DALLAS, Texas — The man accused of murdering four people in a three-week period in late 2020 has pleaded guilty to the killing spree. Authorities in Dallas arrested Jeremy Harris in November of 2020. Among Harris’ alleged victims was 19-year-old El Paso native Jaden Urrea. Jaden Urrea (Courtesy: Urrea family) According to court documents obtained
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — David Renteria is set to be executed Nov. 16 in Huntsville, Texas. The El Paso man has been on death row since being convicted of the 2001 kidnapping and killing of Alexandra Flores, 5, in a crime that stunned the El Paso community. One person who will be a witness
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Attorney’s Office has shut down Asia Spa Massage, located in East El Paso, after obtaining a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) following alleged illicit activities. Among the multiple allegations made against the massage parlor by the County Attorney’s Office, Asian Spa Massage has been “providing erotic services,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man wanted for aggravated sexual assault of a child, and a ‘criminal warrant for injury to a child/elderly/disabled person reckless bodily injury,’ was arrested by El Paso County Constable Office Precinct 3 deputies. Hector Martinez, 45, was discovered at the 100 block of Chelsea. Deputies were alerted to an
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Crime Stoppers of Las Cruces-Doña Ana County is offering up to $1,000, for information that helps identify the suspect responsible for causing criminal damage to property throughout the city. Police say over the last several months, someone spray-painted “Chaps,” “Chaparro” or some variation of that moniker, at various locations
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man from Juarez pled guilty to one count of conspiring to traffick firearms and one count of illegal re-entry to the U.S. in a federal court in El Paso, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The DOJ said in a release that Erick Arenas Pascual, 22, was arrested
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Update: The jury found both brothers not guilty of murder. ABC-7 was in the courtroom as the verdict was read. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Closing arguments ended today in the trial of two brothers accused in a December 202 murder. The jury is now deliberating. Chris and Randy Martel were arrested in the Dallas
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Socorro ISD Police Chief George Johnson and El Paso District Attorney Bill Hicks are set to hold a news conference Monday afternoon to discuss two separate threats made against Montwood High School. According to SISD, a 15-year-old girl made a false bomb threat on Sept. 27th that forced an evacuation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested Ny’Quan Ontario Thames on two counts of discharging a weapon Wednesday. Police investigators say Thames shot a gun in the Cincinnati Entertainment District in the early morning hours of September 3, 2023. Police officials say that later that month, investigators were able to link evidence from
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By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The murder trial of a woman accused of gunning down rising pro cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson and fleeing the country began Wednesday with Texas prosecutors telling jurors they would hear Wilson’s final screams and the shots that killed her. Kaitlin Armstrong, 35, has pleaded not guilty
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Update: The Las Cruces Police Department is asking for help solving this case. “Crime Stoppers of Las Cruces-Dona Ana County is offering up to $1,000 for information that helps identify the person or persons responsible for Saturday night’s shooting that injured seven individuals at a house party on Dyer Street.About 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The man accused of shooting his brother and killing his friend in 2018 got a combined 30 years in prison today. Nicholas Negrete Peters admitted to shooting his brother, Jonathan, and his friend, Dimitri Pacheco, on a 911 call. Peters can be heard seemingly upset and asking for an ambulance
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By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer who fired into Breonna Taylor’s apartment the night she was killed is going on trial in federal court this week. Brett Hankison is charged with violating Taylor’s civil rights during the botched 2020 raid. The trial will mark a second attempt
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Uriah Urias, pictured above, was one of the victims in a shooting that happened early Saturday, according to his family. Witnesses said the shooting happened outside of a house party on the 5800 block of Sixta Drive. “He was shot in his left cheek, and it came out on the right
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Update (March 4, 2025): Court records show that the December 2, 2024 date was canceled. No new trial date has been set yet. Jail records show that Velazquez remains in jail. Update (August 7, 2024): Velazquez remains in jail on a $500,000 bond. He is scheduled to enter a plea on October 24, 2024. His
