SAME CRIMINAL CHARGE … SAME BOND. TWENTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER CRUZ … THE SECOND SUSPECT IN CUSTODY FOR THE DRIVE-BY SHOOTING DEATH OF ALBUQUERQUE TEEN JAYDON CHAVEZ-SILVER … IS CHARGED WITH MURDER. HIS BOND WAS SET AT 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS. THAT’S THE SAME AS FOR 18 YEAR OLD DONOVAN MAEZ, THE FIRST SUSPECT ARRESTED LATE FRIDAY.
CRUZ TURNED HIMSELF IN MONDAY AFTER AN ARREST WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR HIM. BUT BEFORE HE SURRENDERED, CRUZ CONSULTED WITH HIS LAWYER, WHO SAYS THERE ARE FIVE WITNESSES WHO CAN TESTIFY HIS CLIENT WAS ELSEWHERE WHEN CHAVEZ-SILVER WAS KILLED JUNE 26TH AT A HOUSE PARTY ON NAKOMIS NORTHEAST.
