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Local community leaders, among them El Paso Mayor John Cook, State Senator Eliot Shapleigh, State Representative Norma Chavez, County Attorney José Rodríguez, and Socorro Mayor Trini Lopez, will unveil and sign a resolution on the issue of immigration reform.    The resolution is a policy statement drafted after testimony presented ...

  During today's annual Hot Check Seminar, El Paso County Attorney José Rodríguez unveiled today a new free service that will provide merchants with faster access to funds collected by this office from hot checks writers.             The "On-line Inquiry" program will ...

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On Wednesday August 9 at 10 AM, El Paso County Attorney José Rodríguez and Sheriff Leo Samaniego will join representatives of other law enforcement agencies to announce a major initiative, "Operation Bounce", to collect on money owed to El Paso businesses by hot check writers. The initiative will include the publication of a list ...

The El Paso County Attorney's Office will offer two free seminars to teach senior citizens about the new criminal trends affecting the elderly in our community and the precautions they should take to avoid becoming a victim of deceptive business practices.  The seminars will include discussion about identity theft and tips on ...

The El Paso County Attorney's Office will be among several local agencies training new volunteers of the El Paso Police Department's Victim Services Response Team (VSRT). The training is intended to give volunteers the knowledge necessary to fulfill victims' needs, and includes legal education on crime victims' protection and ...

Illegal dumping, water pollution and illegal burning are not only three of the biggest problems affecting rural areas of El Paso County, they are also environmental crimes that often go unreported and unpunished. Fighting those crimes in the El Paso area has been difficult in the past because the small incorporated cities within our county ...

El Paso Extreme Weather Task Force organizes fan drive and fundraiser.  The high temperatures are back, as we expect to reach near triple digits today and tomorrow. Unfortunately the County Attorney's Elder Protection Unit is running low on fans to give relief to needy families. Without the community's support we cannot ...

List contains nearly 5,000 individuals who face criminal charges El Paso County Attorney José Rodríguez announced today a new service that will allow the public to easily check the current county's hot checks warrants list. The list is available starting today from any computer with internet access by visiting the El Paso County web ...

Agreement Avoids Lengthy and Costly Litigation Process El Paso County Attorney José Rodríguez announces that Commissioner's Court has approved an out of court settlement with local activist Carl Starr, to dismiss a civil lawsuit filed in federal court against the El Paso County. The lawsuit filed on May 26 and amended on June 15 2006, ...