BERNALILLO — If star treatment can provide a boost to cancer treatment, then Friday might have been the start of Lexi Hargrave’s journey to kick her illness.
Hargrave, a kindergartner at WD Carroll Elementary School, received a police escort from her central Bernalillo home to the school, merely minutes apart from one another. But what started with flashing and wailing sirens down C. del Escuela Road culminated in the cheers of supporters from Carroll Elementary School waiting for her on the school’s north side.
“We’re just happy to be here. It’s just important for Lexi to see that we’re one community; we’re behind her, and we’re here for her if she needs us,” Bernalillo Police Oofficer Michael Martinez said. His vehicle, joined by others in his department as well as firetrucks, involved a 15-miles-per-hour crawl down the street as onlookers waved and cheered…