{"id":233986,"date":"2026-04-03T20:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/233986\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T20:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:50:07","slug":"possible-former-fabens-isd-employee-arrested-after-traffic-stop-leads-to-meth-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/233986\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible former Fabens ISD employee arrested after traffic stop leads to meth discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A routine traffic stop in East El Paso resulted in the arrest of a 48-year-old man after deputies discovered suspected methamphetamine in his possession back in February, according to an affidavit filed by the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies say the incident occurred around 4:18 p.m. near the 15300 block of Alameda Avenue on February 19, where a gray Dodge Avenger was pulled over for traveling 69 mph in a posted 55 mph zone.<\/p>\n<p>The driver, identified as Adrian Esparza, told the deputy he did not have a driver\u2019s license or Texas identification and claimed he had lost his wallet. <\/p>\n<p>Esparza told the deputy he was coming from a school where he is employed under Fabens ISD and was on his way to his mother\u2019s residence, according to the affidavit. <\/p>\n<p>KFOX14\/CBS4 reached out to Fabens ISD to confirm whether he is still employed or not at Fabens ISD but we have not heard back from the district.  <\/p>\n<p>Esparza&#8217;s name also does not show up in the Fabens ISD staff directory as of April 3. <\/p>\n<p>Esparza also shared that he was not the registered owner of the vehicle, and it belonged to his friend, who gave him permission to drive it, according to the document. <\/p>\n<p>During the stop, Esparza reportedly appeared nervous and fidgety, prompting further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/video-shows-el-paso-officer-punching-woman-during-arrest-police-investigating-incident?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Video shows El Paso officer punching woman during arrest; police investigating incident<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Authorities later discovered Esparza had an active criminal warrant out of Gillespie County. <\/p>\n<p>After being asked to step out of the vehicle, he consented to a search. Deputies reported finding a yellow plastic baggie containing a white crystal-like substance inside his jacket pocket, according to the document.<\/p>\n<p>According to the affidavit, the substance weighed approximately 2.12 grams and tested positive for methamphetamine using a TruNarc analyzer.<\/p>\n<p>Esparza denied ownership of the substance, claiming the jacket belonged to a friend, the affidavit stated. <\/p>\n<p>However, deputies placed him under arrest on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance, a state jail felony under Texas law.<\/p>\n<p>He was transported to the Deputy Peter J. Herrera Station and booked into a holding cell later that evening.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been submitted for prosecution, and formal charges are pending. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.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 routine traffic stop in East El Paso resulted in the arrest of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-233986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233986","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=233986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}