AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN FACES FEDERAL CHARGES FOR A VIOLENT ONE-DAY CRIME SPREE IN JANUARY. THE U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE ALLEGES THAT 27 YEAR OLD CHARLES CHAVEZ WENT TO A HOME AND STOLE A PICKUP AT GUNPOINT…THEN DROVE THE TRUCK TO A GAS STATION WHERE HE STOLE A SECOND PICKUP AT GUNPOINT AND DROVE OFF.
CHAVEZ IS ACCUSED OF THEN ROBBING SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE USING AN ATM. HE WAS SPOTTED BY BCSO DEPUTIES AND ORDERED TO SURRENDER. INSTEAD, CHAVEZ DROVE AWAY AND CRASHED HIS VEHICLE…TOOK OFF ON FOOT…AND WAS EVENTUALLY ARRESTED.
HE COULD GET MORE THAN 40 YEARS IN PRISON IF CONVICTED ON ALL CHARGES.
