HOME BURGLARIZED AS 13 YEAR-OLD HIDES IN THE BATHROOM / INTRUDERS ARRESTED

3850 Justice El Paso, TX 79938 

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Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar /  PUBLIC AFFAIRS  

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Release Date / Time:  Wednesday, December 9, 2009  3:25 PM

SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office  (LOWER VALLEY PATROL)

EVENT:  HOME BURGLARIZED AS 13 YEAR-OLD HIDES IN BATHROOM

LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 200 block of Copan San Elizario, TX

DATE / TIME: Monday, December 8, 2009 11:10  AM  

RESULT:  ARRESTS MADE  / DELAYED POSTING DUE TO ONGOING INVESTIGATION

SAN ELIZARIO, TX- On Monday 12-07-2009 at 11:10 AM, Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 200 block of Copan San Elizario, TX in reference to a Burglary of Habitation in progress. Deputies arrived moments later & met with a 13 year-old girl who was scared & shaking telling deputies that a few minutes earlier she was alone in the residence when noticed 2 male subjects arrive at the home and exit an SUV. The 13 year-old girl then told authorities she noticed both subjects approach the residence & saw one of the subjects go to the front door while the other walked around to the back of the house. The 13 year-old stated she then heard a loud crash as if a window was breaking at the rear of her residence. The subject then entered the residence through a back window as the frightened 13 year-old girl ran down the hallway of her home before the intruder could see her run into the bathroom. The 13 year-old hid in bathroom behind the shower curtain & called 911. The 13 year-old was very scared and shaken as she remained in contact with the 911 Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Operators. The 13 year-old heard noises emitting from the interior such as drawers & cabinets opening & closing. As the 13 year-old was talking to dispatchers as one of the subjects entered the bathroom she was hiding in and began to search through the cabinets. The subjects then abruptly left the residence in a hurry driving off in the SUV just seconds before Deputies arrived.

At about 5:00 PM, after an extensive investigation by Deputies, information was obtained on the possible whereabouts of the intruders. Deputies proceeded to the Sparks area where they located 2 individuals at a residence in the 200 block of Citadel El Paso County, TX. CID Detectives interviewed both subjects and determined the subjects detained were in fact the burglars. Both were arrested & charged with BURGLARY OF HABITATION & remain at the El Paso County Detention Facility.

ARRESTED:

JUAN RIVERA (53) of the 200 block of Clemson El Paso, TX 79928 CHARGES: BURGLARY OF HABITATION - $50,000 BOND

SAUL MONTOYA GARAY (36) of the 200 block of El Paso, TX CHARGES: BURGLARY OF HABITATION - $50,000 BOND EVADING ARREST / DETENTION - $1,500 BOND PAROLE VIOLATION – **NO BOND** ASSAULT - $2,500 BOND

INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

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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.