{"id":139370,"date":"2026-01-27T03:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/139370\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T03:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:40:08","slug":"man-charged-with-theft-fraud-in-el-paso-vehicle-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/139370\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with theft, fraud in El Paso vehicle scam"},"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 A 35-year-old man was arrested after stealing and selling multiple vehicles last week in far East El Paso, according to the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office (EPCSO).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Javier Navarro, 35, was charged with theft of a vehicle and theft by fraud, with bonds set at $5,000 for each charge.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Javier Navarro\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"348\" height=\"440\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/32662b014ba4b461f6c8d6387cdac0da.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Javier Navarro<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Friday, Jan. 23, deputies responded to the 3600 block of Augusta regarding a report of stolen vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the investigation, a suspect, later identified as Navarro, unlawfully entered a gated property, falsely claimed ownership of multiple vehicles, and sold them without authorization, according to EPCSO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Two victims were identified, including the rightful owner of 10 vehicles valued at approximately $26,000 and a second victim who was scammed out of about $1,600.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the investigation, Navarro contacted the second victim, requesting additional payment. Investigators arranged a meeting near Zaragoza Road and North Loop Drive, where Navarro was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition, six vehicles were recovered and returned to the rightful owner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 A 35-year-old man was arrested after stealing and selling multiple vehicles last week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,58857,1446],"class_list":["post-139370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-javier-navarro","tag-stolen-vehicles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139370","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=139370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}