A CLOSE CALL FOR ALBUQUERQUE POLICE AND PEDESTRIANS OUTSIDE A SMITH'S STORE NEAR SAN PEDRO AND LOMAS. APD'S TASIA MARTINEZ SAYS 31 YEAR OLD WILLIAM MARTINEZ TRIED TO FLEE AFTER POLICE FOUND HIM SLEEPING IN HIS VEHICLE…THEN RAMMED TWO POLICE CARS… NEARLY HITTING THE OFFICERS AND PEDESTRIANS WHO WERE IN THE PARKING LOT.
AT THE VERY LEAST, MARTINEZ FACES TWO COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED ASSAULT ON A POLICE OFFICER AND AGGRAVATED FLEEING. MARTINEZ COULD ALSO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES, SINCE HE ADMITTED TO BEING A CONVICTED FELON, AND MAY HAVE BEEN ARMED WITH A HANDGUN. HE'S BEEN ARRESTED LOCALLY A NUMBER OF TIMES BEFORE FOR LARCENY AND DRUG CRIMES.
