EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Deputies arrested a 20-year-old on Sunday after he was allegedly caught speeding and driving in the dark with the headlights off in Far East El Paso.
According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, at around 1:45 a.m., Roberto Carlos Hernandez Jr. was arrested after allegedly leading deputies in a brief chase after they tried to pull him over for driving a dark gray Chevrolet Corvette on Loop 375, near the Montwood overpass, at about 90 miles per hour and without headlights.
The Sheriff’s office said Hernandez Jr. didn’t immediately heed the deputies’ orders and instead kept driving for almost two miles, stopping on the Loop 375 exit ramp to I-10 West.
The Sheriff’s office shared bodycam video of the arrest, showing deputies, guns out, instructing Hernandez to climb out of the car with his hands up and walk back towards them.
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According to jail records, Hernandez Jr. was booked into the El Paso County Downtown jail on Sunday and charged with evading arrest/detention with a vehicle, with bond set at $10,000.
Jail records show Hernandez Jr. was released that very same day after posting a surety bond.
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