News Stories for December 2007
Stories for Friday, December 28
Traffic Cameras Installed In Las Cruces
An eye in the sky will now check out drivers at a couple of busy Las Cruces intersections.The intersections of Lohman and Interstate 25 as well as North Main and I-25, are now equipped with cameras to capture all the traffic coming through on a daily basis.Residents who talked to ...
Fire Damages Las Cruces Apartment
An apartment fire in Las Cruces caused $20,000 in damage.Firefighters responded to the call late Thursday afternoon.Crews saw smoke and flames coming from a window when they arrived.Investigators said an unattended hot plate ignited the carpet and nearby combustibles.No one was injured.
Crash Victim Laid To Rest
One week after he and a friend died in a traffic crash near the El Paso Zoo, The family and friends of 18-year-old Vicente Munoz laid him to rest Friday.Police said Munoz was driving a Ford Focus that crashed in the 4000 block of Paisano, in the early-morning hours of ...
El Paso's Longest-Serving Sheriff Dies
El Paso County Sheriff Leo Samaniego died Friday, ending more than 50 years of law enforcement service in El Paso.Jimmy Apodaca is the deputy chief. At Friday's press conference, he said, "Sheriff Samaniego passed away in his sleep at 2:41 p.m. He was surrounded by his family and friends."Many more ...
Samaniego Leaves Behind Legacy Of Accomplishment
According to El Paso County Commissioner Dan Haggerty, it's no secret why everyone liked Sheriff Leo Samaniego so much."He was everybody's favorite... rough, tough, straight-forward, but a straight-shooter, and everybody respected that from him," said Haggerty.Haggerty credits the values Samaniego brought to the sheriff's department nearly 25 years ago in ...
Water Main Breaks In Central El Paso
Crews with El Paso Water Utilities responded to a broken water main on Copia Street between Taylor Avenue and Polk Street in Central El Paso around 1:30 a.m. Friday. Workers stopped the flow of water in about 15 minutes, but not before the water streamed down Byron Street and Tyler ...
Stories for Thursday, December 27
Emergency Crews Respond To Victims With Gunshot Wounds
Emergency crews responded to Northeast El Paso to help two people with gunshot wounds. Dispatchers said at about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, emergency crews responded to the Howdy's convenience store at the Patriot South Freeway and McCombs.Once there, they found two victims.They believe the shooting happened in Chaparral and that it ...
Update On Chaparral Cockfight Raid
Authorities said they euthanized a total of 136 roosters after a cockfighting raid this past weekend in Chaparral, NM.Six roosters were shipped to animal control authorities in Albuquerque, N.M.The Otero County undersheriff said his office received calls about a cockfight this past Saturday and obtained a search warrant based on ...
Las Cruces Man Indicted For Killing His Mother
On Thursday morning, a Dona Ana County grand jury indicted a 25-year-old Las Cruces man for shooting to death his mother, a state police officer.The chief deputy district attorney said Justin Quintana was indicted on an open count of murder, aggravated burglary and larceny of a firearm, in the death ...
Strong Winds Cause Apartment Fire
Two Central El Paso families had to evacuate after a fire started at their apartments.Red Cross officials said a camper was sitting on top of the carport when a gust of wind pushed it against an electric wire, which sparked the fire.They said they are helping one family with five ...
High Gusts Cause Property Damage
A wind advisory on Thursday was over at 9 p.m., but not before it caused a lot of property damage around the borderland.It raised the roof in some parts of town. In Northeast El Paso, the winds blew the roof off of a duplex on Dyer. A few miles over ...
El Paso Not Hit Hard By National Decline In Home Prices
For the tenth straight month, home prices fell in our country's 20 largest metropolitan areas. Since their peak in July 2006, economists say prices have dropped about 6.6 percent, which is the greatest decline since before the start of World War II. But in El Paso, real estate experts said ...
Pedestrian Killed In Late Night Accident
El Paso Police Department Special Traffic Investigation officers said an elderly woman died when a man driving an Infinity struck her and a male companion with his vehicle around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of Pendale Road. The elderly man who was hit survived. "The male was transported ...
Elderly Couple Gets Hit Trying To Cross Street
Police said a driver hit an elderly couple that who were trying to cross a street in East El Paso.Officers say the couple was crossing the street in the 1500 block of Pendale Road Wednesday night just before 9:30 p.m."An Infinity G-35 driven by a Hispanic male in his late ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 26
Car Hits Two Pedestrians
Emergency dispatchers say a vehicle hit two pedestrians at George Dieter and Pendale on the Eastside at about 9:30 pm.Scanner reports say one person possibly died at the scene and another was taken to the hospital in critical condition.No other information was available.Stay tuned to the KFOX Morning News from ...
Christmas Gifts Stolen From Vehicle Parked At Church
An El Paso family tries to get over a Christmas with no presents after a break-in.Torstem Knauerhase from the Upper Valley saw a lot of disappointed faces this Christmas Eve."I didn't notice it. I opened it with the remote, got in, drove off and arrived at my sister-in-law's house. When ...
Man Found Dead In Car
New Mexico State police responded to a call of a car being found in a ditch just after 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. When they got to the scene, they found the body of a 27-year-old man stuck in the driver's seat. It took a tow truck more than an hour to ...
County Commisioner Miguel Teran Will Not Run For Re-Election
El Paso County Commissioner Miguel Teran said he won't run for re-election.Teran has served on the commissioners' court for the past 11 years.In a letter to friends, Teran wrote, "I am convinced that I should not seek re-election."The letter makes no mention of the ongoing federal investigation of corruption in ...
Man Takes Deputies On High-Speed Chase
Culberson County sheriff's deputies arrested a San Elizario man after a high-speed chase.It all started at about 10 p.m. Tuesday near the Sierra Blanca checkpoint.Deputies said it ended when they forced 47-year-old Joaquin Medina's car off the road.He's being charged with evading deputies and possession of a controlled substance, both ...
Man Arrested Twice For Graffiti
Las Cruces Police have arrested a man twice within four days.Police first arrested 19-year-old Justin Dirk Tahuahua a week ago, after a witness spotted him spray painting a building.When officers arrived they found Tahuahua carrying a backpack with several cans of spray paint, and they charged him with one count ...
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