
Deming Police Captain Alex Valdespino said 18-year-old Jaime Aguilar has been charged with armed robbery and two counts of aggravated assault in connection with the March 27th robbery of the Snappy Mart at 306 E. Pine St.
The initial report said an armed man entered the Snappy Mart at just before 3 a.m. March 27th, ordered everyone in the store to lie down on the floor, took an undisclosed amount of cash and headed west on foot.
Valdespino said Aguilar had been a person of interest in the robbery, and was arrested over the weekend after officers responded to a disturbance at one of Aguilar’s relatives’ homes off E. Spruce St.
Aguilar, who was causing the disturbance, confessed to officers that he robbed the Snappy Mart.