EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A 58-year-old man and his 38-year-old son were arrested after the father groped a woman’s bottom at a Chico’s Tacos and the son injured an officer during an arrest, according to court documents obtained by KTSM.
Son Charged After Injuring El Paso Police Officer
Shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, November 22, officers from the El Paso Police Department were dispatched to a Chico’s Tacos located at 1365 George Dieter in reference to an assault.
When the officer arrived, they encountered the victim and 58-year-old Jose Gustavo Rios Valles. The officer noticed that Rios Valles had signs of intoxication with bloodshot red eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath/person, according to court documents.
Jose Gustavo Rios Valles. Photo courtesy of the El Paso Police Department.
The victim told the officer she was standing in line at the restaurant when Rios Valles came up behind her, “intentionally groped her buttocks with his right hand” and bumped her chest, court documents state.
The victim said she was scared, surprised and in disbelief of what had just happened. She also stated that she did not know Rios Valles and did not give him consent to touch her.
Additionally, the victim said she did not immediately confront Rios Valles because she was afraid and her 6-year-old child was with her. She told the officer there was no one else in line, plenty of space in the area and that “there was no reason for the defendant (Rios Valles) to be that close to her,” court documents state.
According to court documents, the victim informed the officer that the kick Rios Valles gave after grabbing her bottom was an excuse to make it look like it was an accident.
Rios Valles told the officer that he never grabbed the victim’s bottom and that he was never in line. He continued to say the victim’s husband approached him and began accusing him of touching the victim, court documents state.
Rios Valles’ son, Vicente Rios, 38, got involved and told the officer that his father never touched the victim or had contact with her.
Vincent Rios. Photo courtesy of the El Paso Police Department.
The victim told the officer that there was a witness, who is described as a retired federal agent, who saw the entire incident and told the victim to call him if needed. The witness was called back to the scene and told the officer he saw Jose Gustavo Rios Valles approach the victim from behind, calling it “a bad feeling.”
The witness went on to tell the officer he saw Jose Gustavo Rios Valles lower his right hand as he walked toward the victim and said the incident was “definitely not an accident and it was intentional,” according to court records.
Finally, the witness said he saw the look of disbelief and horror on the victim’s face after the incident occurred.
Jose Gustavo Rios Valles was then arrested and placed in a patrol unit.
The officer then went to the son, Vincent Rios, and gave him his father’s car keys, which were in his possession when he was arrested.
According to court documents, the officer observed that Vincent Rios had signs of intoxication, including red, bloodshot eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath/person.
Vincent Rios “was upset” with the officer and asked about the cameras. The officer told Vincent Rios there were no cameras in the restaurant.
The officer walked away from Vincent Rios after seeing that he was getting angry and did not accept that there were no cameras available.
While the officer was speaking with the victim, the officer saw Vincent Rios walking toward him again. “The officer was already suspicious that the defendant (Vincent Rios) wanted to cause trouble with the officer or the victim’s husband in the assault,” the news release said.
The officer told Vincent Rios to leave several times and that he could not enter his vehicle because he was intoxicated.
Vincent Rios continued to mess with the officer and drew the officer’s attention away from the victim to “engage with him for bullshit” and asked the officer to check the cameras again, court documents read.
For the second time, the officer interrupted the conversation and sent Vincent Rios away.
The officer finished explaining the arrest process to the victim and began walking to his patrol unit to leave the scene. He saw Vincent Rios next to his father, who was in the patrol unit.
The officer did not confront Vincent Rios about communicating with his father while in police custody to “prevent further problems and the officer just wanted to leave,” according to court documents.
The officer followed the defendant back to a white truck that was being driven by a uninvolved person who was not intoxicated. The victim said she was afraid Vincent Rios would see the vehicle she was getting into and feared retaliation. The officer waited outside his patrol unit for Vincent Rios to leave.
Vincent Rios then began to walk toward the officer, and the officer, for the third time, told him to leave.
Vincent Rios refused to leave and the officer continued to tell him to leave while pushing him with his “open right hand,” court documents state. As the officer was pushing Vincent Rios, he began telling the officer not to touch him and “stiffened his body” to avoid being pushed.
The officer then grabbed Vincent Rios by the arms and turned him around, telling Vincent Rios he was under arrest. He was unable to gain control of Vincent Rios’ arms or body and then tackled him to the ground, according to court documents.
The officer told Vincent Rios several times to put his hands behind his back, but he did not comply.
When Vincent Rios was knocked to the ground, the officer’s knee hit the pavement, causing a lot of pain and swelling.
The officer punched and kicked Vincent Rios several times, but they were ineffective. The officer then tasered him, using all 10 Taser rounds, which were also ineffective, court documents state.
According to court documents, the officer was in a lot of pain and was unable to control Vincent Rios, who then tackled him with the officer’s Taser. Both men were fighting for the device.
The officer continued punching, kicking and “doing everything he could” to prevent Vincent Rios from taking the taser. He was eventually able to defeat Vincent Rios and gain control of the taser.
Vincent Rios was eventually pinned to the ground by the officer, using his weight and body strength, until he was assisted by other officers in arresting Vincent Rios.
Jose Gustavo Rios Valles was charged with assault with bail set at $242. Vincent Rios was charged with attempting to take a weapon from an officer, resisting arrest, search or transport and interference with public duties, with bail set at $20,000.
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