A 23 YEAR OLD ALBUQUERQUE MAN IS IN THE MDC AFTER A BIZARRE ACT LAST (THUR) NIGHT. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S SERGEANT AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS DEPUTIES WERE SENT TO A HOME IN THE 200 BLOCK OF QUETZAL SOUTHWEST OFF RIO BRAVO AROUND 10:30 REGARDING A DISTURBANCE. THE HOMEOWNER THEN TOLD THEM THAT A MAN HAD COME INSIDE HIS HOME AND THREATENED TO HARM HIM. THE HOMEOWNER GOT OUT SAFELY, BUT THE MAN … LEE GONZALES … BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE.
WILLIAMSON TELLS US IT SEEMS IT WAS A RANDOM ACT. HE SAYS THE HOMEOWNER DIDN’T KNOW GONZALES OR WHY HE WOULD BARRICADE HIMSELF INSIDE SOMEONE ELSE’S HOME. IT WAS JUST AFTER 3 AM FRIDAY WHEN NEGOTIATORS FINALLY COAXED GONZALES TO GIVE HIMSELF UP.
HE WAS EVALUATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL, THEN BOOKED INTO JAIL ON AN AGGRAVATED BATTERY CHARGE AND AN OUTSTANDING WARRANT.
