A MAN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY IS A REPEAT OFFENDER KEEPS OFFICERS ON SCENE FOR HOURS AT A LIQUOR STORE NEAR 4TH STREET AND INDIAN SCHOOL EARLY SUNDAY. THAT STANDOFF WITH THE MAN WANTED FOR BURGLARY IS SAID TO HAVE LASTED MORE THAN SEVEN HOURS BEFORE POLICE COULD REMOVE HIM FROM THE STORE.
OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THERE BECAUSE THE MAN SET OFF AN ALARM WHILE HIDING IN THE STORE’S ATTIC. HE WAS ARRESTED AT THE SCENE WITH THE HELP OF APD’S K-NINE UNIT AND IS IDENTIFIED AS BRENDAN NORTHERN. POLICE FOUND NEARLY 400 DOLLARS IN CASH AND STOLEN CANDY BARS IN NORTHERN’S JACKET.
APD COULD BE ALSO LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MAN IN THIS CASE … SAID TO BE A LATINO WHO FLED IN A STOLEN GREEN TRUCK.
