FUGITIVE ASSAULTS DEPUTY / STRIKE TEAM NABS MANHUNT MONDAY CAPTURE NO. 44
3850 Justice El Paso, TX 79938 
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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: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:20 PM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (STRIKE TEAM / LOWER VALLEY PATROL)
EVENT: FUGITIVE ARRESTED (MHM CAPTURE NO. 44)
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: 1600 block of N. Zaragoza El Paso County, TX
DATE / TIME: February 25, 2010 12:00 PM
RESULT: ARREST MADE
EL PASO COUNTY, TX- Late Thursday morning 2/25/2010 at about 11:30am, El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputies received a tip on the whereabouts of a wanted fugitive along with a vehicle description & destination. The subject was identified as JAMES SEBASTIAN MONTEZ who was wanted on charges of ESCAPE, ASSAULT, and EVADING DETENTION. Strike Team along with Patrol Deputies responded to the location and commenced surveillance. Deputies observed a vehicle matching the description provided enter at a parking lot of a service station located in the 1600 block of N. Zaragoza. Strike Team Deputies approached fugitive MONTEZ who was sitting in the passenger side of the vehicle. In a desperate attempt to get away, MONTEZ fled out the driver side of the vehicle and immediately encountered a Sheriff’s Deputy awaiting on that side. MONTEZ lunged at the Deputy striking him in the shoulder and neck area as a struggle ensued. MONTEZ then fled on foot to the back of the service station as Deputies gave chase apprehending him within moments. MONTEZ was wanted for the crimes of ESCAPE, ASSAULT, EVADING ARREST, & THEFT & will now be facing additional charges of EVADING DETENTION, ASSAULT ON A PEACE OFFICER & POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA u/ 2oz. which he had on his person.
MONTEZ was profiled on the November 30, 2009 Edition of MANHUNT MONDAY (see more…). MONTEZ’ Capture marks the 44th Manhunt Fugitive Apprehended out of 73 Fugitives Profiled.
MONTEZ is now pending booking on all charges at the El Paso County Detention Facility.
JAMES SEBASTIAN MONTEZ (21)
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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 (4th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.