CANUTILLO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A 21-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning after deputies said he tried to flee a traffic stop in Canutillo.
According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Kevin Guerrero was chased down and eventually arrested after he was first pulled over for allegedly having an “obscured license plate” in the 7300 block of Doniphan Dr.
During the traffic stop, Guerrero allegedly started his car and fled.
Deputies described finding his vehicle crashed and abandoned in a desert lot two miles south of where he was first pulled over, where Doniphan Drive meets Spur 16.
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Then later, Guerrero was spotted running at the 500 block of Talbot Avenue.
The Sheriff’s Office shared bodycam and dashcam video of the traffic stop and subsequent chase.
As deputies handcuff Guerrero, you can hear him tell them, “Let me call my mom.”
WATCH:
BODYCAM: ‘Let me call my mom’ said man arrested after fleeing traffic stop in Canutillo. Credit: EPCSO
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