A PEACEFUL ENDING TO A SWAT SITUATION IN ALBUQUERQUE WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE MOTEL 6 ON UNIVERSITY NEAR I-40. POLICE CHASED DOWN A SUSPECT SPOTTED IN ONE OF THE VEHICLES ON UNIVERSITY EARLY WEDNESDAY. SPOKESMAN FRED DURAN SAYS IT WAS A VEHICLE THAT WAS THE SUBJECT OF A SEARCH LAST (TUES) NIGHT. OFFICERS PULLED UP TO IT, BUT THE OCCUPANT FLED ON FOOT TO THE MOTEL 6 ON UNIVERSITY NEAR I-40 NEARBY.
TWENTY-ONE YEAR OLD ALEJANDRO MONCLOVA BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE A MOTEL ROOM UNTIL SWAT COAXED HIM OUT. DURAN SAYS THEY THEN FOUND A SECOND STOLEN VEHICLE ON THE PREMISES, SO BEGAN A PARKING LOT SEARCH FOR OTHERS.
MONCLOVA WAS ARRESTED AND IS CHARGED WITH RECEIVING AND TRANSFERRING A STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLE. APD OFFICER FRED DURAN TELLS US MONCLOVA IS A POSSIBLE REPEAT OFFENDER.
