UPDATE: STRUCTURE FIRE IN MONTANA VISTA RULED AS ARSON / 15 YEAR-OLD ARRESTED
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938 
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Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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Release Date / Time: Monday, April 20, 2009 10:00 AM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office - LOWER VALLEY PATROL
EVENT: STRUCTURE FIRE IN MONTANA VISTA RULED AS ARSON
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 3700 block of Gerard Montana Vista
DATE / TIME: Saturday, April 18, 2009 at 3:40 PM
RESULT: ARSON CASE – TEEN ARRESTED
MONTANA VISTA, TX- Saturday afternoon 04-18-09 at about 3:40 PM, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 3700 block of Gerard in reference to a structure fire. Upon arrival Deputies found a wooden shed and wooden fence fully engulfed in flames. Deputies met with the reporter who stated they had seen several subjects on the neighboring property.
Information provided to Sheriff’s Officials indicated the subjects appeared to be in their teens and provided the clothing description for one of them. The teens were spotted running from the property as the wooden shack caught fire. Deputies secured a perimeter around the property & evacuated neighbors in the area as the Montana Vista Volunteer Fire Department arrived and began battling the blaze.
Investigation by on scene Deputies located several shoe impressions leading away from the affected property location and commenced a trail through the desert to a house approximately a 1/2 mile away in the 13500 block of Flora El Paso County, TX. Upon arrival, at the residence Deputies noticed several juvenile males inside the property, one with clothing that matched the description provided by the witness. All juveniles (4) were immediately detained.
CID Detectives were summoned to the scene. It is unknown what the monetary damages to the property were, in which the owners were not insured for.
After interviewing the teens, it was determined a 15 year-old juvenile male was the main suspect responsible for igniting the fire. He was processed, cited & later released to his parents.
The identity of the 15 year-old Offender will not be released because of this age.
“If it was not for the Deputies who tracked & located the teens, this arson case may have never been solved”-said Deputy Jesse Tovar EPCSO PIO
AN INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
NO OTHER INFORMATION WILL BE RELEASE 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.