ALBUQUERQUE POLICE CONTINUE THEIR BATTLE AGAINST METAL THIEVES. OFFICER GEORGE TRUJILLO SAYS TWO SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR SEPARATE INCIDENTS. HE SAYS 27 YEAR OLD ROBERT CHAVEZ ALLEGEDLY STOLE HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF STEEL FROM OUTSIDE A POLICE OFFICER'S HOUSE. IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON VIDEO...AND POLICE GOT COOPERATION FROM THE RECYCLING COMPANY THAT ENDED UP BUYING THE METAL.

 

THE OTHER SUSPECT, 53 YEAR OLD KENNETH PAUL ABEYTA, WAS NABBED FOR TRYING TO STEAL COPPER WIRING FROM AN ALBUQUERQUE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY. TRUJILLO SAYS ABEYTA HAS BEEN ARRESTED ABOUT 30 TIMES IN THE PAST.