AN ALBUQUERQUE POLICE OFFICER IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL TURNS UGLY. POLICE RESPONDED TO THE 12-THOUSAND-BLOCK OF TURQUOISE AVE NE THIS AFTERNOON, AROUND 1-PM. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, 40-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY ABEYTA ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED TWO OFFICERS. ONE FEMALE OFFICERS WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES. OFFICERS EVENTUALLY TASED ABEYTA AFTER A BRIEF STRUGGLE. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AND FACES MULTIPLE CHARGES, INCLUDING ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE MURDER FELONY BATTERY AGAINST A HOUSEHOLD MEMBER AND 2-COUNTS OF BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER. A FEMALE VICTIM WAS FOUND INSIDE ABEYTA’S HOME AND TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL. SHE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION BUT NOW HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO STABLE.
ANTHONY ABEYTA
