EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Pursuits along Texas highways can become dangerous for everyone involved. In border communities, they are a common sight. Many have resulted in serious crashes and even death. The Texas Department of Public Safety has been using technology known as the Grappler System to help prevent and stop pursuits altogether for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The mother of a 3-year-old, whose father punched in the head and chest, says Fort Bliss officials failed to take abuse allegations seriously. Specialist Baltazar E. Gonzalez, 27, will serve six years in a military correction facility and was dishonorably discharged from the Army after pleading guilty to several charges,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPCSO) says that 40-year-old Edgar Amaya is facing a charge of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) after a crash that left one person with serious injuries. Officials say deputies with the sheriff’s office were called out Saturday, August 22, around to 1:48 a.m. to the 900
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Military officials announced that 27-year-old Specialist Baltazar E. Gonzalez will serve six years in a military correction facility and was dishonorably discharged from the Army after pleading guilty to several charges, including domestic violence after assaulting his 3-year-old son in 2025. According to officials, while attending a party at a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Police charged a woman accused of stabbing a woman to death after a fight at a party in Northeast El Paso. Documents alleged Regan Shameika Anderson murdered Daissy Guadalupe Moreno. Moreno went to a party on July 17 at her ex-girlfriend’s apartment. Documents said Anderson, Devyuan Jamal Williams Kee and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Police took three people into custody after receiving a call about a person with a weapon at Paisano Drive and Copia Street Friday. The El Paso Police Department alleged the three in custody were evading arrest. Police received the report at 8:01 a.m.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person was hospitalized after El Paso police received a car theft report near Industrial Avenue and Hawkins Boulevard on Wednesday. Crimes Against Persons is investigating an aggravated assault along with the auto theft, police told ABC-7. Police said they responded to the report at 9:07 p.m. A view of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former New Mexico State University men’s basketball player Deshawndre Washington delayed his hazing case twice in August. ABC-7 spoke with his agent, Kerry Carter, about his failures to appear in court.”We tried to bring Deshawndre Washington home Saturday,” said Carter. “They took his passport again. He cannot leave Lebanon because
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UPDATE (Aug. 20, 2026): According to police, officers found 59-year-old David Edward De Coste’s body wrapped inside a plastic bag in the home on Villa Hermosa Drive. His son, 29-year-old John Michael De Coste allegedly hit and kicked him after seeing him kiss a woman living with them. The arrest affidavit said a neighbor told
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OTERO COUNTY, N.M. (KVIA) — A 58-year-old man from Hobbs, New Mexico, has been arrested for allegedly causing a deadly crash. It happened in Mayhill, which is about a 20-minute drive from Cloudcroft. According to the Otero County Sheriff’s Office, on June 5, Terry Godwin drove recklessly on U.S. Highway 82 westbound. He allegedly crossed
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police arrested and charged a man with animal cruelty (torture), according to a news release sent Wednesday. Preliminary investigation revealed that on July 8, 73-year-old Carlos Jose Fernandez allegedly dragged and kicked a puppy on hot pavement. Witnesses alleged he pulled the dog’s collar — blocking its airway
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By Nicki Brown, CNN (CNN) — Lindsay Clancy’s defense on Monday started calling its own witnesses – several of whom described her as a dedicated and loving parent – after prosecutors rested their case against the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children.“She always wanted to be a mother, have many children, and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deputies charged a 23-year-old man with evading arrest and crashing into a vehicle during a pursuit, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. According to EPCSO, deputies tried to stop Carlos Calvillo’s vehicle in the Horizon area Saturday after midnight. Calvillo allegedly failed to yield and led deputies on
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UPDATE (Aug. 18, 2026) — According to Gallegos’ arrest affidavit, he allegedly admitted to drinking 13 to 14 beers before the crash. Right before the crash, Gallegos allegedly cut off another driver at a high rate of speed, documents said. The witness told investigators Gallegos’ truck didn’t follow the road’s curve and jumped a curb.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Tuesday, U.S. Senator John Cornyn said the Department of Justice awarded $189,848 in federal grant funding to El Paso County to support local law enforcement. Sen. Cornyn said the money will go into: Technology and equipment upgrades Law enforcement investigations involving domestic violence and child sexual abuse Officer and public
