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Three Albuquerque Top Offenders Indicted on New Charges
Face 40 New Charges & Years of Incarceration
Albuquerque, New Mexico – Bernalillo County District Attorney Kari Brandenburg announces that three of the Albuquerque Police Department’s October “Top 5" offenders have been indicted on a total of 40 new charges.
Matthew Lucero, 29, Manuel Baca, 40, and Desean Stringer, 33, were each featured by Albuquerque Police in October as Top 5 Offenders. Prosecutors with the District Attorney’s Office worked with police to identify cases involving these offenders and to move these cases to indictment as quickly as possible. As a result of this effort, the offenders have indicted on new charges and face new terms of imprisonment.
Top 5 Offenders are identified by law enforcement and prosecutors because of their continued criminal activity in Albuquerque.
Matthew Lucero faces 29 new felony charges including Aggravated Burglary (Armed After Entering), Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Conspiracy, Kidnaping and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. He is also held on a probation violation based on this indictment. Lucero has previously served time as a Habitual Offender for Robbery and Unlawful Taking of a Motor Vehicle. He is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center on a no bond hold.
Manuel Baca faces five new felony charges including three counts of Auto Burglary, Possession of Burglary Tools and Conspiracy. He is set to be arraigned on November 16 when his bond and conditions of release will be set. He has previously been convicted on numerous larceny offenses.
Desean Stringer faces four new felony charges of Trafficking Methamphetamine (2 counts), Possession of Heroin and Receiving/Transferring a Stolen Vehicle, in addition to two new misdemeanor charges of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center on a $50,000 cash/surety bond and is set to be arraigned on November 5, 2009. Stringer is a previously convicted felon, having pleaded no contest to Receiving/Transferring a Stolen Vehicle and having violated probation.
Robert Escobar, 47, was also identified as a Top 5 Offender, is in custody facing new misdemeanor Shoplifting charges and for violating conditions of release in other cases. He is currently held at the Metropolitan Detention Center on a No Bond hold pending a hearing to consider conditions of release.
The final Top 5 Offender is not currently facing any charges.
“These defendants have shown that they have little regard for the law,” District Attorney Kari Brandenburg says. “Repeat offenders are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime in our community, and it is through cooperative efforts like the Top 5 Offender program that we are able to take these offenders off of our streets.”
The Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which includes all of Bernalillo County, prosecuted approximately 30,000 criminal cases in 2008. It is led by District Attorney Kari Brandenburg, who is serving in her third elected term in that position.
Matthew Lucero, 29, Manuel Baca, 40, and Desean Stringer, 33, were each featured by Albuquerque Police in October as Top 5 Offenders. Prosecutors with the District Attorney’s Office worked with police to identify cases involving these offenders and to move these cases to indictment as quickly as possible. As a result of this effort, the offenders have indicted on new charges and face new terms of imprisonment.
Top 5 Offenders are identified by law enforcement and prosecutors because of their continued criminal activity in Albuquerque.
Matthew Lucero faces 29 new felony charges including Aggravated Burglary (Armed After Entering), Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, Conspiracy, Kidnaping and Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. He is also held on a probation violation based on this indictment. Lucero has previously served time as a Habitual Offender for Robbery and Unlawful Taking of a Motor Vehicle. He is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center on a no bond hold.
Manuel Baca faces five new felony charges including three counts of Auto Burglary, Possession of Burglary Tools and Conspiracy. He is set to be arraigned on November 16 when his bond and conditions of release will be set. He has previously been convicted on numerous larceny offenses.
Desean Stringer faces four new felony charges of Trafficking Methamphetamine (2 counts), Possession of Heroin and Receiving/Transferring a Stolen Vehicle, in addition to two new misdemeanor charges of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He is currently in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center on a $50,000 cash/surety bond and is set to be arraigned on November 5, 2009. Stringer is a previously convicted felon, having pleaded no contest to Receiving/Transferring a Stolen Vehicle and having violated probation.
Robert Escobar, 47, was also identified as a Top 5 Offender, is in custody facing new misdemeanor Shoplifting charges and for violating conditions of release in other cases. He is currently held at the Metropolitan Detention Center on a No Bond hold pending a hearing to consider conditions of release.
The final Top 5 Offender is not currently facing any charges.
“These defendants have shown that they have little regard for the law,” District Attorney Kari Brandenburg says. “Repeat offenders are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime in our community, and it is through cooperative efforts like the Top 5 Offender program that we are able to take these offenders off of our streets.”
The Second Judicial District Attorney’s Office, which includes all of Bernalillo County, prosecuted approximately 30,000 criminal cases in 2008. It is led by District Attorney Kari Brandenburg, who is serving in her third elected term in that position.
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