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Police ID pedestrian who was struck, killed in Northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Police have identified the pedestrian who was struck and killed Monday morning, July 1, in Northeast El Paso. Police say at around 10:30 a.m., Jaime Lara Arenivas, 50, was crossing east to west on the 8600 block of Dyer when a 79-year-old man traveling north on Dyer in […]
El Paso police identify man killed in fiery crash, confirm alcohol was a factor
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Police identified the El Paso man who died in a single-vehicle crash on Loop 375 and determined that alcohol played a factor. According to the El Paso Police Department's Special Traffic Investigations Unit, on June 2, 69-year-old Jesus Manuel Huerta from east El Paso was driving a Ford van east on Loop 375 when-- for reasons still unknown to investigators-- Huerta drove into the median and crashed into a street lamp post before the van caught on fire, near the Midway off-ramp in the lower valley.
EPISD police sergeant and officer arrested on multiple charges, face investigation
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — An officer and a sergeant with the El Paso Independent School District's police department were arrested and booked into the county jail on June 21, county booking records show. Sergeant John Solis and Officer Steve Romero of the EPISD police department were arrested on...
El Paso Police ask for the public's help identifying man who injured teen
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The El Paso Police Department and Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for the public's help identifying a man who injured a teen during a basketball game in May. According to EPPD, on May 16 a tense standoff took place between two teens...
6 people injured after crash on Gateway West at Airway
UPDATE: All lanes on Gateway West at Airway opened up just before midnight on Tuesday, July 2. ORIGINAL: EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – All lanes on Gateway West at Airway were closed Tuesday evening, July 2, due to a crash, according to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). TxDOT reported the crash just after 6 […]
El Paso women, San Antonio man sentenced to federal prison in deadly fentanyl cases
Two El Paso women and a San Antonio man were sentenced to federal prison in unrelated cases where the people they sold fentanyl to overdosed on the deadly opioid drug, authorities said. Kathy Lee Nicole Bradford, 32, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, while Patricia Tafoya, 40, received a year and nine...
43 migrants allegedly involved in March border incident removed from U.S.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials confirm to ABC-7 that 43 of the more than 200 undocumented migrants involved in a March 21, 2024 incident along the U.S./Mexico border have been removed from the country. DHS officials gave a full break down of where the...
Man arrested for murder at Rock City Bar and Grill
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – A 26-year-old man was arrested Friday, June 28 for killing one person and wounding three others during a shooting at an East El Paso bar back in March, according to the El Paso Police Department. El Paso Police Crime Against Persons detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Devonte Lamar Minter, […]
El Paso police use Instagram to shame DWI offenders in effort to curb drunk driving
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — The El Paso Police Department is publicly shaming people it arrests for Driving While Intoxicated. "What we’re doing is every week on Fridays, we’re releasing arrest photos of the people arrested for drinking and driving on Instagram," Sergeant Robert Gomez told KFOX14.
Border Patrol finds 4 bodies in Sunland Park desert as death toll rises
U.S. Border Patrol agents found four bodies in the desert surrounding Sunland Park, New Mexico, among about 20 lives lost in the area in just over a month. As day-after-day of 100-degree heat continues to blanket the Borderland, deaths in the desert are being discovered every few days in the border migrant smuggling...
El Paso man dies after being struck by car on Dyer St
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The man who was hit by a car in northeast El Paso on Monday died from his injuries, the El Paso Police Department announced. Jaime Lara Arenivas, 50, died after he was hit by a car along the 8600 block of Dyer St. around 10:35 a.m. Monday, EPPD said in a statement.
Construction vehicle spills tar over west El Paso nature preserve, businesses
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — According to crews from the El Paso Fire Department, a construction vehicle tipped over Wednesday night, spilling some "black liquid" over a nature preserve and some businesses in west El Paso. At around 10 p.m., EPFD crews responded to a spill flowing down businesses...
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