{"id":138739,"date":"2026-01-26T19:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/138739\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T19:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T19:23:06","slug":"el-paso-juvenile-detention-officer-accused-of-bringing-cocaine-into-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/138739\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso juvenile detention officer accused of bringing cocaine into jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) &#8212; An El Paso juvenile detention officer is accused of brining cocaine into the jail.<\/p>\n<p>The Juvenile Probation Department detention officer is facing charges of bringing a prohibited item into a correctional facility.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Montes, 49, is accused of bringing a suspected white powdery substance into a secure area within the El Paso facility on January 22, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The El Paso County Sheriff&#8217;s Office says that security footage showed Montes allegedly drop a clear plastic bag containing the white substance on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say that the substance in the bag later tested positive for cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say that Montes was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $5,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/station\/2022\/07\/15\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) &#8212; An El Paso juvenile detention officer is accused of brining cocaine into the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-138739","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\/138739","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=138739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}