News Stories for March 2008
Stories for Friday, March 28
Child Care Worker Arrested On Suspicion Of Sexual Contact With Minor
Joshua J. Finney, 23, was charged with three felony counts of sexual contact with a minor.Las Cruces police arrested Finney, a child care worker, on Friday after learning that he allegedly had inappropriate contact with a 4-year-old girl under his care.The incident was reported to police shortly after 8 a.m. ...
Authorities Arrest Former Deacon On Suspicion Of Child Porn
A former Baptist church deacon went to jail Friday for allegedly having child pornography.Terry Dean Gibson, 55, of the 3400 block of Pinnacle View, was arrested by Las Cruces police after a two-year investigation discovered that he was allegedly secretly videotaping women and girls.Detectives said that on March 2, 2006, ...
Mexican Government Sends Troops To Combat Drug Violence
The Mexican government confirmed on Firday the arrival of more than 2,500 Mexican agents to combat the drug trafficking violence on the border.The Mexican government said the agents began arriving on Thursday before in Juarez.According to Mexican officals, there have been a recorded 200 related deaths related to drug trafficking ...
Dona Ana County Sheriff's Deputies Question 87-Year-Old Man In Wife's Death
An 87-year old man may be facing murder charges after deputies make a gruesome discover in his home. Deputies told KFOX the Las Cruces man has Alzheimer's and are questioning him in his wife's death. The home on 191 Villa Chiquita belonged to 87-year-old Theria Waldrin and her husband Drew. ...
Law Enforcement Agencies Crack Down On Sex Offenders
City, county and federa law enforcement agencies teamed up to arrest dozens of registered sex offenders across El Paso County.Their alleged crime was not keeping authorities up to date about where they live or work."Our focus for the operation was to make sure that if a sex offender told us ...
Truckers Threaten To Put It In Park Over Rising Diesel Prices
Starting this weekend, some truckers around the country-- and in our area-- will be putting their big rigs in park. They?re going on strike April 1 because they?re upset about the high price of diesel fuel.Truck drivers say diesel fuel prices, which are averaging more than $4 a gallon, are ...
Child Care Worker Arrested After Alleged Sexual Contact Incident
Las Cruces police have arrested a child care worker after it was learned that he had inappropriate contact with a 4-year-old girl who was in his care.Police detectives learned that Joshua J. Finney, 23, a teacher at The Children’s Garden on Northrise Drive, engaged a four-year-old girl in a “game” ...
Neighbors Torn Over Feral Cats
It's no secret that Robert Odorbina Jr. loves cats. So much so, that he captures stray cats in his west El Paso neighborhood on Espada Drive. He has even made some of them his pets."So three years ago I started trapping the animals taking them down to her [veterinarian], neutering ...
2-Year Investigation Lands Las Cruces Deacon In Jail
Las Cruces Police have arrested a former deacon of the First Baptist Church who police believe secretly videotaped women and girls to create sexually explicit videos, police said.Terry Dean Gibson, 55, was arrested Friday morning by police after a two-year investigation by the FBI and Las Cruces Police. The investigation ...
Over 65 Sex Offender Arrests Made By Multiple Agencies
Operation Guardian West, a multi-agency operation targeting registered sex offenders in the El Paso borderplex, concluded its initial phase Friday with 57 state and 11 federal arrests.The U.S. attorney, district attorney, U.S. Marshals Service, El Paso Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department joined forces in January to ...
Sheriff: Officials Respond To Missing Woman Report, Find Woman Dead
According to the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Department, officials responded to a missing persons report, but deputies found the woman with a gunshot wound to her head.Officials went to the home located on 191 Via Chiquita in Picacho Hills in reference to a missing persons report. The resident told deputies ...
Crash Sends One Man To Hospital; One Man Arrested
Passers-by saw twisted metal, cracked windshields, and deployed air bags at the scene of a crash at George Dieter and Trawood drives shortly after 11 p.m. Thursday night. An SUV and Honda Civic crashed in the middle of the intersection.The driver of the SUV was arrested at the scene on ...
Car Crashes, Catches Fire, Knocks Down Tree
Some eastsiders had a noisy start to their day as city crews had to do some unusual springtime cleaning on the 1600 block of Lomaland Drive. They brought out their chain saws and chopped up a large tree that was knocked down during a car crash.El Paso police blame a ...
Stories for Thursday, March 27
Man Recovers From Serious Injuries Sustained In Rollover
One person was still recovering Friday morning from serious injuries that he suffered after a vehicle rollover in northeast El Paso.According to EMS dispatch, a GMC sport utility vehicle rolled over and landed on railroad tracks on the 8600 block of The Edge of Texas Street around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.There ...
El Pasoans Meet Police Chief Candidates
Thursday night El Pasoans had the chance to come out to the Chamber of Commerce and meet one on one with each of the five candidates for police chief.The five candidates are Deputy Chief Kenith Adcox, Retired Deputy Chief Sylvia Agular, Interim Chief Greg Allen, Assistant Chief Diana Kirk and ...
Man Accused Of Animal Cruelty May Face Another Jury
A 38-year-old man accused of beating a colt to death may face another jury.Greg Collier faces felony charges of extreme animal cruelty.Jurors deliberated Thursday for several hours but were unable to come up with a unanimous decision on the case.The trial began Monday and was expected to last only two ...
Mexican Soldiers Crack Down On Juarez Violence
In Juarez, Mexican soldiers said they seized at least half a ton of drugs.Officials said they discovered the drugs in a warehouse Thursday where they previously found 36 bodies.They said they also found two other mechanic shops also being used for organized crime.There has been talk in light of the ...
Guys In Speedos Flex While Drivers Honk
A sure sign of spring is in Speedos flexing their muscles at a busy El Paso intersection.Our KFOX camera caught three cousins on the corner of Mesa Street and Sunland Park Dive Thursday afternoon. They apparently had a case of spring fever and were bored hanging out at home, so ...
Violence Invokes Mixed Emotions In Palomas, Mexico
Border Patrol agents at the Columbus, N.M. crossing say they wouldn't recommend Americans cross into Mexico until some of the violence there calms down.Tourists said the violence has calmed slightly the last two days, but they feel crossing into Palomas is a go-at-your-own-risk journey.Border agents said in the past few ...
El Paso Home Values Defy National Trend
The price for the average El Paso-area home inched higher over the past 12 months, despite plummeting prices nationwide. Figures provided to kfoxtv.com by the National Association of Realtors shows local home prices averaged $133,600 at the start of this year. That's a 1.4 percent increase from the same period ...
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