UPDATE (Oct. 20, 2026): The Texas Medical Board said it temporarily suspended Edward Michelson’s medical license. In a news release published Tuesday, TMB said Michelson’s practice in medicine “poses a continuing threat to public welfare.” The suspension immediately went into effect. “The Board panel found that Dr. Michelson was arrested for the felony charge of
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — A 17-year-old boy was charged after allegedly driving a stolen ATV while intoxicated. Jonathan Calderon’s mugshot.(Courtesy: HPD) The Horizon City Police Department said it stopped Jonathan Calderon for riding an ATV without a helmet near Corby Road and Darrington Road on Oct. 17. Police said the ATV matched the description
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HORIZON, Texas (KVIA) — The Horizon City Police Department (HCPD) has filed additional criminal charges against Jesus Adrian Servin, 23, and Ruby Leann Hernandez, 17, previously arrested in connection with a July 2, 2026, residential arson investigation. As previously reported by ABC-7, officials began an arson investigation after a residence located on Desert Silver Drive
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Department of Public Safety asked the public for information about a 1995 murder that happened in East El Paso. Friday, the DPS said the reward for information leading to an arrest increased to $6,000. On Feb. 7, 1995, 30-year-old Celia Loya called her colleagues at American Sling to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police said a 13-year-old boy was taken to the hospital severely malnourished, with bruises all over his body and broken bones. His adoptive parents have been arrested and charged with injury to a child. Timothy Sibley (left) and Katrina Gabrielle Sibley (right), who are accused of failing to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said it arrested a man accused of letting his child drive an ATV without functioning brakes. On Monday, deputies received a report of a crash at the intersection of Cypress Street and Wahlen Lane in Fabens. EPCSO said 37-year-old Jose Luis Lechuga let his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 34-year-old man is accused of trying to kidnap a 14-year-old girl. Authorities arrested him at the Bridge of the Americas, according to the Office of Field Operations Port of El Paso. Sunday, federal officials encountered the man at BOTA. OFO didn’t publicly identify the man and accused him of
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UPDATE (Oct. 13, 2026): Investigators documented interviews with Edgar Sanchez, who is accused of throwing rocks at a BMW in a “road rage” incident. Deputies also spoke with the BMW’s driver. Deputies went to Mill Hill Court off Darrington Road in Horizon City after a crash report. When deputies arrived, those involved in the crash
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — The Horizon City Police Department said it arrested and charged a 29-year-old woman accused of driving a motorized scooter while intoxicated. HPD said it happened on Oct. 3 in the Orchid Drive and Golden Eagle Road area. Officers found Nina Teresa Jimenez near a business on the 14000 block of
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — A welfare check led to an arrest in Horizon City, police said Monday. Horizon City police initiated a welfare check near Horizon Boulevard and Ashford Street on Oct. 2. During the investigation, officers learned about an alleged assault at a nearby business, HPD said. After checking records, authorities found a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– According to a news release, on Saturday, deputies with the Precinct 6 Deputy Constables Office arrested 34-year-old Mauricio Toscano for 45 counts of sex offenses against children. Toscano was charged with 20 counts of possession of child pornography, 18 counts of sexual performance of a child under 14, six counts of
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — A 64-year-old man faces an animal cruelty charge after deputies said they saw a dog fall out his truck bed. Victor Martinez allegedly told deputies the six-month-old dog “needed to learn.” The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said that on Oct. 3, deputies saw a German shepherd dog fall out
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man has been convicted for three counts related to fentanyl trafficking, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas. The Drug Enforcement Administration investigated 45-year-old Charles Arellano, a fentanyl dealer, USAO said. During a fentanyl transaction in January 2025, Arellano claimed to have
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deputies arrested a driver after he allegedly led a chase into a desert area in Far East El Paso on Saturday. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said it charged 37-year-old Isai Ebenezer Silva with evading arrest (with a previous conviction and with a vehicle) and possession of a controlled
