{"id":139075,"date":"2026-01-26T23:49:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/139075\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:49:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:49:27","slug":"detention-officer-arrested-on-drugs-charges-after-cocaine-was-found-in-juvenile-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/139075\/","title":{"rendered":"Detention officer arrested on drugs charges after cocaine was found in juvenile facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 49-year-old detention officer who works in the juvenile detention center was arrested after authorities allegedly found cocaine inside the jail. <\/p>\n<p>According to the El Paso County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Jacob Montes was arrested on Thursday after investigators watched surveillance video inside the juvenile jail that appeared to show Montes dropping a clear plastic bag with white powder in it on the floor. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the white powder tested positive for cocaine. <\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff&#8217;s Office said investigators went to review the surveillance video after staff found the cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/crime-news\/four-las-cruces-minors-arrested-in-vandalism-spree-at-nmsu-buildings-new-mexico-state-university-nm-crime-stoppers-hotline-tipline-cash-reward-juvenile-probation-office?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Four Las Cruces minors arrested in vandalism spree at NMSU buildings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jail records show Montes was booked into the El Paso County Downtown Jail and charged with a prohibited item in a correctional facility, with a $5,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>According to jail records, Montes was released from jail that very same day after posting a surety bond.<\/p>\n<p>The El Paso Juvenile Detention Center is located at 6400 Delta Dr., near Ascarate Park in South Central El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/crime-news\/horizon-city-texas-tx-traffic-stop-leads-to-arrest-of-suspected-smuggler-cocaine-bust-darrington-road-police-department-hcpd-drug?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Horizon City traffic stop leads to arrest of suspected smuggler, cocaine bust<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/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 49-year-old detention officer who works in the juvenile detention center was arrested&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-139075","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\/139075","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=139075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}