ANDREW ROMERO’S MURDER TRIAL FOR THE SHOOTING DEATH OF RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICER GREGG BENNER IS IN RECESS THURSDAY … ONE DAY AFTER HIS THEN-GIRLFRIEND TESTIFIED. TABITHA LITTLES TESTIFIED ON WEDNESDAY THAT SHE SAW ROMERO KILL OFFICER BENNER AFTER THE TWO WERE PULLED OVER IN A TRAFFIC STOP ON MEMORIAL DAY OF LAST YEAR. SHE TOLD THE COURT OFFICER BENNER PULLED THEM OVER BECAUSE THEIR LICENSE PLATE DIDN’T MATCH THE REGISTRATION FOR THE SUV THERE WERE IN. THEN HE LEARNED THEY HAD VIOLATED PAROLE BY BEING OUTSIDE BERNALILLO COUNTY.
SHE SAID ROMERO HAD TOLD HER HE WOULD NEVER GO BACK TO PRISON. LITTLES IS TESTIFYING AGAINST ROMERO TO GET MURDER CHARGES AGAINST HER DROPPED.
