A BERNALILLO COUNTY GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED 15 DEFENDANTS ON A LONG LIST OF CHARGES, INCLUDING RACKETEERING, AUTO AND RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, GUN THEFTS AND EXTREME CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. D-A RAUL TORREZ SAYS THE CASES WERE PUT TOGETHER BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, ALBUQUERQUE POLICE AND STATE POLICE.
TORREZ SAYS ALL 15 ARE MEMBERS OF AN ALBUQUERQUE STREET GANG, WILL ALSO FACE CHARGES UNDER NEW MEXICO’S RACKETEERING STATUTE.
IN ALL, 52 CASES WERE INVESTIGATED. TORREZ SAYS THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A CLEAR WARNING TO OTHER CRIMINALS THAT EVERY RESOURCE WILL BE USED TO BRING THEM TO JUSTICE.
