Catalytic converter arrests in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso Police officials say officers arrested two men and charged them with Criminal Mischief Vehicle Damage Catalytic Converter.
Officers were traveling west on Alameda Street when they saw a truck parked in the middle of Roseway with a man underneath. Officials say the man behind the wheel honked the horn to alert the man underneath the truck to the officers' presence. The man underneath the truck got up and ran away from the officers, police officials explained.
The officials say the officer called in the K-9 unit to find the man, later identified as Humberto Sandoval, 37. After a "short struggle" the officers arrested Sandoval. Officials say the officers took the man who was sitting behind the wheel, identified as Eduardo Contreras, 34. Investigators say the pair were allegedly in the process of cutting out the truck's catalytic converter when the officers arrived.
In addition to the catalytic converter charge, officials say Sandoval was also charged with evading arrest or detention and resisting arrest, search, or transport. Officials say officers booked Sandoval into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a combined $20,000 bond and Contreras on a $10,000 bond.
Contreras contacted ABC-7 and said that he did not do what El Paso Police say he is charged with.
