News Stories for July 2007
Stories for Friday, July 27
Flood Victims Get Help One Year Later
Volunteers from more than 20 non-profit agencies, including the American Red Cross, United Way, and Salvation Army spent several hours Friday getting ready for Saturday's big event.The El Paso Long Term Recovery Committee, which is made up of all these organizations, is hosting the One Year Remembrance Event of the ...
Las Cruces Police Officer Killed
The Las Cruces Police department is mourning the loss of one of their own following a motorcycle crash at 9:30 p.m. Thursday.Police said David Andrew Cordova, 24, died of injuries that he received from the crash.Cordova was in his first year with the Las Cruces Police Department.The intersection of Lohman ...
Stories for Thursday, July 26
Horse Involved In An Accident
Police arrived Thursday evening at S. Main and Union street in Las Cruces and found a horse injured from being hit by a car.The police spokesperson told KFOX the horse belonged to New Mexico State University.Police said it did not appear the horse would survive the accident.The people involved in ...
Anthony, N.M, Residents Vote Down Drainage Pond
After a meeting Thursday at the Anthony Water and Sanitation District, residents voted against a proposed retention pond. As KFOX reported, several homes in Anthony, N.M, were recently flooded by pounding rains. The New Mexico Department of Transportation proposed a solution: a new retention pond on Madero Street near Anthony ...
Crews work on Northeast Water Main Break
El Paso Water Utilities are working to fix a gushing mess.A water main break happened at the intersection of Acoma and Northview at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.Police have blocked off the street because the water has caused the concrete to lift.The sinkhole is still full of water.
Las Cruces Man Found Guilty Of Child Abuse Resulting In Death
It took a jury only a couple of hours to deliberate and return a guilty verdict against Elizar Urrutia Quinones.Quinones was found guilty on three counts of child abuse in the 2005 death of his 5-week-old daughter, Diana.On Wednesday, a pathologist who performed an autopsy on the baby testified that ...
Accused Hit-And-Run Driver Caught
El Paso police officers said a crash downtown was caused by a hit-and-run driver who was fleeing from police.Police said officers were in pursuit of a vehicle on Interstate 10 near Downtown El Paso. The vehicle exited Mesa Street, ran a red light at Kansas Street, T-boned a minivan -- ...
Stinky Problem For New Homes In Northeast El Paso
Mesquite Hills in Northeast El Paso is located about a half mile away from a sewage treatment plant. The new subdivision is in its building stages but already some see or smell a problem."It does not smell that often but when it does smell it smells pretty bad. I don't ...
Investigation On Dead Woman Found In Car Continues
New Mexico State Police have made no arrest after finding a woman dead in car.Lordsburg police made the discovery Wednesday after police said a 37-year-old Rhode Island man pulled up to an officer and said his girlfriend was sick.Thursday night, police were waiting on autopsy and toxicology reports to find ...
Homeowner Scares Teen With Gunshot
A teen is in a Dona Ana juvenile detention center after he was found trying to break into a neighbor's truck at 9:30 Wednesday night on the 6600 block of Gopher Road.The owner of the truck shot a handgun into the air to try to scare the teen. The homeowner ...
Police Arrest Bank Robber
FBI agents said they arrested the man responsible for robbing the State National Bank last week.Authorities arrested 57-year-old Thomas Michael Everett in Arkansas Wednesday after he drove up to a police officer saying he wanted to confess to a string of bank robberies.Everett told officers he had a problem, saying ...
Businesses Accused Of Not Complying With Disabilities Laws
Thursday marked the 17-year anniversary of the American With Disabilities Act. The law requires new buildings be completely handicap accessible, and older businesses make certain modifications."Restaurants that don't have a seating arrangement for people with disabilities we find very disturbing. It's just not right," said Raul Zamarripa, who was once ...
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Only On KFOX: Racing May Be To Blame For Motorcycle Crash
A 24-year-old man remains in serious condition at Thomason Hospital after he loses control of his motorcycle sending it flying into an East El Paso family's driveway.Police and paramedics were called to the family's home near the intersection of Album Avenue and N. Yarbrough Drive just after 1:00 a.m. Thursday ...
Stories for Wednesday, July 25
Baby Diana's Father Found Guilty In Her Death
The jury found Elizar Urrutia Quinoes guilty of killing his 5-week-old daughter Thursday afternoon.Thursday at 9 a.m. marked the start time for closing arguments in the trial of Quinoes.The pathologist who performed the autopsy on baby Diana testified Wednesday, and said the cause of death was blunt force trauma to ...
Immigrants Rescued From Canal
The Border Patrol and El Paso Firefighters worked together to rescue four immigrants trying to cross the border through a canal.Border patrol officials told KFOX the group, which included two men, a woman and a 10-year-old girl tried to cross through the American Canal shortly before midnight near the border ...
Police Officer Kills Dog
An El Paso police officer shot and killed a dog Wednesday.The officer was sent to check out a possible shanty town, a place where homeless people live in west El Paso.A group of explorers accompanied him. They're teens who hope to become police officers one day.Once they got to the ...
State Police: Circumstances 'Look Suspicious' Surrounding Dead Body Found In Car
New Mexico State Police questioned a man Wednesday night after they found the body of a woman in the car with him.Deming police had sent out an advisory to area law enforcement at about 11:30 am. Tuesday.It asked officers to "be on the lookout for" a white male in a ...
Teacher's Car Stolen On School Property
A Sanchez Middle School teacher in Soccoro is the latest victim of car thieves.Three cars have been stolen off of District parking lots in recent weeks, said Sgt. Jose Carrasco of the Soccoro Independent School District Police. "This is the third time we have had a theft of a vehicle ...
Police: Alleged Kidnapped Girl Found Dead
Authorities sent a message out Wednesday warning nearby law enforcement agencies about a kidnapping.The kidnapping allegedly happened at the La Hacienda motel. A witness who works at the motel reported seeing a man carry an unconscious girl and put her inside the trunk of his car. The witness said the ...
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