MORE INFORMATION IS RELEASED ON AN INCIDENT IN PLACITAS LAST WEDNESDAY IN WHICH A SUSPECTED INTRUDER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY THE HOMEOWNER. THE SANDOVAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL MARIJUANA OPERATION INSIDE THE HOME, AND MORE THAN 200 MARIJUANA PLANTS WERE SEIZED.
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS 31 YEAR OLD JAMES GARCIA, THE ARMED HOME INTRUDER, WAS SHOT AFTER THE HOMEOWNER, MARK RICHARDESON, GRABBED THE GUN AWAY FROM HIM DURING A STRUGGLE. IT’S NOT KNOWN IF RICHARDSON WILL BE CHARGED.
