{"id":464580,"date":"2026-10-13T08:40:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464580\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T08:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:40:17","slug":"one-arrested-in-far-east-el-paso-road-rage-incident-that-went-viral-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/464580\/","title":{"rendered":"One arrested in Far East El Paso road rage incident that went viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Deputies arrested a 32-year-old man on Saturday in connection with a road rage incident in Far East El Paso that was caught on camera and went viral on social media  <\/p>\n<p>According to the El Paso County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, Edgar Sanchez was arrested at a home after investigators determined he threw multiple rocks at another driver following a traffic incident. <\/p>\n<p>Investigators said the incident happened on Friday at around 1 p.m. at the intersection of Eastlake Boulevard and Rojas Drive.  <\/p>\n<p>Sanchez is being accused of assaulting the driver by hitting him in the back with rocks, as well as shattering several windows and causing over $5,000 in property damage.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was caught on camera and shared on the popular social media account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therealfitfamelpaso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@therealfitfamelpaso<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p><p>One arrested in Far East El Paso road rage incident that went viral. Credit: EPCSO<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Investigators did not reveal exactly what led to the fight between the two drivers.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/investigation-underway-after-reported-stabbing-in-lower-valley?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Man in his 20s dies after reported stabbing in the Lower Valley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators said they collected that video and several others, as well as physical evidence, during their investigation, which then led to Sanchez&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Jail records show Sanchez was booked into the El Paso County Downtown jail, where he was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, with a $10,000 bond, and criminal mischief ($2,500\u2013$30,000), with a $5,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p>According to jail records, Sanchez was released from jail Sunday after posting a surety bond. <\/p>\n<p>Following news of the arrest, the Sheriff&#8217;s office released a statement reminding people to remain calm when encountering aggressive drivers, avoid getting into confrontations, and to report dangerous behavior to the authorities. <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/horizon-city-woman-arrested-for-alleged-scooter-dwi-with-bac-more-than-3-times-limit?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Horizon City woman arrested for alleged scooter DWI with BAC more than 3 times limit<\/a><\/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<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 Deputies arrested a 32-year-old man on Saturday in connection with a road rage&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-464580","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\/464580","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=464580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}