EPCSO / EPPD: MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH HIT & RUN FATALITY SOLVING 1st “CRIME OF THE WEEK” FOR 2009
EL PASO, TEXAS- For the past several weeks, Sheriff’s Office Traffic Investigators have been investigating the motorcycle hit & run fatal accident that occurred on July 5th, 2009 which claimed the life of 38 year-old Juan Antonio Contreras of Anthony NM. STI’s had been working the accident for weeks following up on several leads 
when they were contacted by an attorney representing an individual involved in the accident (sought driver of the pick-up truck).
STI’s worked up the arrest warrant & made arrangements with the attorney who had informed STI’s that his client (driver) was to turn himself on Tuesday, 08-11-09 at about 2:00 PM at the Downtown Detention Facility. STI’s awaited the suspects arrival, 2:00 PM came & went & the suspect driver never showed.
Late Tuesday afternoon 08-11-09, STI’s filed an arrest warrant for the suspect driver identified as DALE SAMUEL GAGLIO (49) for the offense of ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURY / DEATH with a $35,000 BOND.
On Wednesday, 08-12-09 at about 9:00 AM, EPPD Officers observed a suspicious subject walking the area of the 700 block of Kern El Paso, TX. EPPD Officers stopped to check him out & discovered the subject was DALE SAMUEL GAGLIO wanted out of the SO for the fatal accident on Doniphan & Holguin. EPPD Officers took GAGLIO of the 200 block of Holguin Vinton, TX into custody without incident & booked him at the El Paso County Detention Facility under the ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURY / DEATH warrant.
ARRESTED 
DALE SAMUEL GAGLIO (49)
CHARGE: ACCIDENT INVOLVING INJURY / DEATH- $35,000 BOND
BACKGROUND: COURTESY CRIME STOPPERS “CRIME OF THE WEEK” FOR 07-17-09:
Crime Stoppers of El Paso is assisting Deputies from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Special Traffic Investigations (S.T.I.) unit in identifying the person who hit a motorcycle in Canutillo and fled the scene, leaving the driver of the motorcycle to die from his injuries, and making this the “Crime of the Week.”
On Sunday night, July 5th, about 11:15 P.M., Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle at the intersection of Doniphan and Holguin in Canutillo. There they found a red 2008 Harley-Davidson motorcycle laying on its side, and an unresponsive male with serious injuries lying nearby. The second vehicle in the collision left the scene prior to the arrival of the Deputies. The driver of the motorcycle was identified as 38-year-old Juan Antonio Contreras of the 300 block of Miller in Anthony, N.M. Sadly, Contreras died at the scene before he could be airlifted to a hospital.
S.T.I. investigators believe the motorcycle was traveling north on Doniphan and that the second vehicle was traveling west on Holguin when it entered the intersection and was violently impacted by the motorcycle. The second vehicle is believed to possibly be a light gray or silver Chevrolet 1500 series pickup truck, late 1990’s or early 2000 model. It is believed that this vehicle will show red paint and damage on its left side. The investigation continues.
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