El Paso Police: 2 people arrested for Christmas Day assault

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Two people were arrested on Saturday, Jan. 3, for initiating a fight and assaulting four women in a far East El Paso home on Christmas Day, according to the El Paso Police Department (EPPD).

At 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, officers responded to an assault in progress at a home in the 13000 block of Alfredo Apodaca Drive.

The preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects, identified as 32-year-old Joshua Aaron Theocharides and 32-year-old Raquel Maria Cazares, arrived and initiated an altercation with four women victims — ages between 23 and 27 years old — outside the home, according to EPPD.

During the incident, Cazares assaulted one of the victims, and Theocharides pulled out a handgun, pointed it at the victims, and struck them with the weapon before they fled, EPPD added…

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