Jordon Vasquez (Albuquerque Police Department)
A man was caught on camera causing a disturbance at a gas station and then hitting a police car with his own vehicle before driving away and attempting to hide in a nearby restaurant. The incident took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The individual involved, identified as Jordon Vasquez, aged 34, is currently being held in the Bernalillo County Jail. He faces charges of armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated fleeing from law enforcement, and resisting, evading, or obstructing an officer.
According to the video captured by a witness on February 7, a gas station employee can be heard reporting the situation to the authorities off-screen. She mentioned that the suspect had allegedly assaulted two homeless individuals before causing further trouble.
“He’s sitting out there nonchalant like nothing happened,” she said, describing the suspect sitting in a vehicle, his feet up, in the middle of the parking lot.
She said that the man had been trying to get cigarettes, although he did not have money.
“And he was like, ‘I don’t have money. I don’t have ID,” and he went to grab the cigarettes from the counter, and I was quick enough to swipe them back, and he was like, ‘girl, don’t make me go back there,”” she described.
She said he went behind the counter and stole cigarettes.
As seen on footage, the man lounged in the vehicle, arguing with a bystander until cops arrived. The suspect drove off, but before backing his vehicle into a cop car.
“He just hit the freaking cop’s car,” a woman said.
Bodycam shows police soon tracking down the suspect, taking him down, and handcuffing him.
