An early-Sunday morning stabbing in the Union District in Downtown El Paso sends one man to the hospital. According to El Paso Police, officers assigned to the Central Regional Command center responded to Durango and Overland after a large fight was reported at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning. Police say the fight had started at the 1914 Lounge, […]Read More
Two days after he was arrested by El Paso Police, the mug shot of off-duty Temple (Tx) Police Officer Kenneth Lee Sheka was released by officials. Sheka was arrested Tuesday, September 8th, after allegedly firing a gun inside the Chase Suites Hotel, located at 6791 Montana. Sheka was attending the Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas […]Read More
Austin – An El Paso jury today found a local contractor guilty of wage theft, the first conviction in El Paso, and possibly the state, under a 2011 law passed by State Senator José Rodríguez, D-El Paso. Theft of wages occurs when employers fail to pay workers their promised wages. In certain industries, such as […]Read More
Border Patrol Agents from Deming and Lordsburg, New Mexico combined to seize more than 273 pounds of marijuana last week, while apprehending six suspected narcotics couriers. Early on September 2nd, Agents assigned to the Deming Station were patrolling on I-10 near mile marker 45 when they observed five subjects hauling backpacks making their way north […]Read More
Nearly two years after being caught in Michigan and her baby’s body being found in a shallow grave in Orogrande (NM), Jenna Farrey was sentenced to 35 years in prison. According to on-line court documents, Farrey pled guilty on Wednesday in Judge Patrick Garcia’s courtroom. The documents reveal that Farrey’s sentence was to start that […]Read More
AUSTIN, Texas – A new law passed by the Texas State Legislature last session goes into effect this week, assuring county jail inmates of at least two 20-minute in-person visits per week. The legislation was introduced in response to a growing trend of replacing face-to-face visitation with video technology. Kymberlie Quong Charles, director of criminal […]Read More
A doorbell-ringing would-be burglar was surprised when the home he broke into was still occupied by the homeowner. On Wednesday afternoon, officers out of the Westside Regional Command responded to a call of a burglary in progress along the 600 block of Vera. According to officers, the homeowner peeked out his front door after hearing the door bell […]Read More
Border Patrol Agents from the Clint Station in the Lower Valley detain four smugglers and nearly 400 pounds of pot early Monday morning According to officials, in the early morning hours of August 31, the agents – using their acquired sign tracking skills – detected the entry of 6 people into the US. Agents then followed the […]Read More
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has released the 2015 Texas Gang Threat Assessment, which was developed to provide an extensive overview of gang activity in the state of Texas. “Because of their propensity for violence and close associations with ruthless Mexican cartels, gangs are a serious threat to public safety in […]Read More
El Paso Police say a burglar broke through walls as he worked to rob a jewelry store early Friday morning. Officials with EPPD say the burglar entered the Jewelry Gallery, located at 7134 N. Mesa, by breaking through walls from neighboring businesses. The as-of-yet unidentified suspect took an undisclosed amount of property from the store. Police […]Read More
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