EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has arrested an El Paso county resident wanted for the charge of “Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Disabled Individual: Victim Under 14.” Rogelio Garcia Jr. was arrested Tuesday at his home on the 13400 block of Emerald Pass Ave. near Horizon City
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CLINT, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff deputies arrested 34-year-old Daniel Garcia Moge for theft on September 30, 2024. Deputies found Monge allegedly stealing wood from a home builder construction site on the 300 block of Roper in Clint, officials say. Deputies booked Monge into the Downtown Detention Facility on a $750 bond. EPCSO
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 30 years. That is how long the families of Concepción Villa, Francisco Santoni, and Dante Santoni have been waiting for answers and closure. That’s also how long ABC-7 has been covering the family’s triple murder. “Police say all three victims died of multiple stab wounds,” Estela Casas said the evening of
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Update (October 10, 2024): Perez is set to go on trial on May 23, 2025 at 8:30 AM. Update: The jail released Perez on bond on July 31, 2024. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say that officers arrested and charged 23-year-old Jorge Miguel Perez with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada Garcia worked alongside Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera for years, up until Guzmán’s capture and extradition to the United States in 2016 Zambada then assumed the lead of the Sinaloa Cartel until his arrest in El Paso on Thursday. Former U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte said this
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EL PASO (KVIA) — The Justice Department has released a statement on the arrest of the co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, who was taken into custory in El Paso, TX on Thursday. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada helped found the Sinaloa Cartel alongside of Chapo Guzman, who’s son was also arrested. In a release, the Justice
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department has made a second arrest in a shooting that left one man dead early Saturday morning. El Paso County jail records show 19 year-old Noah Lomeli was booked on a $1 million bond for the charge of murder on Tuesday. As ABC-7 reported, 19 year-old
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Update: A detective with LCPD’s Criminal Investigation Division stated in an arrest affidavit that when officers arrived, they found 10 people involved in an altercation outside. Court documents state that Jaime was holding a rifle and two officers had to wrestle it away from him. Jaime then allegedly resisted arrest, spitting in an officer’s face
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Update: Court documents state that a detective with the Hatch Police Department started looking into Martinez when a woman brought in her 15-year-old daughter’s cell phone, claiming to have found nude images on the device. The detective learned that the teen girl had sent at least one nude photo of herself to Martinez over Snapchat,
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SOCORRO, New Mexico (KVIA) — Socorro Police have arrested multiple people connected to a shooting at Jardin de Flores Park in September 2023. Four people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the park shooting. Another shooting happened in El Paso in retaliation soon after, Socorro Police say. There are three people charged with aggravated assault (mass shooting):
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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — 18-year-old Landus Rivas and 19-year-old Gabriel Hernandez are charged with arson. Landus Rivas (Courtesy: Dona Ana County Detention Center) The El Paso teens were arrested in Dona Ana County on Sunday and booked into the the detention center there this morning. Gabriel Hernandez (Courtesy: Dona Ana County Detention
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TULAROSA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Otero County Sheriff deputies are looking for 41-year-old Tularosa resident James Martin. Officials say Martin violated his probation for criminal sexual penetration of a child by leaving Otero County. He was last seen in the El Paso/Sunland Park area, officials say. Courtesy: OCSO Martin is 5’9″ and weighs about 170
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CANUTILLO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested and charged a man Thursday for threats outside at an El Paso County pool. El Paso County jail records show 19-year-old Jonathan Dominick Rubio is currently being held at the El Paso County Detention Facility for Terroristic Threat causes fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Dannia Gonzalez and Jonathan Ambriz were just arrested for outstanding theft of service warrants after deputies say they caught the pair attempting to scam El Pasoans. Deputies took Gonzalez and Ambriz into custody on the 13000 block of Sky Harbor June 6, 2024. Officials say the pair tried to get
