Stolen Rio Rancho police car found abandoned

TONIGHT A MAN WHO STOLE AN UNMARKED POLICE UNIT, THEN ABANDONED IT, IS STILL ON THE RUN. POLI...  More »

TONIGHT A MAN WHO STOLE AN UNMARKED POLICE UNIT, THEN ABANDONED IT, IS STILL ON THE RUN. POLICE SWARMED THE AREA OF 528 AND ELLISON TODAY .... AND WERE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED WHEN THEY DISCOVERED A RIFLE MISSING FROM THE ABANDONED POLICE CAR. TONIGHT, WE HAVE SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWING THE SUSPECT STAYING A STEP AHEAD OF POLICE. AN UNSETTLING SIGHT FOR ANYONE SHOPPING AT THE BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY THIS EVENING. OFFICERS ARMED WITH ASSAULT RIFLES - ALL OVER THE PLACE. ALL THIS BECAUSE OF SAMUEL MONTOYA. AT ABOUT 4-30 RIO RANCHO POLICE OFFICERS WERE SERVING AN ARREST WARRANT AT HIS HOME NEAR 528 AND ELLISON ... AND HE OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WANT TO BE FOUND. Francis@ 11:57 the individual jumped into one of the undercover vehicles and attempted to flee the area, as he was fleeing the area, he struck one of the officers with the vehicle, the officer is okay he was taken to the hospital SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FILLS IN WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. AT 4:42 YOU CAN SEE THE POLICE CAR PULL INTO A SERVICE LOT BESIDE THE BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY. THEN , YOU SEE A MAN GET OUT, AND TAKE OFF RUNNING. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER -- POLICE APPROACH THE CAR. BUT SOMETHING ELSE WAS MISSING. 12:14 we did a search of the vehicle and learned that one of the rifles was possibly missing ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES LATER, POLICE SAY THEY FOUND THE RIFLE NEAR THE HOME WHERE THEY ORIGINALLY TRIED TO SERVE THE WARRANT. BUT STILL, NO MONTOYA. POLICE WERE TRYING TO SERVE MONTOYA WITH AN ARREST WARRANT FOR VIOLATING  « Less