Operation Border Star arrests 2 more / 1 of El Paso Police "Most Wanted"
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, June 4, 2008 10:20 AM
WHO: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (Operation Border Star)
WHAT: Operation Border Star arrests 2 more / 1 of El Paso Police "Most Wanted"
WHERE: El Paso, Texas
WHEN: Earlier this week (Monday)
WHY: Operation Border Star continues
Information:
ARREST 1:
Earlier this week, El Paso County Sheriff Deputies working Operation Border Star arrested 2 more individuals wanted for numerous outstanding criminal warrants.
Deputies working Operation Border Star stopped an untitled Brown Chevrolet van (Ice Cream Truck) at the 8800 block of Norton, El Paso, TX. Deputies checked the ice cream vendor who was identified as Hector Benavente (30) of the 8000 block of Ankerson, El Paso, TX. Benavente had an outstanding criminal warrant for Indecency with a child (sexual contact) - $50,000 & multiple outstanding traffic warrants. It was discovered that Benavente was also one of the El Paso Police Departments "Most Wanted".
Benavente was booked and remains at the El Paso County Detention Facility.
Hector Benavente (30)
Charge: Indecency with a child (sexual contact) - $50,000 Bond
ARREST 2:
Deputies working Operation Border Star also arrested a 34 year-old female wanted for outstanding criminal warrants. Sandra Noriega (34) from the 700 block of Ramsgate El Paso, TX (Lower Valley) was arrested for Tampering with Government Records (3 counts) - $15,000 Bond & multiple outstanding traffic warrants.
Noriega was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility. She is currently out on bond.
Sandra Noriega (34)
Charge: Tampering with Government Records (3 counts)- $15,000 Bond
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office in coordination with the United States Border Patrol, the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition, the Coastal Bend Sheriffs Coalition and border area police departments, the State of Texas launched Operation Border Star in mid-September. This operation is a unified high intensity, multi-agency effort focused on reducing crime in targeted regions along the Texas-Mexico border. The operation will continue for a time period that will remain undisclosed for operational security purposes.
“By joining together with our local, state and federal partners, we will support the men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol, and protect our communities by dominating the border,” Perry said. “While securing our international borders is ultimately the responsibility of the federal government, Texas can and will assist in that effort to maximize its effect.”- Governor Rick Perry (Sept. 2007)