2ND WAVE OF “OPERATION FLOOD” NETS MORE ARRESTS

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

Website: EPCSO.ORG

Release Date / Time:  Wednesday, February 3, 2010  3:20 PM

SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office  (STRIKE TEAM)

EVENT:  2ND WAVE OF OPERTAION FLOOD NETS MORE ARRESTS

LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE:  El Paso County, TX

DATE / TIME:  January  27-30, 2010 

RESULT:  ARRESTS MADE

EL PASO COUNTY, TX- The El Paso County Sheriff's Office conducted the 2^nd wave of Operation Flood last week. The operation was spearheaded by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Strike Team, but was in conjunction with Deputies from the following Bureaus of the Office, Criminal Investigations, Patrol, Support Services and Special Operations. The El Paso County Sheriff's Office also partnered with the Office of the Constable (Precinct 4) for this operation.

Click Here to view results from the 1st wave of “OPERATION FLOOD”

The operation was a surge effort in which an area of El Paso County was selected and saturated with a Police presence to deter and suppress criminal activity. The San Elizario & Clint communities were selected for the 2nd wave of enforcement. The operation brought increased patrols by marked units to both residential and commercial areas. Traffic and radar enforcement were also keys components of the operation. Undercover Deputies conducted surveillance in areas known for criminal activity.

As a direct result of the operation:

286 calls were handled by Operation Flood Units

167 traffic citations were issued

19 warnings were issued for non hazardous traffic violations

13 people were arrested for various offenses.

In all, each day the operation was conducted there were a minimum of 20 additional units working within the affected area.

Dates and times of the operation will not be released as several investigations commenced during the operation are still ongoing. The operation will have follow up waves of enforcement throughout El Paso County. Dates of future operations will also not be revealed for operational reasons.

ARRESTED:

Juan Flores (20)   FAILURE TO APPEAR $620 FINE	Maria Del Carmen Torres (45)  2 TRAFFIC WARRANTS - $415.00 BOND	Frankie Helms (31) ASSAULT- $1,000 BOND INTERFERENCE - W/ EMERGENCY 911 CALL - $1,000 BOND CRIMINAL MISHIEF- $500 BOND
Luis Calderon (24) ASSAULT-$20,000 BOND INTERFERENCE - W/ EMERGENCY 911 CALL - $20,000 BOND	Jonathan Segovia (19)   FAILURE TO ATTEND SCHOOL-$1,400 BOND  8 TRAFFIC WARRANTS - $2,330.30 BOND	Omar Cardona Garcia (34) POSSESSION OF COCAINE- $7,500 BOND

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.