Two 14-year-old boys were detained by El Paso police first on Monday morning on accusations of employing a weapon in a nighttime carjacking and attempted robbery spree across the city, according to officials.
According to police, the teenagers are charged with robbing 5 convenience stores and reportedly kidnapping a 59-year-old man filling up his car at a petrol station on the extreme East Side.
By coming to the far East Side, where cops ended the 5-hour crime spree, it had already hit the Lower Valley, the West Side, and the Upper Valley.
“Deputies were able to find the stolen automobile and arrest the young people immediately after the carjacking. Prime location by the police, “According to police spokesman Sgt. Javier Sambrano.
The East Side individuals are charged with 6 counts of armed robbery. The Department of Juvenile Probation now has custody of them. Due to the boys’ youth, their names were hidden.
Children under the age of 16 are subject to a juvenile curfew every day from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the city of El Paso and the neighboring regions of El Paso County. The city’s curfew was established in 1991.
