UNM Carjacking Suspect Charged

THE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE BERNALILLO COUNTY D-A’S OFFICE AND THE U-S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE KEEPS INTENSIFYING. THE LATEST CASE TAKEN ON BY THE “FEDS” INVOLVES 18 YEAR OLD SCOTT GIBBS, ACCUSED OF BEING ONE OF THREE PEOPLE WHO ROBBED AND CARJACKED SOME UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENTS EARLIER THIS MONTH.

TOM OUTLER IS THE CHIEF DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN BERNALILLO COUNTY. HE SAYS THEY HAD THE CHANCE TO TAKE THIS CASE FEDERAL, WHICH THEY DID.

THE SEARCH FOR THE OTHER TWO SUSPECTS IN THE CASE IS ON-GOING. OUTLER SAYS DEFENDANTS CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT FACE LONGER PRISON SENTENCES THAN THOSE CONVICTED IN DISTRICT COURT.

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