Serving the High Plains
Serving the High Plains
New Mexico State Police arrested in Tucumcari a man accused of stealing a vehicle from Massachusetts after an advanced license plate reader system spotted the vehicle.
According to a social media post by NMSP, the plate reader system had detected a stolen vehicle from Massachusetts.
“The system displayed the plate number and picture of the stolen vehicle. Officers set up on Interstate 40 and waited for the vehicle to pass,” state police said.
State police conducted the stop on the vehicle and took Michael Lawrence Jones, 62, into custody.
State police said Jones admitted he had stolen the vehicle.
According to court records, Jones was booked into the Quay County Detention Center on a felony charge of possessing a stolen motor vehicle, plus driving while license suspended.