FELONY CHARGES FILED on REPEAT THEFT SUBJECT – ARMANDO BEJARANO

EL PASO, TX - On January 4, 2023, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office assisted the El Paso Police Department Auto Theft Taskforce in apprehending Armando Bejarano, a 37-year-old individual. Bejarano had multiple outstanding criminal warrants issued by the Auto Theft Task Force. The Sheriff's Office is also investigating several other cases where Bejarano is considered a primary suspect.

On December 3, 2023, deputies were dispatched to a business in El Paso County's Horizon area. Upon arrival, deputies learned an unidentified male broke into the business, stole four vehicles, and destroyed property belonging to the business owner. Crime Scene Investigators arrived to process the scene.

In the early hours of December 4, 2023, deputies from the Montana Station Criminal Investigation Targeted Response Unit (CITRU) and Peter J. Herrera Station CITRU located a female operating one of the stolen vehicles. The female was arrested during the investigation, and the additional stolen vehicles were located. Information received during the investigation led investigators to believe Armando Bejarano, a known thief in the area, was involved in the theft of the four vehicles. After thoroughly analyzing information gathered during the investigation, detectives identified Armando Bejarano as the primary suspect responsible for breaking into the business and stealing the four vehicles from the business owner.

On January 5, 2024, detectives from the Montana Patrol Station obtained three separate warrants linking Armando Bejarano to multiple incidents in the Montana Patrol Station's area of responsibility. The total bond for the three warrants was listed at $ 250,000