Albuquerque Police Department Chief Michael Geier discusses the arrests made as part of the Metro 15 operation over the past two months. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Over the past month and a half, local, state and federal authorities have arrested 18 people on the rotating Metro 15 list — offenders the Albuquerque Police Department says are driving violent crime in the area.
The Metro 15 Operation, which highlights 15 offenders wanted on warrants and encourages the public to call in tips to Crime Stoppers if they know where an offender is, began in mid-December. Once a suspect is arrested, another name is added to the list.
At a news conference Friday, Mayor Tim Keller said the operation is one of many ways the city is trying to reduce violent crime.
“Some programs like this one are very direct,” he said. “They are about taking the most violent people off our streets and trying to keep them in jail.”
However, not all of the people on the list have been charged with violent felonies. Several are wanted for receiving or transferring a stolen vehicle, larceny or other property crimes. The 2nd Judicial District Attorney’s Office, the Attorney General’s Office and the Office of Superintendent of Insurance supply the names of the offenders.
APD Chief Michael Geier said there are a lot of reasons why people are chosen that go beyond whether they committed a violent crime. This includes the details of the case against them, things they said in an interview, who they hang out with and their mental state.
“It’s not a gamble per se, not throwing the dice, but they’re taking percentages as best they can and hopefully if these people are one step away from grabbing a gun and shooting somebody, we better get them at this point,” Geier said.
He said over the past week seven people on the list were arrested, one of whom was 18-year-old Adrian Nieto, who has a lengthy criminal history as a juvenile.
“The officer that arrested him was a problem response team officer in the Southwest Area Command,” Geier said. “He has dealt with this gentleman many, many times in the past so it was very rewarding for him to be involved in the arrest. But there was a degree of danger; this individual had a gun and was running through a schoolyard at the time of his arrest.”
The city actually announced that 20 people featured on its Metro 15 list had been apprehended. But two of the offenders who had been put on the list at various points were discovered to have been in jail since before the operation even began.
Edward Laird, 54, was locked up in Santa Fe a week before the first list debuted. Another offender added to the list later, Andres Silva-Aguilar, 43, has been in federal custody since April 2019.
Of the people arrested — including Laird and Silva-Aguilar — 18 are still in jail, either at the Metropolitan Detention Center, surrounding county jails, the Corrections Department, or in juvenile or federal custody. Two have been released.
Three of the people on the original Metro 15 list, Jesus Cereceres-Trijo, Gerald Marquez, and Santana Downey, have not been arrested. Police have been looking for them since Dec. 12.
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