THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ONE OF IT’S UNITS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS. POLICE SPOTTED THE DRIVER OF A FORD RANGER ENDANGERING THE PUBLIC. WHEN THEY TRIED TO STOP HIM TUESDAY NIGHT, HE FLED, BUT WAS SOON SPOTTED NEAR GRANITE AND 12TH STREET. THE DRIVER PUT THE PICKUP IN REVERSE AND RAMMED THE PATROL CAR MULTIPLE TIMES, THEN FLED AGAIN.
OFFICERS COULDN’T CATCH HIM BECAUSE THEY WERE DELAYED BY A TRAIN. THE SUSPECT WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY NEAR THE SUNPORT. AT LEAST ONE OPEN CONTAINER OF ALCOHOL WAS FOUND IN THE TRUCK.
