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Two El Paso Drivers Arrested After Alleged Attempts to Evade Deputies

The Sheriff’s Office emphasized the danger of fleeing traffic stops, vowing accountability.

Overview

  • Deputies identified 24-year-old Alexis Ortega after a Saturday stop on the 3900 block of Las Casistas Drive, where the driver initially complied before fleeing.
  • Ortega was taken into custody without incident during a follow-up at his home on the 3700 block of NativeDancer Street and booked on a $12,340 bond.
  • Deputies arrested 18-year-old Raul Alberto Sias after attempting to stop a red Ford Mustang on I-10 that eventually pulled over on the 9700 block of Alameda Avenue.
  • Sias was charged with evading arrest or detention with a motor vehicle and booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $20,000 bond.
  • Sheriff Oscar Ugarte said fleeing drivers put lives at risk and stated the agency will find offenders and hold them accountable.