
Luna County Sheriff Captain Jose Martinez told KOTS/KDEM news that on Friday evening January 27th, at 8:40 p.m., Central Dispatch received a 911 call from the clerk at the Valero 3825 Highway 11, reporting that a customer’s vehicle was just taken by gunpoint.
The owner of the 2014 gold GMC pickup was refueling when he was approached by a man identified as 19 year old Carlos Nevarez of Columbus. Nevarez brandished a handgun and demanded the vehicle.
Law enforcement agencies responded to the call, began tracking the vehicle using ONSTAR. Nevarez was apprehended in Dona Ana County by New Mexico State Police after a chase which resulted in the vehicle being involved in a crash. Nevarez was booked into the Dona Ana Detention Center in Las Cruces.
A unidentified hand gun was recovered at the scene of the crash.