TWO ALBUQUERQUE MEN ALREADY FACING STATE CHARGES FOR A SERIES OF ARMED ROBBERIES AND CARJACKINGS ARE NOW OFFICIALLY CHARGED IN FEDERAL COURT AS WELL. NINETEEN YEAR OLD JOEL MEEKS AND 20 YEAR OLD RAUL ORTEGA ENTERED NOT GUILTY PLEAS DURING ARRAIGNMENT IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE MONDAY.
MEEKS ALLEGEDLY ROBBED TWO ALBUQUERQUE BUSINESSES AT GUNPOINT LAST DECEMBER, AND THE EIGHT COUNT INDICTMENT ALSO ALLEGES THAT MEEKS AND ORTEGA COMMITTED TWO CARJACKINGS IN JANUARY.
IF CONVICTED, THE TWO COULD SPEND DECADES IN PRISON.
