Aggravated Robbery / Suspect caught by Sheriff Deputies
El Paso County Sheriff's Office
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / Public Information Officer
(915) 538-2223
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
Release Date & Time: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 11:00 AM
WHO: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (Lower Valley Patrol / Border Star Units)
WHAT: Aggravated Robbery / Suspect caught by Sheriff Deputies
WHERE: 1590 N. FM 1110 Cotton Valley Exxon
WHEN: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 9:23 PM
WHY: Under Investigation
On Tuesday night 05-20-08 9:23 PM Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to the Cotton Valley Exxon, 1590 N. FM-1110 in reference to an attempted robbery. Dispatch Operators advised responding Deputies that a subject possibly with a gun was attempting to rob the clerk.
Deputies arrived moments later but the subject had already fled the scene prior to the Deputies arrival. Deputies met with the store clerk who told authorities a male subject entered the store and shortly after, he motioned with his hands to his right hip/waist area and told her, “give me the money I have a gun”, at which time she yelled for her manager and the subject ran out of the store and left in a gray passenger car.
Store employees were able to get the License plate # of the fleeing suspects gray car.
Apparently the subject attempted to buy a pack of cigarettes with a credit card. When the credit card was rejected, he then initiated the attempted robbery.
Both the license plates of the car & credit card information returned to an address in 19300 block of Alameda Tornillo, TX.
Dispatch Operators relayed that information to area units. Sheriff's Office Border Star Units responded to the area of the 19300 block of Tornillo, TX and intercepted the same gray passenger car involved in the attempted robbery.
Deputies took the driver into custody. He was later positively identified as the same subject who committed the attempted robbery.
There were no injuries reported, no items were taken from the store.
The subject was identified as Rolando Andres Morales (25) of the 19300 block of Alameda. He was arrested and charged with Aggravated Robbery.
He was booked and remains at the El Paso County Detention Facility.
Rolando Andres Morales (25)
Charge: Aggravated Robbery -$50,000 Bond
On 02-11-08, Deputies working under Operation Linebacker witnessed and arrested 2 individuals who had just committed an Aggravated Robbery at the Exxon Super Stop at 12040 Socorro Rd. San Elizario, TX.
"Due to the on-going Border Star Operation, we have extra patrol units out in the areas of the Border. The increase of patrol units was vital in the apprehension of this individual." - said Sheriff Jimmy Apodaca