2 MANHUNT MONDAY FUGITIVES CAPTURED MINUTES APART (6 CAPTURES IN 25 DAYS)
3850 Justice Dr. El Paso, Texas 79938
NEWS RELEASE
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Direct: (915) 538-2119
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
Release Date / Time: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:35 AM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office – SPEC OPS / PATROL DIVISION
EVENT: 2 MHM WANTED FUGITIVES CAPTURED BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: El Paso County, TX
DATE / TIME: MONDAY, August 17, 2009 between 5pm-6pm
RESULT: FUGITIVES CAPTURED
EL PASO COUNTY, TX– Late Monday afternoon, 08-17-09 just after 5:00 PM, Sheriff’s Deputies assigned to the Special Operation Division received an anonymous tip on the whereabouts of a WANTED FUGITIVE VICENTE RIVAS who was just featured as this week’s MANHUNT MONDAY’s FUGITIVE AT LARGE.
The tip led Deputies to a residence in the 3000 block of Saul Kleinfeld in east El Paso, TX where fugitive VICENTE RIVAS (23) was said to be. RIVAS was located & taken into custody without incident.
VICENTE RIVAS (23) was wanted for various offenses which included; UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF A WEAPON (HANDGUN)- $40,000 BOND & POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (COCAINE) >4g <200g- $40,000 BOND
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MANHUNT MONDAY FEATURE ON VICENTE RIVAS 08/17
El Paso County, TX- As Deputies on the eastside of town were taking VICENTE RIVAS into custody, Deputies received another anonymous tip on the whereabouts of a WANTED FUGITIVE previously featured on MANHUNT MONDAY.
The tip led Deputies to the Adult Probation Office located at 800 E. Overland where information received indicated at-large fugitive EDGAR SEALEY (33) was due to report to his probation officer. Deputies waited & took SEALEY into custody without incident once he showed. SEALEY was featured on August 10th’s edition of MANHUNT MONDAY.
EDGAR SEALEY (33) was wanted for the offense of CRIMINAL NON-SUPPORT **NO BOND**. SEALEY was arrested on the heels of “OPERATION DEAD BEAT” in which several individuals were arrested for various amounts of unpaid child support.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MANHUNT MONDAY FEATURE ON EDGAR SEALEY 08/10
Both arrests marked the 5th & 6th MANHUNT MONDAY captures in just the last 25 days.
CAPTURED MANHUNT MONDAY FUGITIVES
VICENTE RIVAS (23)
| EDGAR SEALEY (33)
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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.