THE TWO YOUNGEST DEFENDANTS IN LAST MONTH’S MURDER OF STEPHEN GERECKE WERE IN COURT MONDAY IN ALBUQUERQUE. A JUDGE SET BOND FOR ENRIQUE PALOMINO AND MATTHEW BALDONADO, BOTH 14, AT 250 THOUSAND DOLLARS. THE TWO WILL BE TRIED AS JUVENILES.
THE OTHER FOUR ACCUSED RANGE IN AGE FROM 15 TO 17 AND WILL BE TRIED AS ADULTS. THEIR BONDS HAD ALREADY BEEN SET AT 250-THOUSAND.
POLICE SAY THE SIX WERE OUT LATE AT NIGHT, BREAKING INTO CARS AND HOMES, WHEN GERECKE CONFRONTED THEM IN HIS DRIVEWAY NEAR INDIAN SCHOOL AND TRAMWAY, AND WAS SHOT.
