ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department was looking for a known car thief after being alerted about a bait car being taken last month. They chased the suspect into a northeast Albuquerque neighborhood before losing him. Newly-released video shows you his joyride in the stolen car, and what happened when APD called in backup to finally catch him.
A man police identified as Clifton Archie, making a number of bad decisions last month, including being caught on camera busting into a car. That turned out to be an APD bait car.
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Video shows the driver picking up a friend and letting another friend help him comb through the car joyriding around for nearly an hour and a half. Little does he know APD officers are following him the entire time, and are right there when the car is disabled.
The officers lose Archie in a nearby neighborhood but they bring in backup. A K-9 officer helps search the neighborhood when a police drone locates Archie in a backyard.