ALBUQUERQUE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A MAN ACCUSED OF STRIKING A BICYCLIST WHO LATER DIED. TWENTY-ONE YEAR OLD JESSE CORDOVA IS CHARGED WITH KNOWINGLY LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING GREAT BODILY HARM OR DEATH. APD’S SIMON DROBIK TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THEY WERE ABLE TO SOLVE THE CASE THROUGH CRIMESTOPPERS:
AUTHORITIES ALLEGE CORDOVA HIT BICYCLIST RONALD BRINKLEY IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE EARLY IN THE MORNING ON MONDAY AUGUST 6TH…THEN FLED THE SCENE. BRINKLEY WAS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND DIED LATER.
