FUGITIVE FROM ILLINOIS LEADS DEPUTIES ON FOOT CHASE INTO DESERT / ARREST MADE

3850 Justice El Paso, TX 79938 

NEWS RELEASE

Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar /  PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Direct: (915) 538-2119

Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)

Email: jtovar@epcounty.com

Release Date / Time: Saturday, October  10, 2009  2:10 PM

SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office  (LOWER VALLEY PATROL / STRIKE TEAM / SAR)

EVENT: FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE LEADS DEPUTIES ON FOOT CHASE  / ARREST MADE

LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: East EL PASO COUNTY,TX

DATE / TIME: October 9, 2009- 3:00 PM

RESULT:   ARREST MADE 

EL PASO COUNTY, TX-  Friday afternoon, 10-09-2009 at approximately 3:00 PM, Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a traffic stop on a Red Jeep Cherokee at the intersection of Darrington & Paseo Del Este in east El Paso County, TX. Deputies made contact with the male occupants (driver & front passenger) & noticed both men were acting very nervous & were evasive of questions asked of them. While checking the subjects for outstanding warrants, the front passenger suddenly exited the Jeep & fled into the immediate desert area in a desperate attempt to elude capture. Deputies gave chase on foot eventually losing him in the desert.

A return on the front passenger revealed he was a fugitive from Justice wanted out of Illinois wanted on various drug offenses to include a Probation Violation. The Fugitive was identified as LUIS MANUEL ROSALES (27) who was said to be armed & dangerous. DPS Air Support was summoned to the  scene to assist in the search. The Sheriff’s Office Strike Team also responded to assist in  the desert search with newly purchased 4x4 Pick Trucks and all terrain vehicles. EPCSO Search & Rescue Team members on duty also responded to the area & began tracking ROSALES.

Deputies successfully tracked ROSALES hiding inside a desert brush which was approximately 4 and half miles into the desert from the location of the traffic stop. ROSALES was taken into custody without further incident & was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility for the offense of EVADING ARREST / DETENTION & is now awaiting extradition back to Illinois.

ARRESTED:

LUIS MANUEL ROSALES (27)

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 (4^th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.