{"id":454491,"date":"2026-10-02T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454491\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T18:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T18:24:13","slug":"el-paso-man-gets-probation-in-case-involving-alleged-3-d-printed-handgun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/454491\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso man gets probation in case involving alleged 3-D printed handgun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 An El Paso man previously arrested after police said they found an illegal 3-D printed handgun in a vehicle has received a deferred disposition and was sentenced to probation in his unlawful carrying of a weapon case, according to court records.<\/p>\n<p>Raul Paez was placed on 12 months of community supervision and ordered to complete 80 hours of community service, records show.<\/p>\n<p>The court record lists a $500 fine and $825 in total fees and costs. <\/p>\n<p>The disposition was entered Friday, Oct. 2.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/kfoxtv.com\/news\/local\/man-arrested-in-central-el-paso-after-police-caught-him-with-an-illegal-3-d-printed-gun-texas-tx-department-eppd-scenic-drive-ar-style-rifle-scenic-drive-montana-cotton-chevrolet-tahoe?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man arrested in Central El Paso after police caught him with an illegal 3-D printed gun<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Paez, then 18, was arrested in May after El Paso police officers patrolling near Montana Avenue heard gunfire coming from the Scenic Drive overlook.<\/p>\n<p>Police said officers later located a Chevrolet Tahoe on Wheeling Avenue and found an AR-style rifle and a 3-D printed handgun. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities alleged Paez had fired the shots from Scenic Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Paez was initially charged with unlawful carrying of a weapon and discharge of a firearm in certain municipalities. <\/p>\n<p>The new court record references the unlawful carrying of a weapon charge.<\/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 An El Paso man previously arrested after police said they found an illegal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-454491","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\/454491","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=454491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}