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HOT CHECK WRITERS ARRESTED DURING EARLY MORNING ROUNDUP

On Tuesday October 21, 2008 officers from the El Paso Sheriff Department, the County Attorney’s Office, Texas DPS Troopers, and County Constables conducted an early warrant round up against individuals with outstanding hot checks.

             Several teams went out today targeting nearly 100 fugitives and after 6 hours on the field, the officers arrested 15 fugitives who were booked into the County jail.

             With today’s round up, the County Attorney’s Office collected an additional $6,291 for local merchants. That amount, along with the $114,538 that were collected since the beginning of the amnesty period on October 3, 2008, bringing the total collection to more than $120,000.

             The roundups are not over. In the upcoming days, more officers will continue their search for individuals with outstanding arrest warrants for writing hot checks.

              Individuals with outstanding hot-checks may attempt to avoid arrest in upcoming roundups by paying as soon as possible. However, the amnesty period is over, and law enforcement officers can conduct arrests at any time without prior notice.

             To make payments individuals need to go to the El Paso County Attorney’s Office, 5th floor of the County Courthouse, 500 E. San Antonio, Monday thru Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Forms of payment accepted include most credit cards, money orders, cashiers checks, and cash, however those paying cash would have to bring the exact amount (cashiers can’t give change). 

              For more information regarding hot check payments and balances please contact the El Paso County Attorney’s Office Hot Check Unit at 546-2051. The complete and updated list of individuals with theft by check outstanding warrants will remain posted in the El Paso County web site at: www.epcounty.com/CA.

              Resident with no access to a computer can look up their names by picking up one of more than 10,000 free copies of the printed warrants list that have been distributed throughout El Paso County at the following locations: 

-         El Paso Police Headquarters                 911 N. Raynor                         El Paso, TX 79903

-         EPP Central Regional Command           200 S. Campbell St.                 El Paso, TX 79901

-         EPP Mission Valley Command             9011 Escobar Dr.                     El Paso, TX 79907

-         EPP Northeast Regional Command       9600 Dyer St.                          El Paso, TX 79924

-         EPP Pebble Hills Command                  10780 Pebble Hills                   El Paso, TX 79935

-         EPP Westside Regional Command        4801 Osborne Dr.                    Paso, Texas 79922

 

-         El Paso County Sheriff's Office Vinton Substation                                  436A E. Vinton Road

-         El Paso County Sheriff's Office Headquarters                                        3850 Justice Drive

 

-         Justice of the Peace #2 (Northeast)                   4641 Cohen, Suite A

-         Justice of the Peace #1 (West-side)                  424 Executive Center Suite 100

 

-         Anthony Police Department                              401 Wildcat Dr, Anthony TX

-         Horizon Police Dept.                                        14999 Darrington Rd. Horizon City, TX

-         Socorro Police Dept.                                        800 N Rio Vista Rd. Socorro, TX

 

-         Vista Foods Supermarket                                 121 N. Kenazo           

-         Vista Foods Supermarket Central                     2231 N. Zaragosa      

-         Vista Foods Supermarket Montana Vista         14700 Montana

     

-         La Feria Grocery and Market                           502 S Mesa St., El Paso, TX

-         La Feria Supermarket Anthony                         317 Main St, Anthony TX

 

-         Mr. Payroll Check Cashing                               4426 Dyer St

 

-         All five Quality Food Marts in El Paso

 

-         All six Melek locations in El Paso

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 Roundup Day 1 Press Release.pdf

Published Nov 03 2008, 11:59 AM by edominguez
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Elhiu Dominguez was born in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, México. He moved to the Ciudad Juárez - El Paso area in 1988 to study Mass Communications at the Chihuahua State University (UACH). He later obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1994. Elhiu began his professional career in 1989 as a reporter for Norte de Juarez newspaper. In 1994 he was employed at Canal 26, the local Univision affiliate in El Paso, as photojournalist, producer, and later as a reporter. In 1998, after a brief period as Weekend Assignments Editor at KDBC Channel 4, the local CBS affiliate, Elhiu returned to work at Univision 26 as a senior reporter. He was later assigned in 1999 as the Texas-New Mexico correspondent for the Univision Network’s news magazine “Primer Impacto”, a position that he held until his resignation in 2005 to become Assignments Editor at KFOX Channel 14, the local FOX network affiliate. Elhiu left KFOX in 2006 to become the Public Affairs Officer for the El Paso County Attorney’s Office. During his more than 15 years of experience as journalist, Elhiu has received numerous awards, among them “La Columna de Oro” for a special series of stories regarding the murders of women in Juárez, and several first and second place awards by the New Mexico and Texas Associated Press in the categories of investigative reporting, breaking news, and feature stories.