(CNN) — The US government has formally declared that members of the Russian armed forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday. The official US declaration that Moscow has violated the laws of conflict comes after Blinken, President Joe Biden and Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A US Capitol riot suspect who fled the United States has been granted refugee status in Belarus, according to Belarusian state-owned television BelTA. The California man, Evan Neumann, went to Europe after being charged in connection with the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Neumann initially settled in Ukraine,
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UPDATE (3/22): El Paso police say 25-year-old Luis Hernandez was charged with two counts of accident involving injury or death. Hernandez had been treated for his injuries before being booked on bonds totaling $100,000. EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Police investigate a crash at the 6300 block of Westside Dr. and Borderland in the
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UPDATE: Police announced a second arrest in connection to the stabbing. Matthew Luis Acevedo, 24, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bond is set at $250,000. No mugshot was provided. Police say Acevedo is from central El Paso. EL PASO, Texas – A 26-year-old El Paso man is facing
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CANUTILLO, Texas — A family detained a car thief as they waited for El Paso Sheriff’s deputies to arrive. According to the Sheriff’s department, a woman said she saw her car being driven out of the home’s driveway on March 16 on Gillet Street and Elk Way. The victim’s family helped her track down the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – An 18-year-old was stabbed Saturday after police say an argument over a food stamp purchase escalated. Police say the 18-year-old had received the food stamp card from the offender to purchase food. But police say the 18-year-old had spent more than the offender had allowed. That led to an argument that
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – From our New Mexico Mobile Newsroom, Las Cruces Police say a man in his 50s was taken to Mountain View Hospital after he was injured in a hit and run. The man died from his injuries a short time later. Police say it happened at 7:50 p.m. Saturday at the
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Police officers say 27-year-old Michael Nicholas Noder pulled out a knife and threatened a store clerk at the 7-11 at 5007 Alabama just after 4:40 p.m. March 20. He then reportedly took several scratch-off lottery tickets. A few minutes later the store clerk at the 7-11 at 5830 Dyer
Continue Reading By Melissa Alonso, CNN Three people were killed and three others injured in a shooting at a Fayetteville, North Carolina, hotel Saturday. The incident took place at the Baymont Ramada, the Fayetteville Police Department (FPD) said in a tweet. The hotel is located about 10 miles south of Fort Bragg. Investigators said Sunday three men
Continue Reading By Michelle Watson, Keith Allen and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least ten people were wounded in an overnight shooting in Dallas early Sunday, according to Dallas Police Department spokesperson Brian Martinez. The Dallas Police Department initially said one person died in the shooting — which occurred in the 5200 block of Botham Jean Boulevard —
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Las Cruces Police Department is looking for dynamic, service-oriented men and women to serve as peace officers as the agency grows. Recruiters will be at Bassett Place on Saturday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and at the Walmart on Rinconada in Las Cruces on Sunday, March
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By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys have told a Delaware judge that a committee for several Catholic entities in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has reached a settlement with the BSA and is withdrawing objections to its reorganization plan. Friday’s announcement came amid an ongoing trial to determine whether the
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EL PASO, Texas – A man’s computer repair lead to his arrest after police say the repairperson discovered indecent photographs of children. The El Paso Police Police Department’s Internet Crimes against Children Unit arrested 79-year old Robert Shewan Thursday. Police say the investigation begin on March 11. Shewman was issued a bail of $50,000.