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UPDATE (Aug. 18, 2026): The El Paso Police Department confirmed it arrested and charged Jesus Angel Cortez for an alleged home burglary. In a news release sent Tuesday, EPPD said it went to a home on Upson Drive near Downtown El Paso on Sunday. Officers met with the homeowner, who said his family could hear
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UPDATE (1:51 p.m.): The Crime Stoppers of El Paso said it identified the suspect, but did not publicly share his name. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso police are looking for a man who allegedly walked around a Lower Valley El Paso middle school. According to the Crime Stoppers of El Paso, on July
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UPDATE (5:55 p.m.) — According to arrest affidavits ABC-7 obtained, Christian Forest Carbajal allegedly exposed himself in public on three separate occasions. The victims who reported him took pictures of his car, which helped investigators find and arrest him, documents said. First Incident One affidavit said on April 30, a victim alleged Carbajal touched his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 25-year-old man from San Elizario faces an intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle charge after a crash killed a 72-year-old man on the Loop 375 Friday, police said. According to an arrest affidavit ABC-7 obtained, Julian Lujan allegedly drove his truck the wrong way while intoxicated. Documents said the truck
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After a jury was selected Friday, opening statements started Monday in a capital murder trial for a man accused of killing his aunt and girlfriend on Christmas in 2022. Police said both alleged murders happened in separate locations. That day, El Paso Police went to a house on Truman Avenue
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HORIZON, Texas (KVIA) — According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office (EPCSO) two minors were arrested after allegedly taking deputies on chase in El Paso County. Officials say that on August 9, 2026, around 10:24 p.m., El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called out to the area of Buck Street and Mule Deer
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) — Three men pleaded guilty to federal firearm charges after September 2025 shooting near Hermosa Heights Elementary School and Young Park in Las Cruces. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico, John Anthony Orta, 24, Steven Mendoza, 22, and Luis Angel Ruiz, 23, pleaded guilty. Court
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By Aaron Katersky and Peter Charalambous Luigi Mangione admitted to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he pleaded guilty Friday to two federal stalking counts. Mangione, wearing tan prison clothes, addressed the court himself, saying, “After years of enduring severe pain from a broken back … I learned UnitedHealth would be holding an investor conference in New York City.”
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UPDATE (Aug. 14, 2026): Rep. Escobar said she recently toured La Tuna and spoke with its current employees and union members. She said the facility serves many people in the Borderland, and that it mainly focuses on rehabilitation. “Almost any employer in the community that that, that, that we do business with as a community
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Horizon City party led to the arrest of twin brothers for allegedly driving while intoxicated, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday. Deputies received reports of a fight and possible assault at the house party Aug. 8, which took place on Laguna Azul Avenue in the Agua Dulce
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ROSWELL, N.M. (KVIA) — The FBI Albuquerque Division seeks information about three murders that happened in Roswell, New Mexico, between June and July. According to an FBI poster, authorities found two men’s bodies in a river channel and a third outside of Roswell. The FBI hasn’t identified any suspects yet. The FBI Albuquerque Division provided
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Wednesday, deputy constables arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly violating his parole and having fentanyl on hand, according to the El Paso County Constable’s Office for Precinct Six. According to the constable’s office, it helped agents with the Texas Office of the Inspector General trying to find Milton Smith, who
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office could face a $2.5 million budget shortfall by the end of the fiscal year. El Paso County Budget Director Carmen Arrieta-Candelaria said the sheriff’s office only has has $23.4 million left to spend for the fiscal year. She said the money would have to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Chuco Tango gang member has been arrested and charged for allegedly failing to identify himself, the El Paso County Constable’s Office Precinct Six said Wednesday. Tuesday at 5:35 p.m., an associate at the Cielo Vista Walmart flagged down a an off-duty constable to report a theft, the constable’s office
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SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) — A man in his 20s was arrested Tuesday under several active criminal warrants, the San Elizario Marshal’s Office said. The marshal’s office said it arrested Isaac Isaiah Vargas near 13000 Alarcon Rd. near Ted Richardson Park. Vargas reportedly had active warrants from the Socorro Police Department and the El Paso
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