Incident or Crime Type : Embezzlement (Over $20,000), Conspiracy
Original Reporting Officer Name : OCU Det. V. Alvarado
Original Reporting Officer Call Sign : 1922
Time of Offense : 1100
Date of Offense : 11/30/2011
Location of Offense : City of Albuquerque Pino Yards
Victim 1 Name : City of Albuquerque
Suspect/Offender 1 Name : David Mendoza
Suspect/Offender 1 DOB : 01/0/1973
Suspect/Offender 1 LKA : 3505 Camino Alameda SW
Suspect/Offender 2 Name : Carlos Candelaria
Suspect/Offender 2DOB : 08/04/1978
Suspect/Offender 2 LKA : 2416 Muir Dr NW
Suspect/Offender 3 Name : Gory Armijo
Suspect/Offender 3 DOB : 11/08/1954
Suspect/Offender 3 LKA : 1241 Cortez SW
PIO Notified? : YES
Description of Event/Crime : On 11/30/2011, OCU Detectives arrested
David Mendoza, Carlos Candelaria and Gory Armijo in reference to an
investigation involving the theft of water meters from the City of
Albuquerque valued between $25,000 and $30,000. The three subjects were
transporting and selling the stolen water meters as scrap metal to a
recycling business in Los Lunas. The investigation started as a result
of the Belen Police Department initiating a traffic stop several weeks
ago on a male subject who was in possession of approximately
seventy-five City of Albuquerque water meters. All three subjects
arrested were employed by the City of Albuquerque Water Authority.
