Low Rent Mayhem in Cruces

Look at this crazy story from Las Cruces, via CBS4Local.com:

A Santa Fe, N.M., murder suspect was arrested Saturday evening in Las Cruces, according to a news release sent out by the Las Cruces Police Department.

Zachary Ryan Babitz, 38, was arrested and booked in the Dona Ana County Detention Center after allegedly committing an armed robbery.

Babitz and a woman allegedly committed an armed robbery at the Arby’s on East Lohman Avenue around 6:30 p.m., according to LCPD.

. . .

After leaving the Arby’s, the couple allegedly carjacked a Chevrolet Impala from a woman at gunpoint.

. . .

The stolen car then crashed near Missouri Avenue and Triviz Drive, according to Police.

Both Babitz and the woman fled from the crash scene, according to LCPD.

Police located and detained Babitz nearby, however his female counterpart has yet to be identified or located.

Are they making a Quentin Tarantino flick?

I’d like to know the tragic life choices these people made. There but for the grace of God . . . .

One comment

  1. “I’d like to know the tragic life choices these people made”

    There is zero chance this doesn’t involve some combination of meth, crack, fentanyl, and heroin.

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