A PERIMETER IS SET UP AROUND A FOOTHILLS NEIGHBORHOOD IN ALBUQUERQUE NEAR TRAMWAY AND MENAUL, WHERE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE WERE DISPATCHED WEDNESDAY MORNING IN RESPONSE TO A HOME BURGLARY IN PROGRESS. APD SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER SAYS THE OFFENDER TRIED TO GET INTO THE HOME THROUGH A WINDOW, BUT THE HOMEOWNER CONFRONTED HIM AND THE SUSPECT RAN INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OFFICERS SPOTTED HIM RUNNING FROM BACKYARD TO BACKYARD AND SET UP A PERIMETER. USING K9 UNITS, THE LOCATED THE OFFENDER IN A BACKYARD ON TOWNER STREET AND ARRESTED HIM.
