{"id":117632,"date":"2026-01-10T02:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/117632\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T02:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T02:13:22","slug":"2-people-arrested-for-christmas-day-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/117632\/","title":{"rendered":"2 people arrested for Christmas Day assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"http:\/\/ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Two people were arrested on Saturday, Jan. 3, for initiating a fight and assaulting four women in a far East El Paso home on Christmas Day, according to the El Paso Police Department (EPPD).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, officers responded to an assault in progress at a home in the 13000 block of Alfredo Apodaca Drive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects, identified as 32-year-old Joshua Aaron Theocharides and 32-year-old Raquel Maria Cazares, arrived and initiated an altercation with four women victims \u2014 ages between 23 and 27 years old \u2014 outside the home, according to EPPD.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"32-year-old Joshua Aaron Theocharides\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/71c86311dc8332501117e09fd942deb5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>32-year-old Joshua Aaron Theocharides<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"32-year-old Raquel Maria Cazares\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/552e5993d14f9424a2c924622af73c15.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>32-year-old Raquel Maria Cazares<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the incident, Cazares assaulted one of the victims, and Theocharides pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the victims, and struck them with the weapon before they fled, EPPD added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators were able to identify both suspects and obtain arrest warrants. Around two weeks later, they were both arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cazares was charged with assault causing bodily injury, and Theocharides was charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. They were both booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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