AGGRAVATED ROBBERY SUSPECT CAPTURED BY DEPUTIES
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938 
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Direct: (915) 538-2223
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
Release Date & Time: Friday, March 6, 2009 2:40 PM
WHO: EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE (UPPER VALLEY PATROL)
WHAT: AGGRAVATED ROBBERY SUSPECT CAPTURED BY DEPUTIES
WHEN: Friday afternoon 03-06-09 at 1:20 PM
WHERE: 7000 block of Fourth Canutillo, TX 79835
WHY: ARREST MADE
EL PASO, TX- On 03-06-09 at 1:20 PM, Deputies received a tip on the whereabouts of a Wanted Suspect. A Wanted Bulletin had just been sent out earlier this week to law enforcement advising authorities to be on the look out for wanted suspect 17 year-old JOEL ALVARADO who was wanted for AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. ALVARADO was set to be featured as next Mondays (03/09) “MANHUNT MONDAY” Fugitive. The tip led Deputies to his residence in the 7000 block of Fourth Canutillo, TX. Deputies sought & were granted consent to search the home & found ALVARDO in his bedroom. He was quickly taken into custody without incident.
BACKGROUND: On Tuesday, February 17, 2009, ALVARADO and two accomplices, forced their way into a residence located in the 7000 bock of Fifth St., Canutillo, TX. The suspects demanded money from the victims & then fled shortly after. Suspect ALVARADO of the 7000 block of Fourth St. Canutillo, TX was positively identified as one of the three suspects. Two of the suspects brandished knives during the AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
ARRESTED:
JOEL ALAVARDO (17)
CHARGE: AGGRAVATED ROBBERY - $20,000 BOND
AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.
NO OTHE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
END OF NEWS RELEASE
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.