FUNERAL SERVICES FOR VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY RYAN THOMAS ARE THIS SATURDAY. VIEWING AND SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE LEGACY CHURCH AT 72-01 CENTRAL NORTHWEST IN ALBUQUERQUE. VIEWING IS AT 9:30 SATURDAY MORNING AND THE FUNERAL IS AT 11AM.
THOMAS WAS ON DUTY WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN A CAR CRASH LAST WEEK. OVER THE WEEKEND, HATEFUL ANTI-POLICE GRAFFITI WAS SCRAWLED ON THE WALLS OF MORE THAN HALF-A-DOZEN BUSINESSES IN BELEN AND RIO COMMUNITIES… INCLUDING THE FUNERAL HOME WHERE THOMAS’ BODY IS BEING HELD. BELEN POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS DANIEL KOTA FROM BELEN. HE’S BELIEVED TO BE DRIVING A WHITE FORD EXPLORER AND IS STILL AT LARGE.
CALL POLICE IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS.
