News Stories for February 2008
Stories for Thursday, February 28
Dispatch Sends Police To Possible Shooting Near School
KFOX hears police reports over the scanner about a possible shooting, sending El Paso police to Tippin Elementary around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.A police spokesman said his their department received phone calls from someone saying there was an individual with a gun at Tippin Elementary.Students who were let out of Franklin ...
Former President Bill Clinton Will Return To El Paso
Former President Bill Clinton will make another appearance in the Sun City at the airport on the eve of Texas’s historic primary election.Clinton is stopping in El Paso once more to rally for his wife.The former president is scheduled to arrive Monday, March 3, at the Atlantic Aviation Services Hangar ...
More Than 40 Arrested On Graffiti Charges In One Month
More than 40 juveniles and adults have been arrested in one month in a graffiti operation conducted by the El Paso Police Department.Interim Police Chief Greg Allen announced on Jan., an increase in staff, in order to help out with city’s growing problem of graffiti.Police spokesman Javier Sambrano said as ...
Geyser Soaks Homes, Causes Flooding
Residents in a west El Paso neighborhood woke up to an upleasant surprise at about 3 a.m. Thursday. A small water main break caused a huge geyser to shoot up more than 50 feet into the air."I thought, what in the world?! Are we having a hurricane that I didn't ...
Fire Set In Family's Front Yard
A 911 call led firefighters to a burning palm tree in the middle of an East El Paso family's front yard early Thursday morning.Crews were called to a home on Mettler Drive just before 1 a.m. to find a large palm tree on fire. Crews were able to contain the ...
Stories for Wednesday, February 27
UTEP Police Warn Of Fundraising Scheme
The University of Texas at El Paso police department issued an advisory about a fundraising scheme.Investigators said a group of people posing as UTEP students were conducting a magazine sales fundraiser in West El Paso.The group would repeatedly try to enter the home where they were attempting to sell magazines.UTEP ...
Former President Clinton Returns To The Sun City
Former President Bill Clinton will be returning to El Paso for his wife, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.The former president will be making stops in Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Laredo, Del Rio and El Paso on March 3."What's important to realize is the election isn't over, there's a lot of support here ...
Family Of 10 Has Hard Time Finding New Home
The Urbina family's trailer home burned to the ground, and they are attempting to find a place to rent, but with eight kids, they're getting turned down.Victor Urbina, the father of eight and one on the way, called several rental properties, but said he was hung up on when he ...
Sheriff's Identify Socorro's Murder Victim
On Thursday the names of the Soccoro slaying victim and suicide suspect were released.The El Paso County Sheriff's Office is identifying the victim as 21-year-old Yvette de la Fuente.Deputies said 18-year-old Jovanny Rodriguez, de la Fuentes’s boyfriend, killed her before causing a SWAT situation and killing himself.The sheriff's department said ...
El Paso Honors Its Soldiers With Parade
It was an afternoon filled with pride and honor for the more than 4,000 troops just home from Iraq. Solders and their families came together in downtown El Paso Wednesday around noon for the Welcome Home Heroes' Parade. The weather was cooperative and those lining the streets were emotional."We all ...
An Act Of Kindness Backfires For Local Roofing Company
After months of work by Apex Roofing Company at a Northeast El Paso home, city inspectors want the work to be torn down.Problems started for the Flores family more than seven months ago when they hired a contractor to repair the roof and remodel the bathroom. They paid the contractor ...
Five Years After 507 Maintenance Company Anniversary
March marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.In the first days of the war, a Fort Bliss unit grabbed worldwide headlines when its soldiers were ambushed in An Nasiriyah.The ambush cost 11 soldiers their lives and turned six others into prisoners of war for several weeks.Their ...
Parking Problems Hit Central El Paso Neighborhood
A number of people in one Central El Paso community are up in arms over a city ordinance that affects every person that owns a car and a home.Mark Brown received a warning from the police posted on his car on Monday, saying he has until March 3 to get ...
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Police Investigate Smash And Grab At Eastside Business
El Paso police officers responded to the Rent-A-Center on George Dieter Drive after the security alarm sounded off sometime after midnight Wednesday. Officers found the bottom glass panel of the front door had been smashed.Surveillance video shows two men carrying out three flat-panel TVs and a digital camera that was ...
Stories for Tuesday, February 26
Murder Victim's Family Finds Out She Was In Abusive Relationship
After going through a night of sadness and anger, the mother of Yvette De La Rosa is still wondering why.As KFOX reported, investigators believe Jovanny Rodriguez shot and killed his girlfriend Yvette at their home.De La Fuente's mother didn't want to interview on camera but she said her daughter lied ...
Graffiti Resurfaces In Anthony, N.M.
Dona Ana County sheriff's deputies have taken several reports from tagging incidents that happened this past weekend.Law enforcement is trying to determine whether the acts are gang related.Residents are getting upset. “It’s an eyesore,” said Fred Saab of Anthony. He said, “It diminishes the property. It causes the owners to ...
DWI Offenders Help Las Cruces Police Cut Down On Offenders
DWI offenders are indirectly helping the Las Cruces Police Department crack down on other offenders.Earlier this month, the department auctioned off vehicles that were seized from people who were caught drinking and driving.The 130 cars and trucks brought in more than $78,000.The money will be used for equipment to combat ...
Police Identify Man Hit On Border Highway
Police have identified the man critically injured on the border highway Monday.Police said Gabriel Hernandez-Rodriguez, 35, a Mexican national, was hit by Manuel Flores, 30, an off-duty El Paso police officer, while he was trying to run across the border highway.Police believe the victim had illegally crossed into the U.S. ...
Border Patrol Seizes More Than $1M Of U.S. Currency
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers made a startling discovery.Customs and Border Patrol officers at an El Paso port of entry confiscated more than $1.8 million in U.S. currency Monday.Officers said, just before 11 a.m. Monday, a family of three was attempting to cross the bridge of the Americas, ...
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