A STATE POLICE OFFICER INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WITH A REPO MAN IN LOS LUNAS EARLIER THIS MONTH HAS RESIGNED. CHARLES VERNIER WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA HOLDING A TOW TRUCK DRIVER IN A CHOKE HOLD AFTER THE MAN TRIED TO REPOSSESS VERNIER'S VEHICLE.
LOS LUNAS POLICE ARRESTED VERNIER AND CHARGED HIM WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND RESISTING ARREST.
