AN ALBUQUERQUE MECHANIC IS ARRESTED AFTER POLICE SAY HE ALLOWED HIS INTOXICATED NIECE TO TAKE A CAR HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON FOR A CLIENT. POLICE SAY JUDAS BARELAS' NIECE WRECKED THE CAR. BARELAS WAS CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLEMENT OF A VEHICLE AND BOOKED INTO THE METRO DETENTION CENTER.
BARELAS TOLD POLICE HE DIDN'T KNOW HIS NIECE WOULD BE DRINKING WHEN HE GAVE HER THE KEYS TO THE CAR.