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former United States Marshal for the Western District Robert Almonte provided perspective on the ongoing intensive manhunt happening in Maine. Authorities in Maine continue to search for 40-year-old Robert Card. He is accused of opening fire and killing 18 people. Police said he also injured 13 others during a shooting
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A federal court sentenced 28-year-old El Pasoan Patrick Harley Chaires to 20 years in prison this week for selling a counterfeit M-30 pill containing fentanyl. Court officials say that the January 10, 2023 sale caused the customer to overdose. The customer was revived with Naloxone. According to court documents, Chaires
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Authorities from the United States and Mexico met on Friday to continue an initiative they have been working on together since 2017. In a news release, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said: The United States and Mexico announced 10 new criminal targets for their “Se Busca Información” initiative during a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A day after a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine left 18 people killed and dozens more injured, officials say the suspect is a firearms instructor. ABC-7 spoke with Ben Cheng, an El Paso firearms instructor with 35 years of firearm experience. Cheng told ABC-7 that the training and the expertise
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department said it has arrested the two people in connection to a shooting at a house party in East El Paso last month. Alan Villanueva, 18, is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and Luis Ruiz, 19, is charged with evading arrest or detention
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department is looking for suspects in a deadly shooting that happened outside of a West El Paso Bar last week. Police said the shooting happened on October 15 in the parking lot of a strip mall at 5200 N. Mesa. Officers first found one victim with
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — An El Paso man who was found guilty of homicide by vehicle and sentenced to 12 years in prison. He was also found guilty of multiple other charges. Patrick Woods, 38, was convicted of killing two people, one count of resisting, evading, or obstructing an officer, open container and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man was arrested this week for stabbing a woman in Canutillo last month, leaving her with life-threatening injuries, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. The stabbing allegedly happened on September 22 around 11:00 p.m. Deputies said they found the victim on the pavement with blood covering her
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UPDATE: After Alvarez was formally sentenced, Georgette Kauffman’s widow Daniel Kauffman gave his impact statement through tears and heavy breath. He said one of the two things that will bring him solace during this difficult time is knowing Alvarez will quote “Spend an eternity burning in hell away from God’s peace love and understanding.” Kauffman told the courtroom
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Emergency dispatchers received reports Monday of armed individuals in El Paso locations, according to the El Paso Police Department. But police said in a post on X, no evidence was found supporting the claims. Today, 911 received reports today of armed individuals in El Paso locations. No evidence was found
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EL PASO, Texas — EL Paso Police continue to search for the driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash. Police officials said that on Tuesday, officers found 80-year-old Luis Valles lying on the ground near the intersection of Kansas and 3rd in Downtown El Paso. Valles was taken to the hospital, but was pronounced dead.
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UPDATE: A jury found Joseph Alvarez guilty in the murder of state attorney Georgette Kaufmann. He was also found guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The jury deliberated for a few hours. Some family members were seen embracing each other and crying after the verdict was handed down. Outside of the courtroom one
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The second day of the murder trial of Joseph Alvarez wrapped up Tuesday afternoon.Alvarez is accused of killing Georgette Kaufmann, a Texas assistant attorney general, in her garage when she came home from work, and seriously wounding her husband, Daniel Kaufmann. In day 2 of the trial, it was revealed
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) — The sentencing hearing for an El Paso man accused of crashing his car, killing two people and then fleeing the scene in Chaparral, has been set for Monday, October 23. According to the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office, now 38-year-old Patrick J. Woods is accused of speeding and driving recklessly
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Update (October 16, 2023): El Paso Police say four cars were involved in the crash. Investigators say speed and alcohol contributed to the crash. Police have obtained an arrest warrant for 21-year-old Ft. Bliss resident Terry Randall Kinkade on an intoxication manslaughter charge and an intoxication assault charge. They are planning to arrest him after
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