THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
AND INTO THE MORNING.
IT WAS A DARING
HEIST...THAT WAS
UNSOLVED FOR MONTHS.
BUT NOW THE MEN
ACCUSED OF ROBBING AN
ALBUQUERQUE WAL-MART
AND MAKING OFF WITH
THE SAFE...HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED.
ACTION 7 NEWS
REPORTER MATT HOWERTON
...EXPLAINS HOW
DETECTIVES TRACKED
THEM DOWN.
SIX MEN---RAYMOND
CASTILLO...HENRY LUJAN
...REYES LUJAN...
DANIEL MAESTAS...
JOHNNY RAMIREZ AND
FRANK GALLEGOS ARE
ACCUSED OF STEALING A
SAFE FROM THIS
WAL-MART ON EUBANK
LAST OCTOBER.
THE WHOLE SAFE
...AND THE 22-THOUSAND
DOLLARS INSIDE.
"not only was it well
thought out and well
planned and well
executed but it was
also very violent."
COURT DOCUMENTS
SAY ONE SUSPECT WAS
INSIDE WATCHING STORE
WORKERS.
HE ALLEGEDLY CUED
HIS BUDDIES AFTER
EMPLOYEES DID A MONEY
DROP.
POLICE SAY TWO
MEN THAN RAN IN--AND
POINTED A GUN AT BOTH
THE SECURITY GUARD AND
THE MANAGER.
TWO MORE WERE ON
THE LOOKOUT OUTSIDE...
AND ONE IN THE GETAWAY
TRUCK.
THE SAFE WAS
ROLLED OUT---AND THE
SIX MEN TAKE OFF...ONE
ONE OF THEM FIRING
SHOTS AT THE STORE ON
THEIR WAY OUT.
"it was concerning on
multiple levels."
A-P-D ONLY HAD
SURVEILLANCE TO GO ON,
BUT EVENTUALLY,
DETECTIVES INTERVIEWED
SOMEONE INVOLVED IN
THE HEIST.
THAT PERSON GAVE
DETAILS OF THE CRIME,
AND ENOUGH INFORMATION
TO HELP POLICE
IDENTIFY THE 6
SUSPECTS.
"people talk and brag
22 thousand dollars is
not always easy to
hide...so there's
always ways for
information to get
out."
FOUR OF THE MEN
FACED A JUDGE THIS
MORNING.
ALL 6 NOW FACE
VARIOUS CHARGES
INCLUDING ROBBERY WITH
A DEADLY WEAPON.
IN ALBUQUERQUE
MATT HOWERTON KOAT
ACTION 7 NEWS.
POLICE DIDN'T SAY
IF THEY WERE ABLE TO
RECOVER THE STOLEN
CASH.
THE MAN WHO
REPORTEDLY OWNS THE
GETAWAY TRUCK, WAS
