A SECOND ARREST IS BEEN MADE IN RECENT ROBBERIES AT A GAS STATION ON ALBUQUERQUE’S WEST SIDE…ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN A CLERK BEING SHOT.
THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS 24 YEAR OLD ROBERT RIVERA WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY MONDAY. RIVERA ALLEGEDLY HELD UP THE CHEVRON STATION NEAR UNSER AND PARADISE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH WHILE ANOTHER MAN, ISRAFIL MADRIAGA, WAITED OUTSIDE. THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK MADRIAGA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE ROBBED THE SAME STORE, SHOOTING AND WOUNDING CLERK ROBERT STUBBLEFIELD.
MADRIAGA WAS ALREADY IN CUSTODY.