A man from Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been handed a 22-year prison sentence by a federal judge for carrying out a string of armed robberies using a BB gun and a replica firearm.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico reported that 41-year-old Demetrius Antonnie Bailey confessed to committing robberies at several cell phone outlets, a hardware store, and a JCPenney alongside an accomplice from July 11 to September 16, 2023.
During these crimes, Bailey and his partner used a BB gun, a fake gun, and in one instance, a genuine handgun, to intimidate store employees and security personnel while absconding with electronics, cash, and clothing valued in the tens of thousands of dollars, according to prosecutors.
Law enforcement apprehended Bailey on September 28, 2023, and found him in possession of a stolen gun. A background check revealed previous armed robbery convictions, as stated by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Bailey admitted guilt to 10 federal charges, which included obstructing commerce through robbery, using a firearm in the commission of a violent crime, and possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony. After completing his prison term, Bailey will undergo five years of supervised release.
This case was investigated by the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office, with collaboration from the Albuquerque Police Department and the New Mexico Department of Justice. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maria Elena Stiteler and Natasha Moghadam.
Man pleads guilty to threatening President Trump
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A San Antonio man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of threatening the life of President Trump.
Robert Herrera, 52, allegedly made the threat last year, July 10, on the Facebook page of a news outlet reporting that Trump would visit Texas Hill Country in the wake of deadly flooding.
According to court documents, Herrera posted a photo of the July 13, 2024, assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Pennsylvania along with the comment, “I won’t miss.”
Herrera allegedly further posted a photo of an assault rifle and loaded magazines, threatening someone who criticized his post. The post included the phrase, “I’ll just come for you,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas.
Federal agents arrested Herrera the same day he allegedly posted the threat. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Herrera on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the charge.
The Secret Service, the FBI, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the San Antonio Police Department investigated the case.
Las Cruces man sentenced for drug possession
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A Las Cruces, New Mexico, man who led police on a foot chase while disposing of illicit drugs along the way will spend the next seven years in a federal prison.
Guillermo Yanez, 47, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine in connection to his May 15, 2024, arrest in a Las Cruces apartment complex.
That’s when Las Cruces Police Department officers attempted to serve a warrant on Yanez on a narcotics evidence tampering warrant out of El Paso, Texas. According to court records, Yanez fled the officers, jumped a wall into the apartment complex and was seen by pursuing officers reaching into his waistband and discarding drugs.
The officers fired non-lethal bullets at Yanez and finally apprehended him with meth and cash still in his pocket, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico said.
The arresting officers searched the path of Yanez’s flight and found a container with fentanyl-laced pills, powdered fentanyl, and meth. Yanez later admitted the drugs were his and that he sold narcotics to support his methamphetamine addiction, the U.S Attorney’s Office said.
