{"id":110850,"date":"2026-01-05T01:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/110850\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T01:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T01:44:07","slug":"driver-arrested-after-assaulting-deputy-attempting-to-flee-in-northwest-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/110850\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver arrested after assaulting deputy, attempting to flee in northwest El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A traffic stop in northwest El Paso on Friday led to the arrest of a man after he allegedly assaulted a deputy and attempted to flee. <\/p>\n<p>Deputies stopped 34-year-old Eduardo Garcia at the 6300 block of Arce Drive for a traffic violation and observed signs of intoxication. <\/p>\n<p>After failing field sobriety tests, Garcia was informed of his arrest for Driving While Intoxicated.<\/p>\n<p><p>Driver arrested after assaulting deputy, attempting to flee in northwest El Paso (credit: EPCSO)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>He resisted arrest, striking a deputy multiple times before fleeing on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Oscar Ugarte stated, &#8220;Driving while intoxicated endangers everyone on our roadways, and assaulting a deputy will never be tolerated.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Garcia was apprehended and booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on multiple charges, including Driving While Intoxicated 2nd and Assault on a Peace Officer, with a bond set at $14,500.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/newsletter-daily\/driver-arrested-after-traffic-violation-leads-to-cocaine-discovery-in-el-paso?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Driver arrested after traffic violation leads to cocaine discovery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>JOIN THE CONVERSATION (1)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up <\/a>to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A traffic stop in northwest El Paso on Friday led to the arrest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-110850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}