A May shooting at a Las Cruces Catholic church has led to a federal firearms charge against a convicted felon. Investigators say surveillance video and a later gun-store case helped connect the suspect to the scene.

A Las Cruces judge issued a bench warrant after former NMSU basketball player Deshawndre Washington missed the start of his long-delayed hazing trial.

A black bear’s days of roaming Doña Ana yards and pecan trees are over after wildlife officials trapped it Sunday night.

An inmate’s death at the downtown El Paso jail is now the sheriff’s office’s fourth custody fatality of 2026.

Two women reported alleged indecent assaults at East El Paso stores. Police say surveillance footage helped identify the suspect.

A woman in her 60s died on Cargill as police detained a man for questioning and closed the area during an active investigation.

A 75-year-old El Paso woman died after a Honda hit a trailer on I-10. Deputies arrested the pickup driver on a DWI charge involving a child passenger.

El Paso County deputies seized nearly 120 kilograms of cocaine and $7,000 during a tractor-trailer interdiction. No arrests have been announced as the investigation continues.

A necklace deal arranged through Facebook Marketplace allegedly ended in robbery. El Paso deputies have arrested a 23-year-old suspect on an aggravated robbery warrant.

A one-year-old was found alone in a running vehicle at a Horizon Walmart, and an off-duty Socorro officer helped summon emergency assistance.

Socorro ISD trustee Ryan Reid Woodcraft was booked July 25 on an assault causing bodily injury charge and released later that day, according to jail records. Local reporters say the district has not yet commented.

A cable on Western Playland’s Southwest Slinger snapped Friday, leaving two riders suspended above the park while video circulated online. Park officials had not immediately released injury details.

A 22‑year‑old was booked after his roommate was stabbed 26 times at an Anthony RV park on July 2; the suspect later told first responders, “Yes, I brutally stabbed him.”