MAN SUING APD DETAINED

 

A CONVICTED FELON WHO'S SUING TWO FORMER APD OFFICERS FOR USING EXCESSIVE FORCE IN A 2011 ARREST IS BEING ORDERED DETAINED TO FACE FEDERAL CHARGES OF BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. THIRTY-FIVE YEAR OLD NICHOLAS BLUME ENTERED A NOT GUILTY PLEA TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT ON TUESDAY.

BLUME WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK FOR A DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE IN WHICH HE ALLEGEDLY HIT A WOMAN IN THE FACE. AT THE TIME OF THE ARREST, POLICE SAY BLUME WAS UNLAWFULLY IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AND AMMUNITION.