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has confirmed a man awaiting a retrial after his murder conviction was overturned is allowed to live outside the state of Texas while on bond. Leonel Hernandez was released from prison in March of this year, after he successfully appealed his 2019 conviction in the murder of Richard Madrigal.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A suspect in the murder of a U.S. Army combat veteran in El Paso has pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal. Brandon Olsen is one of five people who initially faced capital murder charges in Tyler Croke’s death. Croke was murdered on May 7, 2017. He was attacked while showering at a friend’s
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UPDATE — Jail records show Miguel Angel Montoya has been booked into the El Paso jail tonight. Montoya is being charged with harassment. Records show his bond stands at $35,000. ————————————————————————————————————- EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The father of a two-year-old El Paso boy who was at the center of an Amber Alert last month
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Constable deputies took 26-year-old Vianna Tena into custody Friday, April 12, 2024. Officials say that court officials issued a PR Bond Revocation warrant for Tena’s Intoxicated Assault with a Vehicle causing Serious Bodily Injury charge. Deputies arrested Tena at the 3300 block of Wedgewood Drive in East
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Will an El Paso man who has been on death row for more than 30 years soon fulfill his sentence? That was the question today at the center of a hearing in the County Courthouse downtown. Today on ABC-7 at 10 we will provide you with Xtra depth on the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Alexus Chantel Dominguez was convicted of capital murder in the death of Arnulfo Apodaca Gonzalez in 2019. Gonzalez’s decomposing body was found wrapped in a rug and bound with duct tape at the top of Transmountain in September 2019. The Medical Examiner said he suffered an assault before he was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Marvin Lake was convicted of the 2021 capital murder of 13-month-old Ahren DeHart today. He was sentenced to life in prison for the murder. In April of 2021 Lake was babysitting several young children while the children’s mothers were at work. When they returned, investigators said they found DeHart unresponsive.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso Police officer fired at a trespassing suspect after the suspect allegedly through a “large rock” at the officer, according to EPPD officials. The incident happened February 20, 2024 around 3:45 a.m. on the 7200 block of Royal Arms in West El Paso. Police officials say that officers
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Saul Luna Villa, the Ft. Bliss soldier charged with femicide in Juarez, was extradited to Mexico Tuesday morning. U.S. Marshals took Luna through the Stanton bridge. Luna, who is an El Paso native who has been stationed at Fort Bliss for two years, is accused of killing a 19-year-old mother in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has obtained the mugshots of all 11 suspects facing capital murder charges in the unsolved shooting of Terrance Kinard Jr. in 2019. David Lee Moore, Miguel Aquino Ferrer, Marcus Kaleb Moore, Juan Manuel Noria, Obadiah John President, Jeremiah Deshawn Perkins, Bryanna Lovett, Deyone Quartaril Bridges, Savannah Mariyah Smith, Jacob
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 21-year-old Armando Leonardo Moreno (aka Cholo) pleaded guilty to kidnapping resulting in death in a federal court in El Paso this week. Court documents state that Moreno and others conspired to kidnap a person from an El Paso stash house in September of 2021. They drove him to another house
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man who appeared on the Texas 10 Most Wanted Sex Offender list was captured in El Paso this week. Kenneth Wayne Dove Jr. was convicted of two counts of indecency with a child by sexual contact in 2016. Investigators say the charges stem from two incidents involving a 5-year-old
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso is looking for a person who allegedly took deposit bags from an eastside fast food restaurant. Police say that on December 31, 2023, a man forced his way into the Sonic on Pebble Hills. He allegedly took several empty deposit bags and inactive gift cards.
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MIAMI BEACH, Florida (KVIA) — ABC-7 has obtained documents from Miami Beach police detailing what led to the arrest of El Pasoan Daniel John Valtier outside of Shakira’s home yesterday morning. Shakira’s security had been made aware of 56-year-old Valtier following several social media posts and deliveries made to her home between late December and the start of 2024,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has more details on a Socorro man who was arrested following a police chase. 37-year-old Socorro resident Armando Bejarano has been charged with evading arrest or detention, theft of property, and criminal mischief. Police say officers attempted to pull Bejarano over on the 8700 Block of Gateway East after
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Update (September 25, 2024): On September 20, 2024, Clark’s legal team filed a motion to restore property. Update (August 2, 2024): Clark is scheduled to enter a plea on January 23, 2025 at 10 AM. His jury trial is scheduled to begin April 14, 2025 at 9 AM. Update (January 9, 2024): Clark has been
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