EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 A 45-year-old El Paso mother was arrested Friday as authorities are accusing her of using false documents to visit her son in jail on Mother’s Day.<\/p>\n
According to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, Nancy Alvarez was arrested after she allegedly altered government records and used a public investigator status to visit her son at the Jail Annex, located at 12501 Montana Ave., in Far East El Paso.<\/p>\n
The Sheriff’s Office said detectives were first dispatched to the jail on May 12 after hearing reports of a woman being suspected of falsifying documents to enter the facility. <\/p>\n
On Thursday, detectives obtained an arrest warrant after they identified Alvarez as their suspect.<\/p>\n
RECOMMENDED: 21-year-old arrested after alleged school trespass, foot chase in Canutillo<\/a><\/p>\n Then on Friday, detectives got a second warrant and arrested Alvarez. <\/p>\n While the Sheriff’s Office did not specify the date of the visit, jail records show the date of the offense as May 10, aka Mother’s Day.<\/p>\n Jail records show Alvarez is facing two counts of tampering with government records, bond set at $10,000.<\/p>\n According to jail records, Alvarez was released after posting a surety bond the same day she was arrested.<\/p>\n