ANOTHER ATTEMPT BY AN ALBUQUERQUE SUSPECT TO AVOID ARREST BY RAMMING AN OFFICER WITH HER VEHICLE. IT’S THE 5TH SUCH INCIDENT IN EIGHT DAYS.
APD’S CELINA ESPINOZA TELLS US IT HAPPENED TUESDAY AFTER THEY GOT A CALL FROM SIRIUS RADIO ABOUT A STOLEN VEHICLE THEY’D BEEN TRACKING. THE VEHICLE AND SUSPECT WERE AT CARLISLE AND MENAUL … BUT 30 YEAR OLD BRIANA KECK REFUSED TO SURRENDER. INSTEAD, SHE DROVE STRAIGHT AT ONE OFFICER, INJURING HER … THEN SHE HIT A PATROL CAR AS SHE FLED THE SCENE.
ESPINOZA TELLS US THEY FINALLY CAUGHT UP WITH KECK AT A HOTEL NEAR UNIVERSITY NORTHEAST AFTER TRACKING HER BY HELICOPTER.
KECK HAS BEEN ARRESTED 16 TIMES IN THE PAST FOR OFFENSES RANGING FROM DWI TO DRUG POSSESSION TO AUTO THEFT.
