Old friends become rival bikers: the murder of the Bandidos El Paso chapter president
Two longtime friends of some 40 years are at the heart of the fatal shooting of the Bandidos El Paso chapter president six years ago. A jury on Wednesday found Manuel “Manny” Gallegos, a biker with the Kinfolk Motorcycle Club, guilty of engaging in criminal activity-assault. Gallegos was accused of setting up a fight that […]
El Paso man sentenced to 17 years in prison in decapitation death of his mother
An El Paso man, whose first trial was declared a mistrial, was sentenced to nearly two decades in prison after pleading guilty to decapitating his mother in 2017 at their West Side home. Fernando Alarcon was sentenced to 17 years in prison in late July, after pleading guilty to manslaughter in connection with the death […]
Scotsdale third-graders see justice in action during Goldilocks’ mock trial
It was hard to keep order Thursday morning in the 409th District Court. The jury was boisterous and the defendant was out of order often. That’s what happens when Goldilocks is on trial for burglary of habitation in Judge Sam Medrano’s courtroom. “This is the rowdiest jury I’ve ever had,” said Medrano, referring to the group […]
El Paso juries return not guilty verdicts in unrelated murder, sexual assault cases
El Paso juries returned not guilty verdicts in several criminal cases, including unrelated trials involving charges of murder and sexual abuse of a child. An El Paso jury also acquitted a woman of intoxicated manslaughter and convicted her of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated in a fatal 2021 crash, while another woman was sentenced by a […]
