Afternoon traffic through Fort Bliss’s Cassidy Gate took a hard left turn when a routine vehicle inspection turned up a surprise: a woman hiding in the trunk of a soldier’s car, according to base officials. The stop happened at about 3 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, and both the soldier and the woman were taken into custody and brought to the Fort Bliss Police Department for processing.
Base officials said the whole thing unfolded during a “standard, random vehicle inspection” and alleged that the soldier was “attempting to circumvent the installation’s access control procedures by hiding a civilian female in the trunk of his car,” according to KTSM. The statement stopped short of naming either person or detailing what charges they might face.
Stop at Cassidy Gate
The incident quickly drew wider attention as outlets, including AOL, picked up the story, echoing Fort Bliss’s account that both the soldier and the woman were taken to the installation’s police department for processing. Officials have not publicly released the identities of those involved.
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