·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe and New Mexico State Police officers used K-9s and drones to search for three suspects accused of an armed robbery at a south-side Speedway on Thanksgiving Day.
They arrested a man and a woman Thursday after the truck they were traveling in crashed into another vehicle and a home, but one suspect remained at large Friday, ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe police said in a news release.
Miriah King, 24, and Geronimo Vigil, 37, who were both arrested, face several charges in the incident late Thursday morning at a Speedway gas station on Rodeo Road, near the intersection with Richards Avenue.
Vigil is charged with robbery, aggravated assault, reckless driving, possession of a stolen motor vehicle and resisting arrest, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday in ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe County Magistrate Court. King faces charges of robbery and resisting arrest. They were both booked into the ·è¿ÍÖ±²¥ Fe County jail Thursday evening.
Officers were dispatched to the Speedway around 11 a.m. Thursday in response to a panic alarm, according to the news release. They were told a man wearing a mask had robbed the store at gunpoint and drove off in a Dodge Ram. Police began searching for the pickup.
An officer attempted to pull over a truck on Beckner Road, but the driver did not stop, according to the news release. Police chased the truck across the city’s south side, as the driver headed into oncoming traffic and eventually crashed into a parked vehicle and a home on Dail Circle off Calle Po Ae Pi, the release states.
After the truck crashed, three people got out and ran off, police said. After a search using dogs and drones with the help of state police, they found King and Vigil, the release states. Police have not identified another man they believe fled from the area.
Police alleged surveillance video provided by Speedway confirmed Vigil was the man who had robbed the store at gunpoint.
Court records detailing the circumstances of the robbery were not publicly available online Friday. It is unclear how much cash the two are accused of stealing and whether it was recovered.
Vigil faces previous charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, receiving or transferring stolen motor vehicles, aggravated fleeing from police and resisting arrest from a grand jury indictment filed in September. He was arrested on those charges in July and was released after a judge’s ruling in August against prosecutors’ motion seeking to keep him detained until his trial.
King, whose address is in Albuquerque, faced a charge of residential burglary in 2021 in Bernalillo County, but the charge was dismissed by prosecutors.
Police ask anyone with more information about the third suspect to call detectives at 505-428-3710.
