Police in Albuquerque arrest third and final youth accused of killing cyclist with stolen car
- A 13-year-old has been charged with murder for a hit-and-run incident involving a cyclist in Albuquerque recorded on video.
- An 11-year-old who was also involved is now in custody and will be evaluated by the state's Children, Youth & Families Department.
- Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina stated the juveniles were 'literally laughing about what they had just done.'
- New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham expressed horror at the incident, stating she is 'appalled by inaction by legislators on juvenile justice reform proposals.
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Third juvenile arrested in fatal hit-and-run crash that killed bicyclist in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Police say they have arrested the third and final juvenile suspect connected to the deadly hit-and-run crash of a bicyclist in Albuquerque last year. The three suspects, who were 15, 12 and 11 at the time of the crash, are now in custody. The cyclist, 63-year-old Scott Habermehl, was riding to work at Sandia National Laboratories in May 2024 when the teens hit him with a stolen car. The kids had been recording the cras…
Males — ages 11, 13, and 15 — took video of themselves in car purposely hitting 63-year-old bike rider who was killed: Cops
Police said the 11-year-old last year shot at a person and was part of a group that rammed a convenience store with a car and stole cigarettes and alcohol from it.
Governor Reacts To Tragic Murder Of Cyclist
STATE News: SANTA FE — Tuesday, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham responded to Monday’s arrest of a 13-year-old boy charged with the murder of Scott Dwight Habermehl, a 63-year-old Sandia National Laboratory employee who police say was struck by a stolen vehicle while cycling to work last May. Video shows an 11-year-old passenger brandishing a firearm as the vehicle driven by the 13-year-old swerves into Habermehl. Police records indicate …
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