A SUSPECT IN MULTIPLE CARJACKINGS FROM JULY 22ND OF THIS YEAR IN ALBUQUERQUE IS ARRAIGNED IN FEDERAL COURT MONDAY. THOMAS MARTINEZ ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS TO TWO COUNTS OF CARJACKING AND TWO FOR DISCHARGING A FIREARM DURING A CARJACKING.
POLICE SAY THOMAS MARTINEZ WAS TRYING TO AVOID ARREST WHEN HE CARJACKED A WOMAN WHO TRIED TO FIGHT WITH HIM. MARTINEZ IS SAID TO HAVE THEN FIRED HIS GUN, BUT SHE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT WHEN MARTINEZ SLOWED DOWN. POLICE SAY HE THEN ATTEMPTED A SECOND CAR-JACKING AND ONCE AGAIN, ALLEGEDLY FIRED HIS GUN DURING THAT INCIDENT. . HE WAS ARRESTED A SHORT TIME LATER.
IF CONVICTED ON ALL FOUR COUNTS HE FACES DECADES BEHIND BARS.
