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SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM NAB SUBJECT FLEEING FROM DEPUTIES

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3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938 EP SHERIFFF patch color small2        

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS     
Direct: (915) 538-2223
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
EMAIL: jtovar@epcounty.com

Release Date & Time: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:00 PM

WHO: EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (LOWER VALLEY PATROL)
WHAT: SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM NAB SUBJECT FLEEING FROM DEPUTIES

WHERE: EL PASO COUNTY, TX

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008 -8:30 AM
WHY: ARRESTS MADE

BACKGROUND:

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EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS- Early Wednesday morning 11-12-08 at 8:30 AM, Deputies were dispatched to area of Timothy and Ingram in El Paso County TX in reference to a suspicious white Hyundai passenger car in the area. Responding Deputies spotted the vehicle matching the description given near the area of Mitchell & Pin Cushion Rd. Deputies attempted to stop the white Hyundai but the driver refused to stop & accelerated at high speeds in an attempt to get away. The vehicle continued south on O`Sullivan Rd. where the driver lost control on loose gravel & spun out. Both occupants- male driver & female front passenger exited the vehicle & fled on foot into the desert. Deputies chased the suspects into the desert eventually catching the female subject & taking her into custody. Deputies notified other responding Deputies via radio the direction the male driver was last seen running as Deputies had lost visual of him.

SAR LOGOThe Sheriff`s Office SEARCH & RESCUE TEAM (SAR) who was training near-by responded to the desert area to assist patrol units. After an extensive search which covered several miles. SEARCH & RESCUE located the male subject in a cotton field which was later discovered to be located near the suspects home. It was later determined he was trying to get home thru the field. 

Both driver & passenger were arrested. The male driver was identified as Juan Antonio Gonzalez (18) of the 900 block of Sparks, El Paso County, TX. He was arrested & charged with EVADING ARREST / DETENTION w/ MOTOR VEHICLE- $3,000 BOND. He remains at the El Paso County Detention facility.

The female front passenger (14) -(will not be identified because of her age) was charged with EVADING ARREST / DETENTION. 

JUAN ANTONIO GONZALEZ (18)

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CHARGE:

EVADING ARREST / DETENTION w/ MOTOR VEHICLE- $3,000 BOND

END OF NEWS RELEASE

CALEA-716188 The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2001 was the first Sheriff’s Office in the State of Texas to be Internationally Accredited from CALEA and is now the recipient of the First CALEA Tri-Arc award in Texas (4th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.