HALF A DOZEN ALBUQUERQUE TEENS ARE IN CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A POPULAR LOCAL BARTENDER. APD SAYS THE SIX WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 60 YEAR OLD STEPHEN GERECKE.
GERECKE WAS KILLED WHEN HE CONFRONTED THE TEENS AS THEY “MOBBED” HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 67-HUNDRED BLOCK OF KELLY NORTHEAST IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 26TH. THEY WERE ALLEGEDLY TARGETING HIS VEHICLE AT THE TIME.
SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD RYAN ARCHIBEQUE, 16 YEARS OLD CHRIS RODRIGUEZ AND JEREMIAH KING AND 15 YEAR OLD ANDREW HUBLER ARE CHARGED AS SERIOUS YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS. FOURTEEN YEAR OLDS ENRIQUE PALOMINO AND MATTHEW BALDONADO… AND CHARGED AS JUVENILES.
KOB TV REPORTS A NEIGHBOR … IDENTIFIED ONLY AS CHARLES … FOUND THE SAME TEENS IN HIS BEDROOM. POLICE SAY THEY STOLE CHARLES’ CREDIT CARD AND USED IT AT A MCDONALD’S NEARBY, WHICH HELPED LEAD TO THEIR ARREST.
