AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN IS ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING AN APD OFFICER. POLICE SAY MICHAEL NIETO WAS SLEEPING INSIDE A RUNNING PICKUP THAT HAD NO LICENSE PLATE SUNDAY. CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS THAT WHEN OFFICERS APPROACHED, THEY NOTICED THERE WAS A GUN INSIDE THE VEHICLE. ONE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO GRAB THE GUN…BUT NIETO THEN ALLEGEDLY PULLED THE OTHER OFFICER PARTIALLY INSIDE THE TRUCK AND TOOK OFF…DRIVING ERRATICALLY DOWN RIO GRANDE BOULEVARD…EVEN GOING THE WRONG WAY AT ONE POINT.
HE EVENTUALLY COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. NIETO GOT OUT AND RAN…BUT THE OFFICER WAS ABLE TO CATCH HIM AND PUT HIM IN HANDCUFFS.
NIETO REPORTEDLY HAS FOUR OUTSTANDING FELONY WARRANTS.
