A MAN SANTA FE POLICE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR IN A STRING OF BURGLARIES IS NOW IN CUSTODY. POLICE SPOKESPERSON CELINA WESTERVELT TELLS 770 KKOB 26 YEAR OLD KENNETH MARTINEZ WAS NABBED WEDNESDAY AFTER OFFICERS GOT SEVERAL TIPS AS TO HIS WHEREABOUTS.
WESTERVELT SAYS THIS WAS A BIG CATCH. SHE SAYS POLICE HAVE BEEN WATCHING HIM FOR SOME TIME, AND NOW THAT HE'S IN JAIL, HE CAN NO LONGER BURGLARIZE HOMES.
WESTERVELT SAYS THE NUMBER OF BURGLARIES WENT UP IN SANTA FE AFTER MARTINEZ WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL RECENTLY…AND POLICE THINK HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE BREAK-INS.
