The Albuquerque Police Department released body camera footage showing an officer on horseback chasing a shoplifting suspect on foot.
According to KRQE, the incident occurred “outside the Walgreens at Coors and Central.” report. As officers removed the horse from the trailer, someone alerted them to the shoplifting suspect and a pursuit began.
KATV I got it. The shoplifting suspect refused the officer’s orders to stop and ran onto a busy road, at which point two other mounted police officers joined in the arrest.
Watch the video:
After corralling the suspect, one of the second mounted officers dismounted and handcuffed the shoplifting suspect.
The man was identified as 30-year-old Mark Chacon. KATV report He was charged with “shoplifting, fleeing or evading police on foot, and possession of drug paraphernalia.”
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