Kate Bieri
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Las Cruces, NM, United States
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Doña Ana County residents frustrated by commercial cannabis grow in neighborhood
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico - A few dozen residents of the GreyFox subdivision north of Las Cruces approached Doña Ana County commissioners with concerns about a commercial cannabis grow across the street from their homes. “No one wants to live next to a lot that looks like a detention center with razor wire," said → Read More
Doña Ana County commissioners to consider limiting fireworks use during drought
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico - With parts of Doña Ana County in severe or extreme drought, county commissioners on Tuesday will considering limiting the use and sale of certain fireworks. The proclamation would prohibit the sale and use of these types of fireworks within the unincorporated areas of Doña Ana County: missile-type rockets, helicopters, → Read More
How will Las Cruces leaders spend tax revenue from marijuana sales?
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - If marijuana sales stay strong, the local industry could bring in $1 million in yearly tax revenue to Las Cruces, according to city staffers. "This unexpected tax revenue - I would really like to see it go toward quality of life," said Councilwoman Johana Bencomo, who represents district four. "I → Read More
Two families displaced in Las Cruces fire
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - Two Las Cruces families were displaced by a fire in north-central Las Cruces Monday morning, according to the fire department. However, no one was injured in the blaze near Three Crosses Avenue and Alameda Boulevard, a battalion chief said. The fire ignited just after 10:30 a.m. Firefighters were on scene → Read More
Las Cruces business owners plan on voicing frustrations about crime to city leaders
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - Las Cruces business owners say they plan on approaching city leaders during Monday's City Council meeting with concerns that their properties are vandalized and burglarized. "I'm there to listen," said Debbi Moore, the president and CEO of the Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce who says she will attend the meeting. → Read More
Suspect in custody after SWAT standoff in northeast El Paso
UPDATE, 8:05 p.m.: A spokesman for the El Paso Police Department said a suspect was in custody after the SWAT standoff in northeast El Paso. Police did not immediately identify the suspect. ORIGINAL STORY, 7:45 p.m.: EL PASO, Texas - Officers with the El Paso Police Department are in a SWAT standoff with a barricaded → Read More
Officials say despondent man shot at Doña Ana County Sheriff deputy before deputy returned fire
UPDATE 10:25 a.m. -- Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart says a man expressing suicidal comments lowered his shotgun toward a deputy and fired a round Saturday afternoon before the deputy fired back. Stewart says it happened at the 4600 block of Rociante. Stewart says there were no collateral or sympathetic rounds fired by other → Read More
Las Cruces grad with liver transplant hopes to inspire others, serve in the medical field
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - With gratitude for the doctors who saved her life, a Las Cruces teen graduating Friday plans to become a pediatrician and help children of all ages. Sienna Torrez will graduate on Friday at 1:30 p.m. from Arrowhead Park Medical Academy at Arrowhead Park Early College High School. From there, she → Read More
Doña Ana County authorities find human remains in home destroyed by fire
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico - On Tuesday, Doña Ana County first responders found human remains in a home that went up in flames on Monday night, according to the sheriff. Sheriff Kim Stewart told ABC-7 that deputies and firefighters responded to a fire after 6:45 p.m. on 6640 Fox Road, north of U.S. 70 → Read More
Law enforcement expert explains training for situations with mental health, weapons
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - A Texas law enforcement expert on Friday commented on the complexity of emergency calls in which a person has mental health issues or has weapons, such as knives. “If you as a police officer are responding to a scene where there is an aggressive individual with a knife, the first → Read More
Driver hits and kills pedestrian in central El Paso
EL PASO, Texas - One person is dead after being struck by a car in central El Paso on Sunday evening, according to police. On Octavia Street and Rio Grande Avenue, an ABC-7 photographer saw a white sedan parked in the middle of the road directly next to a body under a white sheet. Police → Read More
Police identify pedestrian killed in central El Paso collision
UPDATE (05/09): El Paso police have identified the pedestrian killed in a crash in central El Paso as 38-year-old Christopher Kory Mozingo. Police say Mozingo was crossing the road at an intersection at an unmarked crosswalk while talking on his cell phone. Police say the driver was 74-year-old Patricia Demoura-Navarre. Police say Demaura-Navarre was driving → Read More
'Don't shoot her': City releases interview with granddaughter of 75-year-old shot and killed by Las Cruces police
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - In newly released body camera video from the city of Las Cruces, the granddaughter of a 75-year-old woman killed by police told investigators that her grandmother was mentally ill and that she had asked an officer not to fire his weapon. “I was standing close to the officer asking him, → Read More
Las Cruces marijuana dispensaries can operate at any hour of day
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - Las Cruces is now the only large city in New Mexico where marijuana users can buy joints, edibles and flower at all hours of the day. "I don't want this industry to just survive: I want it to thrive," said Councilwoman Johana Bencomo, who represents district four. "In order for → Read More
City of Las Cruces orders reduced operation of Kilby Motel as owner defends business
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - The city of Las Cruces has ordered the Kilby Motel on Main Street to operate at a reduced capacity after portions of the motel did not meet minimum standards for occupancy, according to Mayor Ken Miyagishima. In the meantime, business owners say occupants from the motel are vandalizing stores across → Read More
Data: Property damage is top crime committed in troubled El Paseo corridor in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - What was once a vibrant street in Las Cruces is now a troubled corridor with abandoned buildings, broken glass and graffiti. Over a six-month period, businesses along the El Paseo corridor had dozens of incidents of property crime, according to city data obtained by ABC-7. The vast majority were smaller → Read More
Doña Ana County to decide if man can grow marijuana in Chaparral
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - A Doña Ana County man is asking for permission to grow marijuana in Chaparral after the county's planning and zoning commission denied his application to grow and sell. Manuel Cervantes had originally applied to grow marijuana and start a dispensary at 205 Paloma Blanca Drive in Chaparral, according to the → Read More
With wildfires raging in New Mexico, governor calls for fireworks ban
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - With tens of thousands of acres of land burning in multiple corners of New Mexico, the governor is calling on local leaders to ban the sale of fireworks. “Fire conditions across New Mexico remain extremely dangerous," wrote Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in a news release. “It’s essential that we mitigate → Read More
Toddler struck and killed in Las Cruces parking lot
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - A toddler was struck and killed by a car in the parking lot of a Las Cruces park on Sunday evening, police confirmed. A police spokesman said that the child was hit by a vehicle in the parking lot of Veterans Memorial Park. He said the child was younger than → Read More
Las Cruces police have yet to confirm whether officer shot and killed 75-year-old woman Saturday
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - More than 36 hours after an officer-involved shooting on Saturday night, the city of Las Cruces has yet to confirm whether an elderly woman was shot and killed by police. As ABC-7 reported this weekend, family members say Amelia Vaca, 75, was shot and killed near Santa Fe Street and → Read More