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UPDATE (Oct. 6, 2026): ABC-7 obtained arrest affidavits detailing Jessica Marie Alonzo’s accused crimes. Monday, she was arrested and charged with 10 counts of tampering with government records, according to the El Paso County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office (TAC). An investigation into an unlawful vehicle title and registration scheme led to her arrest. Documents said the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Crime Stoppers of El Paso said it’s looking for a man accused of stealing turkey meat and pain reliever from a West El Paso Albertsons store. Crime Stoppers said it happened Sept. 10 at 3:19 p.m. at the Albertsons on N Mesa Street and Resler Drive. The man is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Monday, Sheriff Oscar Ugarte will give a presentation to Commissioners in El Paso County Commissioners Court on how they’ve made operational changes in Jail Operations in light of a $5.9 million budget deficit. According to the Sheriff’s Office presentation, the Sheriff’s Office has implemented operational changes within its Jail Operations
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UPDATE (Sept. 22, 2026): El Paso police said they arrested and charged 40-year-old Jose Luis Garcia for his brother’s murder. (Courtesy: EPPD) According to an arrest affidavit, officers found 32-year-old Lorenzo Alba dead inside a home on Charlie Smith Drive. Officers saw multiple guns in the home and spent casings around Alba’s body. EPPD’s Crimes
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 29-year-old woman accused of a deadly hit-and-run had a suspended sentence for driving while intoxicated with two children at the time, according to court documents. On Saturday, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Melanie Christine Cuellar was found in Mexico and returned to El Paso. EPCSO said she
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — Two people were arrested after deputies conducted a fraud investigation, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Deputies received a report about two vehicles financed through Ibarra Financial Services. The company told EPSCO it couldn’t recover the vehicles. Investigators said 35-year-old Luis Fernando Jaquez and 34-year-old Briana Christine Cardenas
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UPDATE (Sept. 21, 2026): An inmate in Hudspeth County helped police identify one of three suspects from a deadly shooting at Tom Lea Upper Park, according to police documents. The shooting happened around 3:39 a.m. on Sept. 12 at the park. Documents said police went to the park and found the two men dead on
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UPDATE (3:15 p.m.): The El Paso Police Department said the chase is connected to a deadly shooting that happened in East El Paso Monday. The shooting happened around 6:20 a.m. at the 1700 block of Charlie Smith Drive, EPPD said. Officers found a 32-year-old man that had been shot and died. A witness told police
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Socorro, Texas (KVIA) — The Socorro Police Department arrested 22-year-old Christopher Aaron Olivas on Sept. 18, in connection with an aggravated robbery that occurred on April 24, 2026. On April 24, 2026, at approximately 12:23 a.m., officers with the Socorro Police Department were dispatched to Murphy USA, on the 10300 block of Alameda, for a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department is responding to an aggravated assault in Far East El Paso on Friday. EPPD Detective Judy Oviedo said it happened on the 4600 block of Turf Road near El Dorado High School. Police didn’t share any other information at this time.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 22-year-old man for reckless driving on Tuesday. EPCSO said it happened near the 14800 block of Edgemere Boulevard near IDEA Edgemere. Deputies found tire marks throughout a shopping center parking lot. Body cam footage EPCSO shared showed allegedly Anthony Samaniego
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UPDATE (Sept. 15, 2026): A 24-year-old man was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of discharging a firearm after Sunday’s shooting, police said. Joseph Alexander Aguilar allegedly fired several rounds into the air outside a Central El Paso bar. Joseph Alexander Aguilar’s mugshot(Courtesy: EPPD) According to the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Saturday, two people were killed here in a shooting at Tom Lee Upper Park. One neighbor said she just wants to help keep the neighborhood safe — and that’s why she’s pushing for a neighborhood watch. “We heard nothing in the front,” said Nancy Monty, a neighbor in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 46-year-old man received a prison sentence Monday after pleading guilty to murder and manufacture/delivery of a controlled substance in a death that happened at the Downtown El Paso County Detention Center. The 34th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said the sentencing is the first of its kind in West Texas.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office helped find a woman indicted on a child murder charge, EPCSO said Monday. Court documents said she failed to feed two children — one of whom died. According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, its deputies helped find 25-year-old Glenda Marks.
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UPDATE: Congresswoman Veronica Escobar toured Camp East Montana Thursday morning to find out about the reported confrontations between detainees and facility staff. Escobar said ICE blamed a group of Venezuelans for starting those exchanges that led to the assault of staff and what ICE is describing as a riot. Escobar said several people were taken
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