EPCSO deputies arrest two people after desert chase

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office say that 38-year-old Edgar Ezparza and 40-year-old Linda Barrientos were both arrested for not stopping for deputies.

EPSCO says that deputies attempted to perform a traffic stop near the intersection of Krag Street and Montana Avenue on a blue Honda Civic for a traffic violation on February 17 around 1:38 a.m.

According to officials the driver, later identified as Ezparza, did not stop for deputies and drove off into a desert area.

A deputy on a 4×4 patrol unit followed the vehicle off-road into the desert where it would become disabled, forcing both Ezparza and the passenger to take off on foot…

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