MANHUNT MONDAY FUGITIVE IN CUSTODY IN RECORD TIME
3850 Justice El Paso, TX 79938
NEWS RELEASE 
Contact: Deputy Jesse Tovar / PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Direct: (915) 538-2119
Pager: (915) 533-0733 (#5370)
EMAIL: jtovar@epcounty.com
EPCSO.ORG
Release Date / Time: Monday, November 16, 2009 9:50 AM
SECTION: El Paso County Sheriff's Office (UPPER VALLEY PATROL)
EVENT: MHM Fugitive Captured- 32nd Fugitive Captured in just over 14 months
LOCATION OF OCCURRENCE: EPCDF - El Paso, TX
DATE / TIME: Monday morning, November 16, 2009 8:30 AM
RESULT: Sought Fugitive Arrested
EL PASO, TX- Early this morning 11-16-09 at 8:30 am, WANTED FUGITIVE JOEL QUINTANA turned himself in to Deputies. QUINTANA was wanted for the offense of DEADLY CONDUCT for an incident that occurred in August of this year. At the time of his arrest QUINTANA told Deputies he saw himself on television this morning as being MANHUNT MONDAY's MOST WANTED FUGITIVE & decided to turn himself in. QUINTANA also said he was trying to enlist in the U.S. Army & wanted to put all this behind him. QUINTANA's arrest marks the fastest a MHM Fugitive has been taken into custody.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MANHUNT MONDAY FEATURE ON JOEL QUINTANA 11/16
QUINTAN'As arrest marks the 32nd MANHUNT MONDAY capture in just over 14 months.
CAPTURED MANHUNT MONDAY FUGITIVE
JOEL QUINTANA (21)
DEADLY CONDUCT : $140,000 Bond
Background:
On August 10, 2009 at about 1:00 AM, Deputies were dispatched to a residence in the Vinton, TX area in reference to shots fired. Deputies arrived and met with the Victim who told Deputies his home had just been fired upon by a male subject driving a dark colored Dodge Ram. Further investigation by Deputies determined the drive-by was committed by JOEL QUINTANA. It was later determined QUINTANA was retaliating against the Victim for a similar incident that occurred in 2008.
END OF NEWS RELEASE
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office in March of 2001 was the first Sheriff’s Office in the State of Texas to be Internationally Accredited from CALEA and is now the recipient of the First CALEA Tri-Arc award in Texas (4th in the Nation) to have accreditations in: Law Enforcement, Communications, Training Academy.