Operation Border Star Deputies arrest 6 for Criminal Trespass
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: Thursday, June 5, 2008 3:45 PM
WHO: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (Operation Border Star)
WHAT: Operation Border Star Deputies arrest 6 for Criminal Trespass
WHERE: El Paso, Texas
WHEN: Thursday, June 5, 2008 12:30 AM
WHY: Operation Border Star continues
Information:
Early Thursday morning, 06-05-08 at 12:30 am Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to a property located at 11090 Gateway East (Magic Landing Amusement Park), El Paso County Texas in reference to criminal trespass in progress. Deputies working Operation Border Star arrived a short time later and met with the reporters who advised Deputies they observed suspicious activity inside the property grounds such as flashing lights. Responding Deputies located 2 vehicles west of the location mentioned above.
Deputies entered the property in an attempt to locate the trespassers. Deputies heard noises & observed light coming from different areas inside the park grounds.
Multiple subjects inside the property then began running towards the west part of the property near the location of their vehicles. Deputies briefly chased, caught up, & detained 6 subjects (5 males, 1 female).
Sheriff Deputies contacted the property owner who filed charges against the subjects. All 6 were arrested and charged with Criminal Trespass.
Magic Landing is private property that is surrounded by a fence and signs posted "No Trespassing."
On Sunday 04-13-08 at 2:30 PM Sheriff Deputies along with several volunteer Fire Departments were called to this same property in reference to an Arson Fire. A estimated $485,000.00 was the total loss in that fire.
Property owners advised Sheriff Deputies they would file charges against anyone else caught on their properties without their consent.
The subjects were identified as Jorge Montoya (17) of the 10700 Miller Barber, Gerardo Santoyo (18) of the 3500 block of East Glen, Felipe Ochoa (23) of the 3400 DialRock, Carmen Salazar (17) of the 400 Byrum (Chaparral), Rene Nunez (21) of the 3900 block of Breckenridge and John Carrillo (20) of the 9100 block of Kernel.
Jorge Montoya (17)
Charge: Criminal Trespass- $300 Bond
Gerardo Santoyo (18)
Charge: Criminal Trespass- $300 Bond
Felipe Ochoa (23)
Charge: Criminal Trespass- $300 Bond
Carmen Salazar (17)
Charge: Criminal Trespass- $300 Bond
Rene Nunez (21)
Charge: Criminal Trespass- $300 Bond
John Carrillo (20)
Charge: Criminal Trespass- $300 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)