EL PASO, Texas – A 19-year-old woman and 24-year-old man were arrested Wednesday for the deadly multi crash on I-10 at Hawkins. Police say Saul Miguel Gutierrez of Horizon was driving a Corvette that lost control and hit the center median. According to investigators, Kayla Nunez of Chaparral was driving a Tahoe that slammed into
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EL PASO, Texas – Steven George Sperling, 36, pleaded guilty to one count of production of a visual depiction of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct and today was sentenced to 17 years in prison, according to U.S. Attorney’s office. On July 15, 2019, court documents state Sperling was an active-duty soldier at Fort
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UPDATE 6:45 P.M.: Police say the package was deemed non-hazardous, and all roads to the airport are back open. UPDATE – El Paso Police say officers responded to the El Paso International Airport “in an abundance of caution” after a suspicious package was reported. Police were providing additional screening of baggage. Flights were not impacted
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting that left one young woman injured on Tuesday. Deputies were called out to a far east El Paso hospital after she arrived with what appeared to be gunshot injuries. During their investigation, deputies learned the 21-year-old had possibly been shot in the
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Police Department takes online threats made to schools seriously. On top of disciplinary action that schools can take, any one posting threats can face misdemeanor or state felony charges. “When a threat is made, it’s real, whether that threat will be carried out or not, it’s still real,”
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By Brynn Gingras, Shimon Prokupecz, Pervaiz Shallwani, Artemis Moshtaghian, Laura Ly, Kristina Sgueglia, Eric Levenson and Mark Morales, CNN The man suspected of shooting 10 people on a subway train in Brooklyn on Tuesday called in a tip to Crime Stoppers that led to his capture Wednesday, two law enforcement sources told CNN. Frank James,
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NEW YORK — New York Police have identified a person of interest in connection to the shooting on the N train Brooklyn Tuesday morning. The man has been identified as Frank James. Anyone with information is asked to call NYPD at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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UPDATE (4/12): El Paso police say an argument led up to a shooting in central El Paso Monday evening. Investigators say two men were walking on Clark towards a convenience store when people inside a Silver Nissan Altima drove up to them. Words were exchanged, and the Altima drove off. But police say the Altima
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Little Friends Daycare, located at 121 Wyatt, has been the target of multiple attempted break-ins over the past two years, according to Debbie Caldwell of Little Friends Daycare management. Caldwell says she has dealt with broken windows and smashed fencing during the break-in attempts. She says parents have even been
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police say a 14-year-old was taken into custody for making school shooting threats against Parkland Middle School. Investigators say the Ysleta Independent School District notified them on Thursday, April 7th about the threats posted on social media. Police say the teenager admitted that he created the message with the
Continue Reading Multiple people were shot in a subway station in Brooklyn, where “several undetonated devices” were also found, according to the FDNY. Follow the latest updates here.
