MORE CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER LAST MONTH. TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD ANDREW ROMERO HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM. ROMERO IS BEING PROSECUTED UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S “WORST OF THE WORST” ANTI-VIOLENCE INITIATIVE.
HE COULD GET UP TO LIFE IN PRISON ON THE FEDERAL CHARGES ALONE. ROMERO IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING AND KILLING OFFICER BENNER FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP ON MEMORIAL DAY.
