Federal authorities are investigating Mesquite man in derailment of train
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Federal agents are investigating last month’s train derailment in Vado. Authorities are looking at a Mesquite man.…
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Las Cruces police warn residents about scam calls wanting ransom payments
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – Las Cruces police are warning residents about potential scam phone calls trying to get them to go to the scene of a motor…
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Las Cruces man arrested after allegedly stabbing friend multiple times
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A Las Cruces man has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed his friend and then broke into a business several hours…
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Man pleads guilty in crash that killed Fabens teacher, sentenced to 2 decades
EL PASO, Texas – The man arrested in connection with a drunken driving crash in 2019 that killed a Fabens High School teacher and injured two other…
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Man arrested in connection with 2 fires at same home after yearlong investigation
EL Paso, Texas – An El Paso man has been arrested in connection with two fires that hit a West Side home within weeks in late 2019. Adeoluwa…
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Capitol Police chief resigns in wake of violent riot at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) —The head of the U.S. Capitol Police will resign effective Jan. 16 following the breach of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob.…
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Facebook post helps Las Cruces police nab suspect in theft of pickup truck
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The man suspected of stealing a pickup in Truth or Consequences over the weekend was arrested in Las Cruces after being…
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El Paso police seek public’s help in solving cold case murder dating back to 1989
EL PASO, Texas – The public is being asked to help solve a 30-year-old murder that happened in an isolated industrial area of east El Paso. El Paso…
Continue Reading The FBI and DC police want the public to help identify Capitol rioters
Both the FBI and Washington police are asking Americans to step up and help them identify people who participated in Wednesday’s riot and…
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Capitol Police chief says siege of U.S. Capitol by Trump mob was ‘criminal riotous behavior’
WASHINGTON, DC — In first public comment, the chief of the U.S. Capitol Police says the siege of U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob was…
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4 dead in U.S. Capitol siege: 1 woman shot by police, 3 others had ‘medical emergencies’
WASHINGTON, DC — Four people died as supporters of President Donald Trump violently occupied the U.S. Capitol. D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said…
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Wisconsin officer who shot Jacob Blake won’t face charges
KENOSHA, Wisconsin — Rusten Sheskey will not face charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley…
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Convicted felon held without bond after caught with loaded gun at Las Cruces Walmart that banned him
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A convicted felon was being held in the Dona Ana County jail without bond Monday after police said they found the man…
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Father arrested in northern Mexico for beating 3 sons to death to cause his wife ‘great pain’
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — A man has been arrested in northern Mexico for allegedly beating to death his three sons in order to get back at the…
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Pastor dead, 2 hurt in Texas church shooting; suspect arrested
WINONA, Texas — A pastor was killed and two other people were injured in a shooting at an east Texas church Sunday after the pastor confronted…
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Surveillance video shows 15-year-old beating mother to death in Texas, police say
McKINNEY, Texas — A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder after surveillance video captured him beating his mother to death in McKinney,…
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1 hurt, 1 arrested in shooting at northeast El Paso fast-food place
EL PASO, Texas — One person was shot and wounded and another taken into custody following a late night shooting Saturday at a northeast El Paso…
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3 sheriff”s deputies shot and 1 woman killed outside Houston-area nightclub
HOUSTON, Texas — Three Harris County sheriff’s deputies were shot and one woman was killed early Sunday outside a Houston nightclub. The…
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Walmart shooting suspect in custody in Virginia after allegedly wounding 3, including sheriff’s deputy
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia — A sheriff’s deputy and two civilians are being treated for serious injuries at a hospital after a suspected…
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Juarez saw 4th deadliest year in 2020; only 5 days without killings
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The city of Juarez experienced only five days without any homicides occurring during all of 2020, making it the fourth…
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Mexico drug seizures soared in 2020, led by an almost 500% rise in opiod smuggling
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The Mexican army said that fentanyl seizures increased by at least 486% in 2020. Military and police forces said at year’s end…
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Former Alamogordo police officer sentenced to decade in prison for vehicular homicide
ROSWELL, New Mexico — A former Alamogordo police officer has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for his involvement in a crash that…
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