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EL PASO, Texas – Life in prison. That was the sentence for Travis Wayne Vavra, 60, a long-haul truck driver from El Paso who was found guilty of transporting children to engage in sexual activity. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said, ” Our office is committed to vigorously prosecuting cases against individuals who prey upon the
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EL PASO, Texas– New evidence was admitted during day three of the Fernando Alarcon murder trial, the man accused of beheading his mother, Graciela Acosta, in 2017. Contents of a journal left the family emotional. The spiderman-covered journal was admitted as evidence in Friday’s trial after arguments between lawyers about using this evidence, which took
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN President Joe Biden on Monday announced new steps aimed at regulating so-called “ghost guns,” as use of the untraceable, homemade weapons in violent crimes rises. Ghost guns are one of many issues facing regulators and policymakers looking to address a spike in gun violence that began in early summer 2020. Gun
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police say they are investigating two separate deaths Sunday night. Authorities say they are investigating a shooting death after a victim took themselves to Sierra Providence East hospital on the far east side with gunshot wounds. The person later died from their injuries. Police did not provide any details
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EL PASO, Texas – Police officials say one man was transported to the University Medical Center with serious injuries after being stabbed. It happened around 10:24 A.M. on the 10500 block of Dyer St. According to police, one person has been detained at this time and the investigation is ongoing. Check back with ABC-7 for
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, CNN Jury selection began this past week in the penalty phase of Nikolas Cruz’s trial, the part of his court case that will determine whether he is sentenced to death or life in prison for the 2018 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Cruz has already pleaded guilty to 17
Continue Reading By Kelly Murray, CNN A tractor trailer coming into the US from Mexico was caught Friday carrying 427 pounds of alleged cocaine, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said Sunday. An officer stationed at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, encountered a truck hauling papier-mâché handicrafts and sent it for a secondary examination,
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EL PASO, Texas – As many as 53 migrants were taken into custody in a series of stash house busts in a busy 24-hour period. The following busts were reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on April 6: Stash house near Fred Wilson, 15 migrants; From Mexico and HondurasStash house near Piedras and Texas
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UPDATE (04/08): Sunland Park officials released surveillance video showing Sunland Park Chief of Police Javier Guerra’s confrontation with a suspect in custody. The video, which does not include audio, shows a man handcuffed by one hand who appears to interrupt Guerra, who is speaking with an officer; an argument develops between Guerra and the suspect.
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UPDATE (04/08) : The lead prosecutor for the State, Habon Mohamed, delivered a brief statement this afternoon. She said an issue with the jury resulted in a mistrial. Mohamed said, “our trial team is ready to proceed.” Once a new trial date is agreed to, the trial will be reset at the 409th District Court.
Continue Reading SAN ELIZARIO, Texas — A 19-year-old was shot in San Elizario Thursday. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were responding to an aggravated assault call on the 800 block of Bob Neil. The victim is in stable condition, according to investigators. The Major Crimes Unit is investigating. No other details were provided.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Mesilla Marshals arrested a town plaza vendor Friday morning, who they say molested a 14-year-old girl on a school field trip. A Marshals’ investigator tells ABC-7, 60-year-old Matthew Janssen of Las Cruces, was charged with four counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor. The incident allegedly happened on March
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – A 25-year-old man suffered several stab wounds after he said multiple people approached him at Grand View Park in central El Paso. Police say they were dispatched to the park at 11:55 p.m. Thursday in reference to the stabbing. The victim, Frank Angel, a central El Paso resident, was taken to
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EL PASO, Texas – The U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested 37-year-old Shawn Jose Osuna for stabbing an 18-year-old in March. Police say Osuna stabbed the teen after the teen had spent more than allowed using the offender’s food stamp card. Osuna was charged with aggravated assault. His bond was set at $900,000.
Continue Reading By Jason Hanna and Ray Sanchez, CNN A key figure in the sprawling college admissions scam was sentenced to four months in prison Friday — the same day a former University of Southern California water polo coach was found guilty of conspiracy and fraud. Mark Riddell, 39, who helped wealthy parents buy their children’s way
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty on Friday to two felony charges in one of the most prominent criminal cases against an organized far-right group that participated in the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021. Charles Donohoe, 34, is the first person in the Proud Boys leadership to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso police are investigating a stabbing that sent one person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries late Thursday night. This happened just after 11 p.m. on the 3100 block of Jefferson Ave. in central El Paso. Police have not released any information about the victim, nor have they said
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EL PASO, Texas– Fernando Alonzo Alarcon, accused of murdering his mother Graciela Acosta five years ago, sat before a jury Wednesday. In 2017 Acosta’s body was found in the apartment she shared with her son in West El Paso.ABC-7 obtained court documents that state the mother’s friend was worried she had not heard from her
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Nancy Crampton-Brophy wrote steamy romance novels with muscular, often shirtless, men on their covers and titles like “The Wrong Husband.” Some carried a tagline that said, “wrong never felt so right.” But for Crampton-Brophy, life with her husband of almost two decades appeared anything but wrong. She and Daniel Brophy lived
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