POLICE IN LOS LUNAS SAY THEY'VE MADE ARRESTS IN THE EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING ROBBERY OF THE LOS LUNAS WAL MART. CHIEF ROY MELNICK SAYS THE ARRESTS WERE MADE OVER THE WEEKEND. HE ALSO SAYS SOME OF THE STOLEN PROPERTY WAS RECOVERED, INCLUDING THE 6 GUNS TAKEN. MELNICK SAYS 23 YEAR OLD EMILIO LARSEN OF ALBUQUERQUE IS NOW IN CUSTODY. LARSEN WAS A FORMER WAL MART EMPLOYEE IN ALBUQUERQUE. MELNICK SAYS HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE STORE'S SECURITY PERSONNEL WHEN HE WORKED FOR WAL MART.

 

THREE ALBUQUERQUE JUVENILES HAVE BEEN QUESTIONED AND COULD FACE CHARGES. A FIFTH PERSON, GARY WILSON, IS ALSO WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE CRIME.