Sunday, November 6, 2011

 

Mercedes officers work after hours to set up haunted house





By Raul Garcia Jr. / Nov. 6, 2011

The City of Mercedes held it’s annual Halloween Haunted house and community volunteers are attributing its long success to two Mercedes Police Department officers Myriea Abrego and John Paul Sauceda.

“We give out candy bags we give out hotdogs, drinks and of course the haunted house,” said Sgt. John Paul Sauceda. “We also have a costume contest so anybody is welcome to compete so it turns out great.”

The sergeant said the police department’s goal is to help, protect and make a difference. At the same time he said it is important for the police department to bring the community together and the Haunted house and other community events like the annual Easter Egg Hunt, Christmas Party and Back to School party are some of the ways the Mercedes Police are doing just that.

Over the last nine years the event has drawn the community closer to the Mercedes Police Department and pulled children and families off the streets of Mercedes every Halloween.  And the main attraction besides all of the fun and games is the Haunted House maze that was organized and lead by the two officers.

“It was really scary and little kids aren’t supposed to go in there because they get scared,” said Carla Bokardo, a 16-year-old Mercedes resident. “ It’s a lot of fun and sometimes you get scared and sometimes it’s just for fun.”

Most of the children and young adults had said they have lots of fun at the event and they have been a regular for the last two to three years. Children said the community event is a lot of fun and that the most memorable part of the event is going through the haunted house.
Mercedes Police Department Haunted House volunteers Myriea Abrigo and Sgt. John Paul Sauceda have been working on the project together since 2005. Sauceda helped reignite the community project nine years ago.

“The Halloween Carnival has been a success because of the haunted house because the kids look forward to it and these two have devoted so much of their time in making it a success for it to be successful for our community,” said Linda Wade.

# posted by Raul Garcia Jr. @ 8:27 PM
Comments:
Great Job Officer Myriea Abrigo and Sgt. John Paul Sauceda! You guys do so much for our community! It's just awesome!
# posted by Blogger Lupe Perez Rodriguez Jr : November 14, 2011 at 9:15 AM
 

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