News Stories for August 2010
Stories for Saturday, August 28
UTEP Students Find Ways To Pay For Education
Thousands of UTEP students just wrapped up their first week of school, and despite the economy, students are finding a way to pay for college.UTEP freshman Andrew Moaker was like most of his peers when it came to finding a way to pay for his higher education."I went to financial ...
UTEP Wide Receiver Davis To Not Play Season Opener
UTEP head coach Mike Price said senior Evan Davis will not play in the Sept. 4 game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff and will undergo counseling after he was arrested on Wednesday on domestic abuse charges.As KFOX reported, a complaint affidavit from the El Paso Police Department alleges Davis assaulted his girlfriend ...
Police: Child Left Locked In Truck
El Paso Police said they arrested a 44-year-old woman after she left a 1-year-old child locked in a truck at around 2 a.m. Friday.Officers said Blanca Bonilla now faces abandoning or endangering a child charges.A Mission Valley officer saw two vehicles parked in the parking lot of a closed, dark, ...
Sheriffs: Woman Arrested After Throwing Baby, Assaulting Deputy
El Paso County Sheriff's deputies arrested a woman after they say she threw her 1-year-old baby then assaulted the deputy.A man called deputies to escort him into his home on the 600 block of Cascada Street to help him get his belongings to avoid any fights because he is separated ...
Stories for Friday, August 27
Police Vote To Hold Off On Raise To Keep City Safe
It was around 3:30 p.m. Friday and the president of the El Paso Municipal Police Officer’s Association opened a silver ballot box. Inside are officers vote on if they want to hold off on a promised raise to help the city with a budget shortfall.Ron Martin and others carefully tallied ...
Outsourced Staff Helps 911 Call Takers Respond
El Paso's 911 call center has made some changes in the past couple of months to help answer calls more quickly.Earlier this year, KFOX reported problems with the call center's staffing levels."Back in June, we were very short-staffed," said El Paso Police Assistant Chief Diana Kirk, who oversees the communication ...
Parent: Eastwood Cheer Coach Attacked My Daughter
An Eastwood High School parent said a cheerleading coach attacked her daughter.Laurie McGoldrick said the coach became frustrated with her daughter as she practiced a cheerleading stunt at the Ysleta Independent School District's welcome back rally at the Don Haskins Center last week.McGoldrick said the coach grabbed her daughter by ...
"Narco" Message Discovered On Package In Anthony, TX
Local and federal law enforcement are investigating a suspicious package found in Anthony, Texas, Wednesday, officials said.Anthony Police Chief Ed Miranda told KFOX that a black trash bag was found in a parking lot with animal meat inside and a “narco” type note attached.Sources told KFOX that the message read ...
2nd Bullet Found At UTEP Not From Juarez Gunfight
Another bullet was found on the University of Texas at El Paso’s campus Thursday, but school officials said it wasn’t from the shootout in Juarez on Aug.21.According to officials with the university, a bullet tip was found in front of the Academic Services building located at 500 West University Avenue.The ...
East El Paso Couple Finds Their Dog Bleeding To Death
An East El Paso couple found their dog on their front porch bleeding to death, then they discover someone slit the dog's throat. Now, they want answers.Animal Services cited the dog owners for not properly confining their pit bull and it is believed by Animal Services that their dog attacked ...
Family Attacked By Bees; Father Stung Over 400 Times
A west El Paso family was attacked by hundreds of bees while hiking over the weekend. The father, Steve Cooney, received at least 400 stings and became helpless as he fell down a cliff. Cooney and his five kids, ranging from 6 to 12 years old, were hiking inside an ...
Woman Survives 40 Foot Drop Off Transmountain Road
A woman walks away with minor injuries after she drove her car off 40 feet of Tranmountain Road on Friday.Around 7:15 a.m. a woman driving a 1998 green Buick sedan lost control and rolled off the side of Transmountain Road near mile marker 19. According to El Paso County Sheriff's ...
NM Gov Provides Money To Enforce Cockfighting Ban
Gov. Bill Richardson is providing $150,000 in federal economic stimulus money for law enforcement against cockfighting and dogfighting in New Mexico.The governor's office said Thursday $100,000 in federal aid will go to manage a herd of 600 wild horses on the Jicarilla Apache Nation in northern New Mexico. The herd ...
Boyfriend Found Hanged, Woman Stabbed At Dona Ana County Home
A 26-year-old man was found hanged at a Dona Ana County home after the man's girlfriend told investigators he stabbed her in the face, said deputies.Dona Ana County sheriff's deputies told KFOX the man's live-in girlfriend, 25, claimed that he stabbed her once in the face at a home on ...
First Human West Nile Virus Case Reported In Dona Ana Co.
A 47-year-old woman from Doña Ana County tested positive for the West Nile Virus test when she donated blood, the New Mexico Department of Health announced Friday. She later developed mild symptoms and has recovered, said officials with the Health Department.Paul Ettestad, the department's public health veterinarian, said people should ...
El Paso Receives $315K From DOJ To Fight Crime
El Paso County will receive a grant of $315,578 from the Department of Justice to help prevent crime in the community, announced Senator John Cornyn Friday.The money will be used to purchase a passenger bus for inmate transport, security cameras for detention facilities; software to ensure secured transmission of information ...
2 Men Arrested in Connection With Las Cruces Bank Robbery
Police have two people of interest in custody in connection with an armed bank robbery that happened Friday morning in Las Cruces.The Citizens Bank located at 2841 North Main Street was robbed around 10:30 a.m.Claudio Morales, 37, and Manuel Morales, 38, both of El Paso, Texas, are in police custody ...
Police Union Must Decide If They Will Take Furloughs
The El Paso City Council has asked El Paso police officers to delay raises, or take some time off.The city has made this final offer to officers: delay for 10 months a 1 percent cost-of-living increase they were supposed to get September 1 and an additional 1.6 percent for 30 ...
Stories for Thursday, August 26
New Poll Shows Martinez Leading Denish In NM Governor Race
New Mexico Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and Dona Ana County District Attorney Susana Martinez are two names New Mexicans are very familiar with and will only get more familiar with in the weeks to come.So where do the two woman stand now in the race for governor? Just released Thursday, ...
El Paso Man Told He Has To Pay Impound Fees After His Car Was Stolen
A man's stolen car is recovered by police, but now he has to pay to get it back, he said.Johnny Gilder said it will cost him nearly $600 to get his car back, and he wants justice."Why should I have to pay for my car. It was stolen," said Gilder.That's ...
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