Eagle Pass Man Arrested for Auto Theft

By: Miguel Munoz, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2017

An Eagle Pass man, Anthony Sotelo, age 40, was arrested by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department on Sunday, June 18, 2017, at approximately 8 P.M. for allegedly auto theft after Deputy Sheriffs noticed Sotelo driving a 2014 Ford F-150 Pick-Up Truck reported stolen in Quemado, Texas earlier that day.

A resident of Quemado, Texas in Maverick County reported on Sunday, June 18th, during the morning to the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department that his 2014 Ford F-150 Pick-Up Truck, a firearm, cash money, and knife were stolen from his residence near U.S. Highway 277 North.

A lookout was placed for the stolen Ford F-150 Pick-Up Truck by Maverick County Sheriff’s Department.  

While patrolling in Seco Mines Subdivision area in Maverick County, Maverick County Sheriff’s Department Deputies observed a male driving a Ford F-150 Pick-Up Truck matching the stolen Ford truck reported stolen earlier in the day.

Deputies stopped the driver of the 2014 Ford F-150 Pick-Up Truck and learned that the truck was the same Ford Pick-Up Truck reported stolen earlier that day in Quemado, Texas.  Deputies arrested the driver, Anthony Sotelo, for allegedly auto theft.

The case remains under investigation by the Maverick County Sheriff’s Department.