A HIGH SPEED CHASE IN ALBUQUERQUE OVERNIGHT. BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S SERGEANT AARON WILLIAMSON SAYS DEPUTIES WERE SENT TO A HOME IN THE 91-HUNDRED BLOCK OF GLENDALE NORTHEAST AROUND 11:30 WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO CHECK ON A POSSIBLE BURGLARY. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, AN EXTENDED-CAB TRUCK PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY SPED OFF. DEPUTIES WENT AFTER THE VEHICLE … BUT CANCELLED THE PURSUIT WHEN THEY LOST SIGHT OF IT.
STATE POLICE LATER PICKED UP ON THE CHASE WHEN THEY SPOTTED THE TRUCK GOING 100 MILES AN HOUR ON I-25 NORTHBOUND. THE TRUCK DRIVER LED THEM TO BERNALILLO, THEN DOUBLED BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE. WILLIAMSON TELLS 770 KKOB THE DRIVER CONTINUED TO SPEED AND DIDN'T EVEN STOP WHEN HE WENT OVER A SPIKE STRIP PLACED IN HIS PATH. HE SAYS IT TOOK A PIT MANEUVER … SEVERAL VEHICLES BOXING THE TRUCK IN TO FORCE IT TO LOSE TRACTION … TO STOP THE DRIVER..
THE FOUR SUSPECTS WERE THEN ARRESTED.
