One of Two Crime Spree Suspects Arrested

ALBUQUERQUE POLICE SAY A MAN WHO HAD JUST BEEN PAROLED FROM PRISON WENT ON A QUITE A CRIME SPREE LAST WEEK. APD EVENTUALLY ARRESTED 24 YEAR OLD JAVIER ROMERO, BUT NOT BEFORE HE, ALONG WITH AN ACCOMPLICE, ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED AT LEAST FIVE AUTO BURGLARIES ON THE SAME DAY.
IN ONE INCIDENT, A SHOT WAS FIRED AT A HOTEL EMPLOYEE…AND IN ANOTHER, A BURGLARY VICTIM WAS ASSAULTED.
ROMERO IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND. HIS ACCOMPLICE IS STILL BEING SOUGHT.
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