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EL PASO, Texas – A man was taken to the hospital after being stabbed. El Paso police say the victim is being uncooperative, refusing to provide information about what happened. Police responded to the 10700 block of Vista Del Sol around 10:50 a.m. Friday. This is a breaking news story. Download the KVIA news app
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UPDATE (03/18): El Paso police say a man held a 13-year-old at knifepoint and used the boy as a human shield during a family violence disturbance call Thursday. When police say they responded to the 10900 block of Bob Stone in east El Paso, a 36-year-old female told officers she was locked out of a
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police say a 23-year-old woman was held at gunpoint and forced to accompany her captor to a job interview at the Otero County Jail. Police arrested 25-year-old Matthew Joseph Contreras of El Paso on Monday just before noon. He’s charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A federal judge has unsealed a video taken by the California Highway Patrol that captures the death of Edward Bronstein, a 38-year-old man who was in their custody following a March 2020 traffic stop in Los Angeles County. Bronstein is heard repeatedly telling officers, “I can’t breathe,” while
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EL PASO, Texas — Homeland Security Investigation Statistics released a report detailing 5,393 cases of Child Exploitations for the 2021 fiscal year. Of those cases there were 3,776 criminal arrests. 2,275 Indictments, 1,511 convictions and 1,177 children identified and/or rescued. This is up from 1,000 children identified and/or rescued in 2020. “Last year I can say
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police say a man who admitted to using methamphetamine earlier in the day vandalized a police car at police headquarters. Police arrested 22-year-old Manuel Eduardo Martinez and charged with criminal mischief. Police say the incident happened Tuesday when a DWI task force officer walking to his police car saw
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police arrested two men in connection to a March 6 shooting at Barraza Park on McCombs. Police say a fight left a 23-year-old man with gunshot wounds. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. El Paso gang officers saw what they say was one of the offenders carrying a bag
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EL PASO, Texas – A 34-year-old woman was stabbed in the neck Monday in central El Paso. El Paso police say it happened just before 6 p.m. on Noble and Myrtle. The victim was taken to the hospital and is listed in stable condition. This is a breaking news story. Download the KVIA news app
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EL PASO, Texas – A 35-year-old man has been arrested after sending nudes photos of himself to a person he thought was a 15-year-old girl, according to El Paso police. Police charged Ivan Adame with the online solicitation of a minor. Police say in addition to nude photos of himself; he sent sexually explicit messages
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EL PASO, Texas – Hundreds of new body cameras are headed to the El Paso Police Department after El Paso city council unanimously approved $6.6 million in funding. The funding will cover 700 cameras for officers and 410 mobile video recorders for the department. The money is coming from the American Resue Plan Act. “I
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This is the second story in a three-part series on the use of Narcan by law enforcement.TEMPE, Ariz. — When Officer Dave Hanson trains police officers on how to use Narcan, he starts by showing body camera footage from the first time a Tempe police officer used the medication on a local resident.The grainy video
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Editor’s note: EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police say a Juarez man has been arrested for killing 29-year-old Luis Alfredo Ramos early Monday morning. Police say Ramos had assaulted a female earlier in the evening. Later that evening, Ramos arrived at her apartment on 9133 Kernel. That’s when he was shot multiple times by
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UPDATE: (03/17): According to documents obtained by ABC-7, Michael Allen Ransdell said he had his hazard lights on prior to the crash because his brakes failed. Ransdell told an officer another vehicle approached his causing him to veer right over a curb. Ransdell said that caused him to lose control and collide with another vehicle’s
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso man was arrested for possessing child pornography. Police say 44-year-old Guillermo Esparza had a dozen electronic media devices containing numerous images of child pornography. Esparza was arrested Friday. An investigation by the Internet Crimes Against Children unit lead to an investigation. Homeland Security Investigations executed a search warrant
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in San Elizario for domestic criminal mischief. It happened Sunday morning March 13 at 12000 Benedicta St. According to deputies, Bryan Edmundo Jimenez became aggressive and resisted arrest. Jimenez was arrested and booked on an $11,500 bond.
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The Justice Department asked a judge on Monday to drop a criminal case against a Capitol rioter, admitting that prosecutors failed to schedule a hearing within the legal timeframe and asking for permission to charge the Texas man again for allegedly attacking police. In a court filing, prosecutors
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This is the first story in a three-part series on the use of Narcan by law enforcement.EL PASO, Texas — In the early morning hours of July 23, 2019, two police officers responded to a welfare check at a Northeast El Paso apartment. There, they found an unconscious 21-year-old man, with purple lips and a
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