Solis on Tuesday, April
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On Monday, Melissa Lucio was told by a state lawmaker that she was not going to be executed this week. Listen to the conversation between state Rep. Jeff Leach, a Plano Republican, and Lucio, whose death sentence has drawn international outcry as more people come to doubt her guilt in the death of her 2-year-old
Continue Reading (CNN) — Actor Johnny Depp concluded his testimony in his defamation trial against Amber Heard in a Fairfax, Virginia court on Monday.His fourth day on the stand, Depp was cross-examined by Heard’s attorney, Ben Rottenborn.He was asked about audio recordings of arguments with Heard and whether she was the only person who had a problem
Continue Reading By Holly Yan, CNN A plot to move almost a ton of methamphetamine in a shipment of strawberry puree got crushed when US Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the concealed drugs. On April 12, a CBP officer assigned to the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, saw a tractor trailer arriving from Mexico hauling
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