A MAN IS UNDER ARREST AFTER ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY HE TRIED…BUT FAILED…TO PRY OPEN AN A-T-M ON CENTRAL AVENUE USING HIS VEHICLE. APD SAYS THE BUMPER ON 42 YEAR-OLD MICHAEL BETZ'S CAR WAS TORN OFF DURING THE ATTEMPT TUESDAY MORNING.
POLICE PURSUED BETZ, WHO EVENTUALLY CRASHED HIS VEHICLE INTO A WOMAN'S BACK YARD, DESTROYING HER FENCE. HE TOOK OFF ON FOOT BUT WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. THE CHARGES HE FACES INCLUDE RECEIVING OR TRANSPORTING A STOLEN VEHICLE, CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, AND COMMERCIAL BURGLARY.
