YOU’RE WATCHING KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS ALBUQUERQUE POLICE ARRESTING A MAN WHO THEY SAY STOLE MORE THAN $50,000 IN METAL AND COPPER PIPING FROM AN AVIATION COMPANY. POLICE SAY JOSE LUIS QUEZADA, ALONG WITH ANOTHER SUSPECT, BROKE INTO ECLIPSE AVIATION IN NOVEMBER BY CUTTING THROUGH A FENCE AND USING POWER TOOLS TO DISMANTLE AN HVAC UNIT TO REMOVE THE METAL INSIDE. THE COMPANY PAID 120,000 TO REPLACE IT AND 20,000 TO REPAIR THE FENCE. POLICE IDENTIFYING QUEZADA BY USIN
Suspect arrested in theft of copper at aviation company
Police identify Joseluis Quezada using facial recognition database.
One of two suspects who allegedly stole copper and caused damage at a local business last November has been arrested.Joseluis Quezada, and another suspect who remains at large, broke into a fenced-in area at Eclipse Aviation, 2800 Karsten Center SE, where they used tools they brought to dismantle an HVAC unit and remove its copper. Albuquerque police were able to identify Quezada using a facial recognition database with which they matched his face with a previous mug shot.The combined copper and the damage to the fence was worth an estimated $50,000. The cost of replacing the HVAC unit was $120,000, and fixing the fence cost $20,000.
One of two suspects who allegedly stole copper and caused damage at a local business last November has been arrested.
Joseluis Quezada, and another suspect who remains at large, broke into a fenced-in area at Eclipse Aviation, 2800 Karsten Center SE, where they used tools they brought to dismantle an HVAC unit and remove its copper.
Albuquerque police were able to identify Quezada using a facial recognition database with which they matched his face with a previous mug shot.
The combined copper and the damage to the fence was worth an estimated $50,000. The cost of replacing the HVAC unit was $120,000, and fixing the fence cost $20,000.
